The new hens

These chickens are the ones that were given to me last week. In both pics the bird on the left with more black markings is a Silver Laced Wyandotte. The bird on the right with more white markings is a Colombian Wyandotte. These girls just started laying so they are pretty young. I am getting one or two brown eggs a day from this group so far. I'm hoping that the completion of the coop and run will take some stress off of them and they'll begin laying larger and bigger eggs. Once they understand that the coop is home I intend to let everyone free range each day and that should really help both in health and egg quality. I think they make a beautiful addition to the flock!