Our hens have started laying eggs over the past month and we're averaging around a dozen per week. Very exciting to have fresh eggs from chooks in your own backyard, I must admit I never expected them to start laying through winter.

We're going to build a small run in the backyard for them, they have been roaming freely in the yard in the afternoons. Needless to say they've been making a big mess in the gardens and plants are getting damaged.

I think it's also time to get a bigger coop for them and maybe a couple of more chooks as well. The Silver Laced Wyandottes look pretty good. Not too sure on their egg laying capacity though