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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419240" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Learning about chickens</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Last year I was given some chickens<br>Of which I did not know a lot; <br>I gave them a home in my orchard, <br>Then read up to see what was what.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The book that I took for instruction<br>Said that chickens must have some protection<br>From cold, and the damp English climate, <br>From foxes and chills and infection.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So an outhouse, I used for the purpose, <br>And covered the floor with some hay; <br>Then I sat back to wait for them laying, <br>Expecting a dozen a day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But at night they seemed nervous and jumpy<br>And I knew not for what they did search; <br>'Til my father-in-law said, 'you nitwit! <br>Don't you know that a bird needs a perch? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So I took his advice and I chopped them<br>A branch, upon which they could roost; <br>My knowledge of chickens now growing, <br>Their comforts now given a boost.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then I found from a friend that a nest-box<br>Would help to persuade them to lay; <br>My chickens were then more contented<br>And gave me my breakfast next day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then along came the cold winter weather<br>With a worrying dropp in supplies; <br>But the book said that this was quite normal<br>And in summer, production would rise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes I'm learning a lot about chickens<br>And their greedy omniverous diet; <br>And the order enforced by their pecking, <br>And that cockerels can't stand being quiet.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now I'd say, in my humble opinion, <br>That it's better to give chicks a name; <br>Then identification is easy, and, <br>If there's trouble you'll know who to blame.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But trouble was rare in my orchard, <br>My flock of ten enjoyed their days; <br>Belinda and Sally, the elders, <br>Five others, marrans, and all greys.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But things changed when Rocky the rooster<br>Took to scrapping and doing his nut<br>Over two of the birds, presumed female, <br>Rocky knew they were anything but.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The book said that more than one cockerel<br>Would surely result in disaster; <br>Poor Speckleand Snowy's salvation lay<br>In the fact that they both could run faster.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So an uneasy truce is at present<br>Existing between the cocks three; <br>But if anyone's wanting a rooster<br>Come and see me, I'll give you one free! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Written Feb 1996</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Carter+Brown">John Carter Brown</a><div class=q>
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Of which I did not know a lot; 
I gave them a home in my orchard, 
Then read up to see what was what.

The book that I took for instruction
Said that chickens must have some protection
From cold, and the damp En..."></div>
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