update: one of the worst injured passed on her own, but all of the rest have perked up considerably with the addition of scratch grains, an additional (CLEAN) watering station, and a very large unidentified winter squash from the garden (which was a BIG hit!) Overall pecking and chasing has...
so just got back after getting keys... he definitely left us his entire flock. I'm certain of at least 40, possibly closer to 50 (they were running around a lot) he's clearly very old school in theme of "as long as it's laying its healthy" and there's some fairly alarming injuries (not just...
we are closing on our first house tomorrow, and with it will come half a dozen chickens! current owner has upwards of thirty and has decided to leave us six "to get started." I have no idea which chickens he's leaving us, so this will be a fun adventure!