Not Your Typical Church Lady
Letters from the Coop
August 8, 2019
Last year I came into possession of a very nice chicken coop. With it came some chickens. The "old ladies," as they became known, were very nice and well-mannered chickens. They laid big fat brown eggs. They were as tame and gentle as a chicken could be. Then we got the new group. The young ladies did not have quite the same mannerisms that the old ladies had. The new group fought. They peck each other to death. They sometimes break the eggs. They are tame and cordial to humans, but they are a nasty bunch to each other. They even bully my ducks.
The chickens have taught me a few things. Ine...
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