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WCEP #403 at 0 days.
Photo: K. O'Malley.
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WCEP #403 at 4 days in the chick run. A puppet called "robo-crane"
helps teach the chick.
Photo: K. O'Malley. |
WCEP #402 at 0 days
Photo K. O'Malley. |
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WCEP
#402 at 8 days- first training.
Photo: K. O'Malley. |
Little
chick marches in step with trainer Dan Sprague and robo-crane. Meet
Robo-crane!
Photo: HRay |
#402
Dan Sprague taxis around the outside of the pen and "robo-crane"
drops mealworms to encourage chick to follow, safely INSIDE the pen.
Photo: HRay |
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The
aluminum addition to the propeller guard is in place
during
the early training just in case the chicks climb the fence. It prevents
chicks from entering the propeller.
Photo:
HRay |
After
several turns around the pen, the young chicks are led back to their
chick runs. They are never picked up, but coaxed back by the trainer
using "robo-crane." |
Chick 402. Swimming is done in 20-minute sessions to help
prevent hock rotation to the chick's quickly developing legs.
Photo: HRay |
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Journey
North is pleased to feature this educational adventure made possible
by the Whooping
Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP). |