First day of my chickens

[Andresm]

This has been the bravest, but it has not come out.
You may not have liked what you saw, or is it that it is a hens

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[Andresm]

Second day at home and they still do not want to go out of their hen house to their pen, but today they have been very active for a long time, they all eat and drink.
For a while in the afternoon they have gotten into the nests, but piled up, there were three hens in one hen and another was alone in another, can this attitude be normal?
I was afraid that they would want to sleep in the nests, but when it got dark all four of them got on the perch and they are so comfortable sleeping.

 

[Andresm]

Look how my hens spent the afternoon

 

[aart]

They are still 'scared' and 'hiding'.
Good they are not sleeping in nests.
Give them a couple days then toss them out into the run.

 

[Andresm]

Yes, they sure are still scared.
Tomorrow, without forcing them, I will try to get them to go out for a run in the sun, but if they don't want to, I won't insist.
Thanks for the comment.

 

[Andresm]

Good day to all.
Today was the first day of my girls' freedom, it was difficult for them to leave, but they had a great time, I think.
The truth is that it took them a bit to get out of their chicken coop, they are so comfortable in it
With a little help they went out in the morning and have been running all day within their race, a little scared at first, but then they have checked everything. They found a place to dig and take a sand bath, and it is curious, because it must be their instinct as it was the first time in their lives that they stepped on land.
They have chopped plants, herbs, bugs, and discovered acorns, which they love. I was scared if it was not good for them, but I have read that they are very good and that the eggs of hens fed with acorns have much more "omega 3" than those that do not eat it.
They quickly found the food and water in their hopper and in their drinker and we had a great time, me watching and they "living".

 

[Andresm]

Some photos:

Time of departure, with a little help

A "shy" who does not want to go down


eating acorns


Taking her first sand bath

 

[Andresm]

I have observed many curious things in their behavior, I suppose it will be normal on their first day of freedom, they are together almost all the time, they bite each other slowly, everything itches and scratches, etc., but I have seen one thing that I have been worried because I have not read it anywhere, they eat the feathers that are torn off or that are on the ground, is it normal?

 

[aart]

but I have seen one thing that I have been worried because I have not read it anywhere, they eat the feathers that are torn off or that are on the ground, is it normal?

Yep.
Did they go back up at dusk to roost?

 

[Andresm]

Yep.
Did they go back up at dusk to roost?

That was the funniest part of the day, they knew they had to do something, but they didn't know what they had to do.
At twilight they approached the entrance ladder to the hen house, but they turned and jumped towards the fence, but they did not know how to climb the hen house, so I decided to go in and take them to put them inside. As he put one in and went for another, the first one got out and got off again :-D
My wife had to help me by closing the door of the henhouse when I put one in, like this until I put them all in.
Luckily I only have four hens.
I hope they do it alone tomorrow.