Switcheroo

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We have been told
Little Baby Female Chicks
develop tail feathers 1st.
That has been our experience too.
So, within those 1st weeks,
Melanie carefully separated
the Boys from the Girls
based on this simple formula.
The Girls made their headquarters
in the Brooder House.
The Boys were hanging out
in the Rooster Pen
with the White Rocks.
Things worked beautifully
for the Delawares.
Something went awry
for the Barred Rocks.
Over time,
the "Pullets" were looking
like Cockerels
and the "Cockerels" were looking
like Pullets.
Behaviors of the "Pullets"
and "Cockerels"
were reversed.
Some of the Little Peeps
had taken on names
which don't quite fit any more.
Sylvia became Sylvester.
So we 3 slow Humans began
to accept the obvious.
And last night we pulled
a "switcheroo".
The "Pullets" were relocated
to the Cockerels,
and the "Cockerels"
found themselves
among the Pullets.
Things are not always as they seem.
We just keep learning around here.
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Glinda Crawford, 2010
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