The boys sorrowfully trailed after Dane out the door, through the yard and over to the fence that leads to the woods. Then Dane said, "What about the vet. Can't we ask him what to do?" They figured the bird had broken a wing. I continued with my mantra - Germs!
Finally, as they were near the fence, I felt like a crumb. So I called to them to stop and told them I would call the vet and see what he said. Upon calling them they said that we wouldn't get germs from it and we could try to help it.
So the boys got the dog cage and some food and water and put the bird in.
I still insisted on them covering up and wearing hand coverings! I wasn't taking any chances on some dreaded lurgy coming from this crow! *smile*
We saw that the bird had broken his feathers on one wing. In a few days we realized that there was no way this bird was going to grow back his wings very quickly. He was not going to be happy being cooped up and so we ended up letting him go. Hopefully he made it. We did see his friends hanging around when we were near the cage. I had heard that crows are very loyal. I think it is true.
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