CHICKENS 
Until they are three weeks or a month old, the 
Chicks need the warmth of their mother’s breast and 
wings, but at the end of that time their wing feathers 
are grown, and they are able to keep warm without 
her help. 
As they grow older. Chickens seem to get 
uglier and uglier. Their legs look too long, and 
their bodies are covered with sprouting stubs and 
ugly quills instead of pretty soft down. Sad to say, 
when the young Cockerels are big enough they are 
often most quarrelsome, and sad fights take place 
between them. 
Here is a true story of two young Cocks who 
lived in a farmyard. The elder was called Jupiter. 
He had been given this name because he was so 
stately and dignified. He had pure white plumage 
and considered himself quite the king of all the 
poultry. The other Cock was some weeks younger. 
He was parti-coloured, and not particularly beautiful. 
He was called ‘‘Secundus,” which means ‘‘second.” 
Poor Secundus was treated very badly by 
Jupiter. He was pushed on one side and driven 
away from food, but he bore all with great patience, 
and seemed to dwell apart from the other fowls. 
