Handicap Chicken (and other poultry) Contest! RESULTS (FINALLY) pg 7

[ChickenSal]

Who won?

 

[chicken_china_mom]

I read each entry and I have to say, I cried over several of them. I've always had a soft spot for injured animals and seeing these birds living wonderful lives warms my heart and reminds me that God doesn't give us any more than we can handle, and I believe that is true for animals as well as humans. What wonderful pets these all were. I can't wait to see who the winner is!

 

[teddiliza]

Wow, this has been an inspiration to read. I have a chick with a club foot that hops around on its good leg and has a twisted back, and now I know 'where there's a will there's a way.'

Thanks all!
BTW who won?

 

[Attack Chicken]

Dangit I forgot about this contest

Didn't get to enter my baby Newbie

 

[mom2chicksandpups]

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I wonder if the diabetes could have been the reason or part of the reason that he lost his feet. I used to work with disabled senior citizens and knew several people who had to have legs amputated due to sores on their feet & legs that wouldn't heal due to diabetes. I thought of this when I read that your footless chicken was diabetic.

I also learned something new. I didn't know that chickens could be diabetic until I read this post.

 

[mom2chicksandpups]

Awww! Such sweet pictures of "special" birds. I enjoyed reading about them all. I always have a tendency to baby the special ones, myself. You guys are all great for keeping them and letting them live when others may have given up on them.

 

[SeramaLife]

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I forgot too! Can I make a late entry?

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

I don't think they're ever going to judge this show...so why not?? I'd personally like to hear about him!

 

[Attack Chicken]

Name: Newbie
Age: was hatched on St. Patricks Day
Breed (Mutts are allowed too): Supposed to be a Bantam Blue-Laced Wyandotte
How chicken got its handicap: It was the fault of school. They didn't take care of the humidity in the incubator which he was born with a crossbeak.
What makes your chicken special besides its defect: Besides being the only one that survived in his hatch, I adopted him and brought him home on the school bus( different story lol). After a few days at home he got really sick. He couldn't stand, was doing backflips, and wasn't breathing a few times. When he stopped breathing I gave him CPR which is the first time I had even given a chicken CPR. We though he wasn't going to make it. But day by day he got stronger and better. He is living his life happy and healthy now and hangs out with his buddies. and is fast as lightning.

I'll get a better picture of him when I get home.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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I wonder if the diabetes could have been the reason or part of the reason that he lost his feet. I used to work with disabled senior citizens and knew several people who had to have legs amputated due to sores on their feet & legs that wouldn't heal due to diabetes. I thought of this when I read that your footless chicken was diabetic.

I also learned something new. I didn't know that chickens could be diabetic until I read this post.

We actually think the diabetes was from lack of food in the beginning. The other males kept him from eating (I didn't know...it was a meat pen, so I only fed whatever was eaten, didn't actually watch them eat it). So, I'm sure the diabetes was definitely part of it. The ground was just so cold though...