A Clucksome Affair

Today's the day.

The coop was in an uproar.

Rumour had it that there was a new cockerel on the block and he was being introduced to the coop that very day.

The hens were going crazy with excitement.

It had been so long since a hot new cock, um, cockerel, had been introduced to them, and the last one, Khun, was useless to them anyway!

It's not that they didn't like Khun the cockerel, but he just wasn't interested in them. They all thought him rather handsome, rather pretty with his white feathers that had a bluish tint to them, but no matter how much the hens flaunted themselves in front of him, he never once approached any of them. Instead, he would glare down at them from a higher perch he would jump onto.

This earned him a nickname in the coop.

Khun the Cock.

So it was understandable that the hens were excited for their new addition, especially when word on the roost is that this particular cock, sorry, cockerel, was big and rather tasty.

Khun the Cock just watched over their coop, ignoring the loud gossipy hens like Endclucki and Henwa. He did, however, find it rather unnerving that one hen in particular just kept staring at him.

He glared at the hen with reddish feathers and she stared back, her eyes black and beady.

What the hell is wrong with Henryun today?

But he didn't have time to question the hen as the farmer soon turned up with their new addition.

The farmer, a middle aged man named Jinsung, approached the coop with a cardboard box, holes poked in the sides and a mass of banging and clucking coming from inside.

Khun the Cock continued to watch on as the hens raised mayhem in their nests, clucking and cawing, flapping their wings in excitement when the farmer opened up the coop.

He placed the cardboard box inside and loosened the lid.

A sudden silence descended on the coop.

Anticipation.

Expectation.

And then

Poof.

The lid of the box opened and out popped a handsome brown cock.

A few clucks here and there from him as his head cocked from one side to the other, his beady little eyes darting around the cage.

The hens all held their breath as the cockerel jumped from the box and took a few steps forward, his head bobbing about.

Farmer Jinsung removed the box and closed up the coop, warning them all to get along before he left.

And that's when the hens descended.

The moment the farmer left, the other chickens went mad, all hopping to swarm around the handsome new addition.

How pleased the hens all were.

He was a bigger cock, more handsome than Khun the Cock who could rather be considered a pretty cock.

"You! What's your name? What's your name?"

They all attacked the cockerel and he shyly responded.

"Um, Jyu Viole Cluck, but you can call me Bam."

And then, amidst the feathers and dirt flying around the surrounded cockerel, a sudden noise and flurry disturbed the ruckus.

"Cockadoodledoooo!"

The hens scattered as Khun the Cock hopped off his perch with an almighty call.

He landed with a thud in front of Bam and the two big cocks stared each other down.

A chorus of low clucks sounded from the hens gathered around the pair.

Is Khun the Cock about to assert his dominance?

The hens all chittered and chattered, waiting for the next move.

The cockerels stared at each other...

Until!

Khun the cockerel suddenly dropped a wing close to the floor!

He looked up at the surprised cock, Bam, and he winked before clucking at him.

Then he danced.

Spinning round in a circle, his wing lowered down on the inside of the dance.

Mayhem ensued.

So that's why Khun the Cock wasn't interested in the hens!

The hens were going mad, clucking and cawing all over the place, scratching their claws in the dirt and flapping their wings as they watched the show and waited for their new cockerel to respond.

Would there be a fight?

Because, surely, Bam wouldn't be interested!

Right?

Right?

However, the hens were all left speechless as the big cock watched the blue cocks dance in awe.

And then he dipped his head and body to the dancing male.

The hens all screamed.

Bam the cock, um cockerel, responded to Khun's mating dance!

The coop was a mess of clucking and flying feathers as the hens all stropped.

Just their luck!

They got two gay cockerels!

Meanwhile, Bam and Khun had continued their dance until Khun was close enough to the big, brown cock and he placed himself behind the receptive cockerel.

Bam twisted his neck round, a few clucks and bobs of his head and their beaks clashed together, their little pink tongues darted out and joined their penultimate dance.

Their wings spread wide and they ignored the surrounding cacophony as they joined together as one.

"Caw, caw!"

Bam clucked loudly as Khun the cock thrusted, their feathers flew in the air creating a splendorous shower as the pair reached their heaven.

The following day, the two big cocks were cuddling together on Khun's usual perch.

Soft clucks cooed at each other reassuringly as they nuzzled into each other's feathers and rubbed their beaks together, their beady little eyes closed in bliss after hours of joining together as one over and over again.

However, their morning cuddles were suddenly interrupted when Bam chirped and bolted upright.

"Are you okay?"

Khun the Cock asked his lover, and Bam's throat rumbled.

Bam couldn't answer, he hopped down to directly beneath the perch, landing in a nest of pure hay and then he strained.

And he strained.

And he strained.

Until he let out an almighty roar.

"Cockadoodledoooo!!"

Aaaand...

Pop.

Bam panted heavily for a few moments and Khun hopped off the perch to join him and see if he was okay.

However, Bam seemed a little confused.

He blinked a few times at Khun the Cock, their heads bobbing up and down, and then he shifted his body, allowing his blue feathered lover to join his confusion as they stared at the object that had dislodged itself from Bam's body.

A small object.

Kind of round.

It looked an awful lot like an egg....