Thursday, November 1, 2007

Bitesize Chicken Nuggets

Little chicks do indeed grow very fast. Before you know it, they are already pecking away for their expectant meals. Cheep, cheep, cheep! Peck, peck, peck! They may be little, but little teeth hurt too! The rule in my henhouse, if you peck, you're done. It's not open for discussion. The first time I laid down chicken law, the little chick cried real tears. He hollered for a minute, stunned, that I had said no and taken away the chickenfeed. Then, after a few very difficult minutes, he calmed. I won't say there still aren't times when he pecks, particularly when he's teething, but I stick to chicken law. No pecking. No scratching. Or no chickenfeed. There are still a few tears from time to time, but we get along much better here in the chicken house, and the breast piece is no more for the wear.