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They were on lockdown all day yesterday and given lots of yummy treats. Will continue to keep them in their run for a week or so as some of you have suggested. That's what we did when we first got them. We kept them in for a week before letting them free range. They're itching to get out...

Quote: It's just the 4 girls. Two older, two younger. They stay together at all times and had always made it back home to roost for 3 weeks straight before this event. One of the older hens seems to be the leader of the pack

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Quote: I hate to keep them cooped up...they love to roam our yard. Like I said this was their first big adventure. Is it something I may have to think about doing, absolutely. Maybe doubling the size of the enclosed area around the actual coop. It'll take work and money but if it means...

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! The girls made it safely home at 9 this morning. We were getting ready to go out and look for them, armed with our signs. We didn't have to. They came home on their own. I went in and gave them a stern talking to Gave them lots of treats and closed the door to the...

Well I heard some hens getting quite noisy this morning at 6:45 and thought...YAY! They're home. Nope, wasn't them. Must have been the neighbors girls. The area under the coop is quite visible. If you go to my page you can see the set up. It's a dog house high off the ground, that's where I...

Two of them are a year old and then we have a 3 month old and a 4 month old. We've had them for a month and just added fresh shavings and hay to the actual "coop" not the the enclosed area (run) around it. They came back after I had added shavings and hay and then they disappeared. We wandered...

I've had my girls for 28 days. Today I let them out as usual to roam. I last saw them at 5 o'clock hanging around the coop that had fresh hay and shavings waiting for them. When I went to bring them their nightly snack and lock them in at 6:45 (they're usually back by 6:30) they weren't there...