This snuggly double portrait was unimaginable as recently as Thursday, when the bigger chickens were still taking turns to persecute little Ida (left), at least when they weren’t doing it collectively as a trio. But Ida has since realised that when Queenie (right) is on her own, she’s essentially a placid soul – in fact, since Ida is still growing and has a visibly livelier temperament and a greater propensity to take risks (such as nicking the others’ food while they’ve lifted their beaks for a millisecond), it wouldn’t be at all surprising if the pecking order gets recalibrated in the not too distant future.