My Chick

My chick's name is White Tip. She is black with little white tips at the back of her wings. White Tip is really nice and cuddly. She likes to get out of the coop. Though last night, she learned her lesson of getting out of the coop. Well, last night Mama woke up and herd a strange sound coming from the chicken coop. So she got out of bed and got her boots on and went outside. Then she went into the coop. She saw this big lump that was laying on a piece of wood outside the coop. It was about a foot and a half. It slowly got off the piece of wood and started walking towards the little stone steps Mama made with a chick in it's mouth! It was a raccoon carrying White Tip in it's teeth! Right after it reached the stairs Mama scared it away, leaving White Tip behind. White Tip was really lame, so Mama thought she was dead. Mama was going to leave White Tip there and throw her away in the morning, but then the raccoon came back, and picked White Tip up again, but White Tip made a little noise, so Mama scared the raccoon away again, and put White Tip in the coop. All the big chickens were in the coop, but only De out of the chicks was there. So Mama started looking for the other chicks. First she found Lucy, wandering around in circles in our  neighbor's back yard, so she put her in the coop. Then she found Emo up in a tree. She looked everywhere but couldn't find the other chicks, Chicky Tail and Bullet. She figured the raccoon had all ready gotten them, so she went back to bed. This morning Mama went out to the chicken coop again to check on White Tip, and Bullet and Chicky Tail were waiting at the gate to be let in! Mama let them in, then went over and opened up the hatch where we get eggs, and White Tip was walking around! At breakfast this morning Mama told us this story. In the middle of breakfast Mama took me to see White Tip. She was resting in one of the nesting boxes and her feathers were going up, so she was breathing. Mama held up her wing and showed me White Tip's cut, which was really long and deep. The raccoon had made it when he held her. I came back ten minutes later to put medicine on her cut. Then we went back inside. I really hope White Tip will live.