Comfort for orphan chicks.

This month a very useful tip from Nancy Carr - thanks Nancy.

Mama birds not only provide their babies with food, but a comforting, snuggly presence as well. The Lonely Sock Buddy provides comfort and warmth to babies away from their mothers.

Ingredients:

• Two clean socks from your Lonely Sock Drawer.
• Sock 1: long, no holes, natural fibers such as cotton or wool. Fuzzy lining is a plus. Men's sweat sock works well.
• Any other sock

Turn Sock 1 inside out. Bunch up Sock 2 and stuff it down in the toe of 1. Next we want to get the ribbed part of the sock out of the way, so small birds can't get at that non-natural material. Tuck the ribbed area of Sock 1 down inside itself, till all the ribbing plus 1 inch of non-ribbed material is tucked in. Smooth all the tucked-in ribbing so you can tie a knot in the end of the sock. Knot the end and Presto! A lonely sock buddy. Put this in the incubator for your hand-fed babies to snuggle up to.

These are washable and should be changed frequently to prevent buildup of germs in the incubator.

Make as many as you have lonely socks for, to keep up a ready supply.

Copyright Dolores Noonan 1998

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