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was down there and she said, come into the bedroom, I want to show you something. She had a cardboard box full of baby chicks 13, (Plymouth Barred Rocks). A couple of weeks later she put them in a coop in her back yard and after a couple of nights she called me all upset and told me that someone had stole all but one of her chicks. Sure nuff I went down there and could not find any evidence of an animal or a snake getting them.

Well she only had one left so she gave it to me, so I asked her if I could name it after her and she was well pleased, so my little Chick is Miss Ruby and I had to change the name of the rooster to John Myron.
I think that the rooster had to be a "God Thing" that he lead me to that old couple. Seems like there should be a childrens book somewhere in this, I just do not have the ability to write it.........Ha!

Miss Ruby and John Myron

Miss Ruby (the chick) is quite a pet, I have never had a chicken for a pet. I think that she thinks I am her mother. I keep her in a cage in the back yard and let her out each day for about an hour and she follows me everywhere. I bring her in the house in the afternoons and she will lay on my chest and take a nap with me and the dogs. I have had her about 3 weeks, so she is about 6 weeks old now."

John K.

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