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Walmart, huh? That might be a good job for him, as greeter.
He has definite bulge of a head that decreases sharply above his eyes. Not sure if that's how they are or if it's scar tissue. Anyway I took a strip of fabric a little wider than the width of his head folded it in half the long way, and put the rubber band inside the fold. I stuck the rubber banded end under his head bump, and tied the top with a tiny rubber band, over the longest feathers that are left. All that has happened so far is that he kicks at it and it turns on his head or sometimes comes off one side. If that happens, the hens get him if I don't catch and adjust. This has lasted a long time, much better than the glued-on one that probably gave both of us superglue poison and only lasted a week. (Also one time glued one eye shut.) Does the description make sense to you?
I like the sock idea only he would probably pester it til it came off. Can envision rooster with sock over eyes, running and banging into things, blinded. Tried to think of a way to put an elastic from the cap under the chin but chicken eyes are in the wrong place! Also he could kick it off.
When Roosty had his near-death experience my friend let him out of the cage, and then he flew to her nasty neighbors'. She said he probably didn't like coming to with a giant blowing in his beak, and when she was able to catch him again he came back home.
He has definite bulge of a head that decreases sharply above his eyes. Not sure if that's how they are or if it's scar tissue. Anyway I took a strip of fabric a little wider than the width of his head folded it in half the long way, and put the rubber band inside the fold. I stuck the rubber banded end under his head bump, and tied the top with a tiny rubber band, over the longest feathers that are left. All that has happened so far is that he kicks at it and it turns on his head or sometimes comes off one side. If that happens, the hens get him if I don't catch and adjust. This has lasted a long time, much better than the glued-on one that probably gave both of us superglue poison and only lasted a week. (Also one time glued one eye shut.) Does the description make sense to you?
I like the sock idea only he would probably pester it til it came off. Can envision rooster with sock over eyes, running and banging into things, blinded. Tried to think of a way to put an elastic from the cap under the chin but chicken eyes are in the wrong place! Also he could kick it off.
When Roosty had his near-death experience my friend let him out of the cage, and then he flew to her nasty neighbors'. She said he probably didn't like coming to with a giant blowing in his beak, and when she was able to catch him again he came back home.