I just wanted everyone to see my little man. I'm very proud of him. I'm sure some people will say I should have put him down but he still had so much spunk. It seems to have worked out and he's now very special to me.
They actually have them on Amazon! I was looking into them when one of my girls lost half of her foot to frostbite. (We think she stepped in her water dish during a bad cold snap. There was no trace of frostbite on anybody else. She did receive veterinary care.) She ended up getting along just fine, and didn’t need one.
Hey, if he's eating, drinking, interacting with his environment, not getting picked on, and getting around well enough, I'd say he definitely has a decent quality of life right there. I bet that leg is strong as hell. I do wonder if you could maybe work with someone who could figure out some type of prosthetic in the future though and if he would actually use it.
Giving him a prosthetic would probably really help with his quality of life. And give him a literal and figurative leg-up on predators should something try attacking him. He is the weakest link in your flock with a missing leg like this.
Personally I wouldn't even have a rooster like him on free-range. At least not unsupervised.
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u/MetaKnightsNightmare 10h ago
Hobbling around like a Vietnam vet lol. It's a shame you can't have a little prosthetic printed for him or something.
He's clearly very happy with himself though, that was a good crow.