I just realized that Sleeper has the ability to use their chemokinesis to create a telepathic link which could be useful for CR. They don't generally try to do stuff like that unless they feel the situation calls for it.

And yeah. Small chickens that aren't really worth eating and never will be. They're for eggs. No rooster means nobody has to worry about the whole eating potential chicks part. Come September they should each be laying about 5 a week or so, so everyone who knows Bart has a handy source of cage-free eggs.