Keeping chickens.

I never realised that owning chickens would be such a pleasure and that two would be such a handful. After a few weeks settling into their new coop we let them out into an extended run and also our covered vegetable garden. They loved it, being able to scratch around and digging up our seedlings! At bedtime one was easy to catch, she'd sit down and tuck her head down as if she thought; 'This is it, I'm going to die!' The other is a free spirit, she runs and twists away as we attempt to grab her.  We finally resorted to an old fishing net. All this just to put them to bed! The only down side so far is the lack of eggs. Only a 50% production rate, one of them has to get its act together.