Elvis has a big mouth. This guy wakes up the sun. If I were dead in the ground, that shrill incessant tin can voice would roust and send me reaching for daisies to shove in my ears to drown him out. When he was a little squirt, I adored that sound. He was so cute and unusual. A brand new exotic thing to focus my attention on. A shiny new chicken to love.
Read MoreA voice in the back of my head was screaming, “No! Don’t do it! You’ll never sleep past dawn again!” The chicken lady sensed my hesitation and lifted the hen towards me in a kind, silent offering…or begging. I wasn’t sure which.