Blanche went over to where Martha was sitting and squared up to her. She told Martha, "If you do not stop that incessant racket I'm going to knock you into the next millennium! Do you understand"? Martha looked up at Blanche and loudly hissed at her then drew her right wing up and poked Blanche in the eye! Mr Finleyson watched the two of them, not understanding what was going on between them, until he saw Martha poke Blanche in the eye with her wing. "Oh no"! He thought. He said sternly to both of them, "Now now girls, let's all calm down and go back to sleep. I'm sorry Martha I spilled water on you and woke you up. Don't take it out on Blanche. Come down here and sit beside me Martha and go back to sleep". He saw that Martha and Blanche were not listening to him as they faced each other with narrowed eyes. Before he could say another word, Blanche and Martha flew at each other, loudly screeching, wings flapping, beaks snapping, feathers flying as they rolled around the long wooden bench, up and down the length of it, bouncing off the wall along the way! The other hens gathered round them the best they could as they seemed to cheer them on. There wasn't enough room in the cell for fighting! As Martha and Blanche continued to roll around and bounce off the walls, Gilbert looked on with amusement. The other hens continued to cheer and stamp their little feet. They hopped from side to side on their little stick legs. The noise from the screeching Martha and Blanche coupled with the loud clucking of the other hens, was deafening in the small confined cell. Mr Finleyson expected the cell door to burst open at any second, as police officers waded in to break up the two brawling hens. But no one appeared! Gilbert got up off the floor to give the hens more room, as Martha and Blanche fell off the bench as they went "hammer and tongs" at each other. Rolling around the cell floor, causing Mr Finleyson to scramble out of the way towards the door. Martha was so angry at Blanche, she jumped on top of her and put her wings tightly round Blanche's neck in a head lock! They began to wrestle. Blanche managed to put her wings up and under Martha's and broke Martha's headlock and then spun round and grabbed Martha and flung her over her shoulder onto the ground, where Blanche then jumped on top of Martha, pinning her to the floor as Martha's little stick legs kicked wildly in the air at Blanche's bum. She managed to wriggle down a bit as Blanche sat on top of her chest!