Quackers Awarded as 'Collectors Choice' at the 2006 Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. A mother hen leads her brood of eight newborn chicks for the first time to water ... Run the shore of tangled reeds Your days in darkness done The light is dancing on the cattails First day in the sun Count the eight again old hen So soon their wings to fly And guide them through the scrambled mess For life's a gift to try And as I look into this moment Let me find myself as well Running the race to win the prize Leaving my captive shell