We used to get chook feed (little pellets) and give them the Kitchen scraps. Make sure you give them eggshells to!! It helps make sure their own eggshells are really hard, and the harder the shell the healthier the chook


Um...Chickens CAN fly - depsite popular belief! Not far, but high and far enough to make it over a 6ft fence. so I really recommend a covered run for them. Also they will dig eventually at fences whilst picking around...so not a bad idea to build the fence down into the ground 1/2 -1 foot too
This will also make it harder for foxes to get in, or your family dog or cat

Oh and make sure you have enough laying boxes - nothing worse than going to collect your eggs and having to ransack the place looking for them, if you dont stand on them first! lol
Good luck!!