6 eggs yesterday! All 5 White Orpingtons are laying. One of the others, but I've no idea which. John's opinion is we could make a mint selling them as giant quail eggs.
On Friday I mucked out one pen, let those girls roam the yard. The Black Australorp walked over to the tractor and nosed at the the Whites through the fence, so I thought, put her in with them, see what happens.
The 4 Whites immediately started a dominance routine, chasing the poor black from corner to corner, pecking at here mercilessly.
So now we've put all 5 White Orpingtons back in one pen, and the other 5 are happily passive together.
When the garden is done this fall, I think I'll move the chickens into that fenced area (about 20' x 25'), along with the compost pile. The chickens will get more room to roam, and I'll have less garden to weed.
The Chickens Have Landed
