The short-winged birds kept on crying out, but with Winston around, none of the birds dared to bully Irina, who had no attacking abilities.

Unlike domestic chickens, the short-winged birds were aggressive. They were also territorial, with each of them possessing an individual nest. Irina found it strange when she chased off a short-winged bird and saw that there wasn’t a single egg inside.

To get the short-winged birds to always lay their eggs in the same spot, she would never remove all of their eggs. She would leave one behind. However, there wasn’t a single egg left in this short-winged bird’s nest.

There were eggs in the other short-winged...