Okay, now that's not true. Wheat grass is tasty, good for you, and makes a nice mating aid (click for a picture of Earl Grey showing off with a piece of wheat grass [pops]). But it's been a few years since I've been able to find small tubs — sold as "pet grass" — in local stores at a reasonable price. And apparently, now that it's unfamiliar, it's Evil.

How Evil? you ask. So Evil that for the four hours I had it in the Finsterium this morning, NOT A SINGLE BIRD went near it. This means that, although they went to the floor on the other side of the cage to eat soaked seeds and sip some water from the far side of the dish, the wheat grass, the corn next to it, and the lettuce next to that, were untouched. Nor did a single Finster dare to take a bath in the water dish.

Chickens.

Well, I knew they weren't starving, but after four hours I caved in and took the Evil thing out. Zip! Down to the corn! And I think I hear the splash of a bath now.

Don't worry, they overcame their fear of the Seedlings of Pure (Lettuce) Evil a few years ago. They'll figure out how to deal with the Evil Wheat Grass soon enough.