Gonna have ourselves a little sleepy

[bokbokosaurus]

Got to the allotment just after nightfall to put the chickens to bed, and found they'd put themselves to bed already. Clever girls! I just checked on them, made sure they hadn't pooped in their inside waterbowl this time, and shut the door. Two were squashed together in a nestbox, one was on the floor next to it (probably Arky - I did rig up ramp access to a nestbox for her, but I don't know if she's actually used it), and one was on a perch at the other end of the coop. That one was probably Dippy, since the others are mostly reacting to her power games by staying away from her.

Like with the nesting, seeking shelter at night is normal behaviour for chickens that have had good lives, but totally alien to battery hens. This is major progress. I'm so pleased by how fast they're learning to be happy chickens.