Thanks.... They started laying again... They stopped laying the last week of August but the weather finally cooled off a bit & they seem to be doing better... I'm feeding pellets but they don't seem to like them much... I bring them a snack in the evening & they come running like they haven't eaten in days...;-/ I'm leaving they're feed out during the day cause we are gone until 1700... Any advice on how others are feeding would be great... I know a lot of people don't leave feed out all day but we are gone at work until 1700 & it's just barely daylight when I leave... IJwhitty, you've really transformed that old swing set! Kudos to you. Looks like the girls like their shelter too, and by the way, they're beautiful. I love the partridges.