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you will be fine, just got armed with some corn , you never know you may get the bug yourself  nickyxx

Wise advice from Nicky. Enjoy your hen sitting.

you will be fine, just got armed with some corn , you never know you may get the bug yourself  nickyxx

I agree too and you may even find they into the coop themselves

Hope you get bitten by the chicken keeping bug

Wahay - welcome to the chicken clan Janey    Another one of us another one less of them     

Actually it might be another 3 less of them (chooks) - got confused about the handwritten notes re layer's pellets and ended up giving them a handful of fish food instead as it was in an unlabelled jar - they loved it . Only found out as DS was feeding the fish from the fish food in the bag that it was the same as the unmarked stuff I had given them 
Still, they loved it anyway - went down a treat with the mealy worms - DS had to scoop one chook up as she had no intention of being shut in, but they're fairly easy to pick up as carolyn had them from teeny chicks, so they're used to being handled

Day 2

Narrow escape this morning - had been warned to feed the fish after the chooks are shut up for the night - found out why this morning.
All I can say is the net over the fishpond must be super strength as the chooks were hell bent on pecking up the last few flakes of food - much tastier than the mash 
had to wait until it was all gone in case one fell through
No eggs yet, lots of poop, think they're a bit stressed that mum & dad have disappeared

3 eggs last night, no fish food left this morning, so they only visited the pond briefly - one got mighty close to the gap though 

Chickens will risk their necks to a stupid degree for food 

Mine regularly end up in the pond    It's OK at the moment as the plants growing round it are screening the water, but if they can see duckweed, they're in and the frogs splashing around in the spring drive them wild 

You're going to miss those chickens when your neighbours come home. Must be time to get some of your own.