The Bin Brook Hens, Bantams and Associated Poultry Society convenes on the last Wednesday of every month for their Ordinary General Meeting to discuss matters of current concern, such as the declining quality of food scraps (too much courgette and pumpkin), the long-running dispute over the rota for the favourite nesting box (Little White Bantam has been hogging it again) and the egg laying schedule (the winter shut-down has been postponed due to mild weather).
Also on the agenda today, the rather delicate "cockerel" issue. Gerald, Michael, Percy and Martin have been disrupting the coop with their anti-social behaviuor, to wit: (a) noisy and incessant crowing, (b) irritating displays of plumage (yes, we know your tail feathers are gorgeous, boys; get over yourselves) and (c) inapprorpriate friskiness (no means no!).
Large Black Hen proposed this should be a closed female-only meeting, but the others felt it would be more productive to include the cockerels and confront them with their concerns. As a result Large Black Hen is boycotting the meeting in protest. Meanwhile Cecil and Martin have mysteriously disappeared (several of the membership suspect Large Black Hen may know more about this than she's letting on.)
The meeting started five minutes ago and Michael ihas only just deigned to turn up (he was busy admiring his reflection in the water trough). Gerald, on the other hand, is playing the suck-up card. ("I managed to get here on time. I'm with you, girls!)
