"My girl DD here got a blue ribbon at the fair today! Not sure what I was doing there, but she let me tag along and see the animals and I got to have corn on a stick, and I snuck some of a caramel apple when she wasn't looking" :)
...second chance. Now a shelter staff is taking care of him until his family is notified and a reporter cared enough to share this story. Besides the ******** who shot the poor thing and left him to suffer, this story shows a neat shift in how chickens are starting to be viewed as worthy animals...
"Let's see, take a right at the hen house and a left at the pig pen? No, Left at the dog house and right at the goat pen. I will never find the secret duck pond at this rate (sigh)"
"C'mon hunny, I know that retainers are expensive. He said it was an accident. He had to spit it out while he ate corn. I'll call the orthodontist in the morning. Can we stop looking now?"
You have perfectly outlined my future!, I will show your story to my husband so he will have a clear idea of my plans after Ms. Sesame Chicken is no longer queen of our home. Throw in a couple of Emus, tweak the available breeds of chicks in our area and I will follow your style of adding...