Need advice on a rooster with no legs

[TashaFrancois]

We too have an automated door and coop camera. I have called my wife from the road a couple of times to say so and so is not in the coop. She has gone out wrangled them up and put them on the roost. There are many ways to get the job done.
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I really want to learn how to set those cameras up! May I dm you about it?

 

[WVduckchick]

I really want to learn how to set those cameras up! May I dm you about it?

Check out the Wyze cameras!

 

[ChickNanny13]

Thank you all for the helpful advice. I made a sling for him, which he used for about 20 minutes before he decided that it was enough and let out a grumpy bawk and somersaulted out of it. I caught him before he could hurt himself and set him down on the floor. He took off running and flapping to a towel I had on the floor. I'll try to redesign it so he can't do that again and slowly try to get him used to it.
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He gets daily visits from the two chicks that in the house brooder. During today's visit he decided that the towel they were on wasn't good enough and tried to fly to the couch. I helped him up and he preened and took a nap.
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Everyday he seems stronger and harder to keep immobilized.

Seems like he's getting around just fine on his "stumps", hopefully they're healed well. He maybe ok with some sort of padding of his stumps? Perhaps instead of the sling, a cushy bed with food/water close by? Sounds like he's adjusting just fine becoming a "house chicken". Dang, he's so handsome ... Love his coloring,

 

[dalasgalas]

The things we do for our chickens. This whole thread cracked me up. If you have the time and inclination to care for this guy, I'd say do it. Even fashion some peg legs, it's been done before, you could likely go online and research others that have fashioned bird peg legs. As long as he is comfortable and happy, really, that is all a bird can hope for right? I would just be careful to ensure he is happy and pain free.

 

[BY Bob]

I really want to learn how to set those cameras up! May I dm you about it?

You most certainly may. I'd be glad to help

 

[BY Bob]

The things we do for our chickens. This whole thread cracked me up. If you have the time and inclination to care for this guy, I'd say do it. Even fashion some peg legs, it's been done before, you could likely go online and research others that have fashioned bird peg legs. As long as he is comfortable and happy, really, that is all a bird can hope for right? I would just be careful to ensure he is happy and pain free.

Here here I second this. Well said

 

[Eggcessive]

Here is a picture of one of duluthralphie’s roosters who gets around fine on his stumps in post 10:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/frozen-ginney-hen-feet.1297443/

 

[Fishkeeper]

I really, really wouldn't suggest leaving him with just the stumps. At least put some padding over the bases. Otherwise, he's putting pressure on the ends of bones that aren't meant to take it like that, and putting pressure on the thin layer of flesh between the bone and the ground. Chickens hide pain well, they're prey animals. Normal behavior means they aren't in crippling pain, it doesn't mean they aren't in pain at all, so the best we can do is take reasonable measures to prevent pain. Protecting the ends of the stumps is definitely reasonable.

 

[WaterGoat]

I wonder if something like a fold over finger splint would work as a chicken peg leg (or at least stump protection)? Like this: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Fold-Over-Finger-Splint-Finger-Cot-Finger-Brace-1/30235511
Wishing you all the luck caring for your sweet little house rooster!

 

[BY Bob]

I wonder if something like a fold over finger splint would work as a chicken peg leg (or at least stump protection)? Like this: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Fold-Over-Finger-Splint-Finger-Cot-Finger-Brace-1/30235511
Wishing you all the luck caring for your sweet little house rooster!

I like that idea. I think attaching it may be the big challenge. It needs to be tight enough to support his weight without sliding down where the stump is rubbing. Hmmmmm