Thank you everyone for the welcome ... and for those that had a few extra comments to add.
Since my first post I am delighted to advise that we have had 100% success with putting a light into the chicken coop at dusk. We removed two exterior perches that were in the chicken mesh small run area...
G'day, from a new chicken owner of about 3 weeks now. I live with my husband and 4 dogs on an acre property in a rural area of Tasmania, Australia. We have 8 chickens (2 x gold laced wyandottes, 1 x welsummer/wyandotte mix, 1 x silver pencilled wyandotte, 1 x columbian buff wyandotte and 3 lang...