Cowardice

For some reason, I have never been curious as to why cowards are often referred to as chickens.

A few days ago I discovered the answer quite by accident. Our two bantams were making a racket in the garden, clearly alarmed at something. Fearing a cat on the prowl, I ran to the window to see Custard and Mustard being terrorised by nothing more than a rabbit and a squirrel!

Time for a name change to Henny and Penny!