My hens have a daily routine. At 7:30AM they croud around the gate wanting to free range. From 8Am to 12:00(noon) they each lay an egg in the same nesting box(if there's a broody hen or one laying, they dont care. Once all 7 of them were crammed into a box.) At 3:30PM they all jump on the fence in a line waiting for me to come home and give them a treat. After putting them all on the ground they rush over to the plate with there treat. After treats, we all walk 5 laps around the permitter or our huge back yard. Than we sit on the wood bench in a line with one hen on each of my knees laying on there sides sun bathing and all the hens take a nap, they even pur.
One of my hens is really wacky. She is severly brain damaged with a very bad eye and wing, but she is the funniest and most adorable chicken in the entire world. She has always been left out sence she was a chick so she always had to fend for her self. She was the first to figure out to scratch and make holes in the cedar shavings in the box from 3 days old. One a few months ago, she came around and discovered the dog door. She is now poking her head through the door and sneaking in if were not home. Two weeks ago, I gave them a treat and she was in the nesting box getting ready to lay an egg. Of course she couldn't miss out so she runs over to get a snack. The next thing she does is stop, look up, squats down and is waddling as fast as she can bact to the coop. I follow her to make shur she's ok. She crawls into the nesting box, does a little grunt, and lays her egg. She could cair less about that egg because she shot out of that box right back to the treat. She is such a great joy to have!
