Mum had been able to purchase 6 baby chickens at the local market.  We were so excited about having fresh laid eggs to eat that we fed the chickens and nourished them to help them grow healthy and strong.  As the weeks past, we wondered why the chickens were getting so big and yet they had not laid the first egg.  A few more weeks past and we started to get the feeling that maybe we would not have any eggs especially since these particular “chickens” were spending so much of the early morning hours crowing and cock-a-doodle-dooing. 

Yes, that is right, the farmer at the market had sold my Mum 6 roosters.  I still laugh every time I think back to the look of indignation on my Mums face when she realized that she had been sold roosters instead of chickens.

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