All of the feed stores are full of peeping chicks – springtime is officially here.  Despite the sign over the bin housing all of these terribly cute puffballs, which reads, “Do NOT handle the chicks!” –  you find yourself reaching in to caress and hold whichever chick you can easily pick up.  You really want to hold this cheeping ball of down up against your cheek, but don’t dare risk it because you might get caught by a clerk.  You can barely contain the growing urge to buy a couple chicks — you are convincing yourself that you need baby chicks and you want to buy some right now. Continue reading →