Help sought from people familiar with pheasants. This is a wild pheasant that joins my flock intermittently, and has been doing so for over a year. A couple of days ago he appeared in poor condition, and not wanting to bear weight on the left leg; he has since recovered much condition, but is still holding the foot up most of the time, and walking with a limp when needs be. Yesterday I managed to get this photo of him with the foot down; it's the leg nearest the camera, with toe at an odd angle. Is the outside toe broken? or the ankle? or something else? do you know what is wrong with him and what his prospects might be? I think another pheasant may be trying to take over his territory. Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.
