Today Dad gave up a large portion of his day to help me make a sort of cage for my little crippled chick. Trissy and I hope to go to Youth Camp in the northern part of the state in a couple of weeks, and I know Dad and Mom can't give my chick the kind of attention I have been, feeding and watering it every few hours, so I devised a way to (hopefully) accomplish several several things at once. 1 - Dad and Mom won't have to take such detailed care of him while I'm gone, 2 - He will be learning to take care of himself, 3 - I won't be 'worrying' about him as much.
The 'cage' is just a wooden rectangle frame, that I plan to cover with chicken wire, except on the bottom. He can then be put out in the chicken yard, feed scattered around him, a little waterer set in the center, the 'cage' set over the whole deal, and voila! the big chickens are kept away, clean-up is minimal, and he will be forced to scoot around to get the feed and water for himself, thus making him more independent, and me freer.
*Be sure to check this post again later - I've got to go now, but I hope to post a picture of the cage frame (I haven't gotten a chance to put the wire on yet), and an update on VBS!*
Ttyl!
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