Great to hear from you Lisa! I think ours took so long due to the amount of shade they have down there, being winter there was even less light.
A few days of sunshine and a trim of the three vines and we are up to 6 eggs today, and two didn't lay. (Still only had a max of 6 in one day)
The fridge is stocked and looks like we may even may $3 this week in sales hahaha
In other news, we had a near miss when the FIL visited yesterday and brought his very timid Shitzu cross dog along. Which when she saw the chickens she went crazy! The chooks were in their run safe and sound behind the mess and doors. Things were calming down and for some unknown reason, my 6 year old son thought it would a good time to open the coop door. NExt thing there are feathers flying, barking and chicken screaming! I had to dive on the little dog who had a mouthful of Barnevelder feathers. Poor Curly got a bit of a plucking and was later found hiding in a corner of the yard. No blood drawn but the little son certainly shed a few tears when he realised how close one of his favourite chickens came to death by his own doing.
Still don't know what he was thinking!