Thank you! That's Herbert (taken this afternoon). easy child and I were comparing pictures of her the day she came to live with us -- her comb has doubled in size, so I feel it's pretty safe to say she must have been a very young hen when we got her.
She's adjusted quite well to her new home. We just finished putting up a 2ft chicken wire fence along a 100ft section of our hill next to the neighbor's yard (no fence between the properties) to discourage her from roaming up there. So far she hasn't figured out how to go around the ends. She's very programmed to staying within specific areas of the yard... it's pretty funny actually. She doesn't wander down the side of the house and she doesn't wander past her coop towards the back where there's another slope going down to a cactus patch and open space (where the coyotes and bobcats roam!)
She's content to just stay in the yard and the flower beds... and of course napping on the patio, waiting for someone to come out with a treat! When it's time to lay her egg, she makes her way back to the coop to a plastic bin we have set up with newspaper and pine shavings. Then she's back out the yard, scratching for bugs, clover, and dandelion greens.
When it starts to get too dark for her to see, she heads for her coop, hops in and flies up to the branch we have nailed up for her perch. Then it's easy child's job to lock her in so the critters don't bother her at night.