I just wanted to write an update about my new hens !
All the things I was worried about at the start sorted themselves out ! like getting them used to me, what to feed, when they would lay.
I bought them from a friends uncle who keeps around 50 free rangers for selling eggs. They were about 16 weeks old apparently RIR, however my girls laid their first egg just over a week ago (which would make them 18 weeks !!) maybe the age was wrong, and although kind of small I have now had 16 eggs in their first week !! (3 were larger and turned out to be double yolkers !!) The person I bought them from thought I was 'winding' him up as none of his have laid yet !!
They are all really tame from hand feeding & stroking etc., and I love em !
A bit worried about over feeding tho, as they love left overs but started to leave the layers pellets & grain, so I had to cut down on leftovers (although I always feed good stuff !) and wait until the end of the day so they ate the pellets more, is this right? as they now seem 'starving' when I do take leftovers down, but surely they should have the pellets first ?
Anyway eggs are regular and getting bigger ! Thanks to all prev advice