POEM - One-Eyed Jack has a Poufy Head

I got a little carried away

Shopping online one spring

See it was a money thing

Buying two dozen chicks

Was less than buying five

So I got creative

Filled in the order with various breeds

Both impressive and whimsical

There were eight Cuckoo Moran

Black with white polka dots

And dark chocolate brown eggs

Then a half dozen Amauricana

A South American jungle breed

Known as Easter egg chickens

They lay various colors of eggs

Green and blue and pink, etc

Then the classic Buff Orpingtons

A nice big yellow chicken

A heavy breed with light brown eggs

A good layer in all seasons

Then I needed a few more

I order some Mottled Houdan

Because they have a ridiculous crest

Looks like they have a big poufy head

Four months later they came

I called to warn the post office

They weren’t even fazed

Said they get goats all the time

The chicks were a nice change

The box was smaller than my last shoe box

I thought I was shorted

But they were all in there

With room to spare

Eventually we had thirty six

Through various means

And over half were roosters

So we had two pens

The boys club

And the ladies’ coop

Both got attacked and decimated

One awful day

I ended up with one Buff hen

Four Amauracana hens

And one Mottled Houdan rooster

I was happy I had those left

The Houdan was a little injured

Its eye was swollen and awful

But it grew over eventually

Too bad he was a jerk

The healthier he got

The more he tried to pick fights

Soon we were hoisting food over the fence

And I had a broom to fight him off

Whenever I went in the pen

All of that ended two weeks back

The bigger jerk dog got in

Ran him out into the yard

Broke his neck and left him dead

Ezra found his soupy carcass 3 days ago

Rotting in the deep grass

Nothing but ant infested bones

And the remnants of his pouf

            To let us know One-Eyed Jack was dead