She/he is making slow improvements and is indoors in a cage with her friend and being kept on a blanket for softness rather than the wire cage of course. All is healing well and she helps to balance by using her wing. I will keep her indoors until the weather warms. She was born around March 4th.
My concern is that the remaining leg will become stressed. Any ideas on making a prosthesis for a chicken? Materials, design, how to attach? I do plan on modifying her chicken area outside to make some things easier for her. But, wondered about the prosthesis. She will not have a tail to balance, the leg was taken off right above the hock joint. She does use her wing a bit to balance and flies/hops then rests to get about the cage or when on the bed to move about while I am cleaning her cage. She is an Americuana, so should not be a heavy breed, but will be a larger size.
I am just sending out feelers on this to get people in the special needs or chicken-related rescue thinking. If you have any thoughts or ideas of who to contact, please post. Katharine and Hoppi
