Ten Thousand Hands of Snow

•April 16, 2025•

by Janet Roney

I spent a lot of time with chickens when I was a little girl. Feeding them and gathering eggs was my daily family chore and 4-H project. I had names for them. They were among my best friends.

I learned a lot about human nature from chickens. I observed the pecking order firsthand, which most species, including humans, seem to have. Greed is another. I remember a chicken will duck its head and run when it catches a juicy grasshopper. Soon, the whole chicken yard is chasing it, whether it has a bug or not. The duck and run action set them all astir, not an honest-to-goodness bug. 

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