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If you have ever had the pleasure of being in a throng of baby chickens you would know that locomotion in such a situation requires particular care. You dare not lift your feet more than an inch for fear that as you place it down you will hear a sickening crunch and simultaneous squeak that advertises the end of a fuzzy peeper. Also be aware that chicks have absolutely no qualms about milling around people. In fact, they think shoelaces are quite possibly tasty little worms. Add to that a sprinkling of grain at your feet and you are thus condemned to what I have dubbed ‘the baby chicken shuffle’. Tiny shuffling footsteps that result in torturously slow progress.


Oh my! brilliant reality.
 
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Oh my! is right.
If I ever needed to reconsider having dogs, goats, and chickens, that was all it would take.
 
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