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Introducing Verna

Meet Verna the chicken! Verna came to Sanctuary House on March 20, the vernal equinox. She had fallen from a truck and was badly injured and covered in grease from the roadway. After a bath in Dawn detergent, she spent weeks recuperating . . . she has only one good leg, although she is beginning to use her left, broken leg to help her balance. Two weeks ago she began laying eggs - badly misshapen eggs at first, but now quite normal, brown eggs.

Verna will be choosing the winners of the great sock raffle on June 1st - she is very adept at picking up things in her beak but cannot read at all, so the raffle will be 100% fair! In case Verna needs help, Trudy the chicken has promised to help.

If you haven't bought your raffle tickets yet, there is still time: 2 tickets for $10, 5 tickets for $20. . . details are in the most recent issue of News & Notes. Good luck!

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