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Welp - it looks like I’m a pet owner.

I never thought I’d be a ‘dad’ to a chick - the feathered and cheeping kind - but here I am with an as-yet unnamed little critter. :-)

‘Chick Days’ is going on where I work, and this one little bird, a pullet ( = female?) seemed to have a palsy-like condition where she had trouble walking, was always craning her head up and backwards, and had a weird way of drinking water.

We at work figured she wasn’t long for this world :-(, but surprisingly, she looked healthier yesterday than when we first got her on Thursday.

Yup - I brought her home last night and was up ‘til 11 or so making sure she was doing OK in her new surroundings.

Along with fresh water, medicated chick feed, and a light bulb for heat, she seems to be doing all right.

There are a few things I need to get done today, but diatomaceous earth and more ‘chickling’ research are on the agenda.