Lucy's cast removal

Lucy, of lucky chicken fame, had her cast removed today. Her leg is not straight and we really didn't expect it to be given we know nothing about healing chicken's bones.

She's not moving around so much right now without the cast support but she seems to be doing fine. We knew it was time to take off the cast when she enthusiastically got herself to the compost pile every afternoon this past week after I dumped table scraps there. She's sort of a one-legged, hopping, partly flying chicken who really can move fast with the right motivation.

G. took the photos below while L. held Lucy down. Fino did all the precision work and Lucy was back in the coop a short while later without a scratch.

This whole thing with Lucy simply cracks me up and provides endless entertainment for the kids, who offer Cheerios and apple incentives during their daily physical therapy sessions with her.

Fino's drammel worked like a charm to remove the cast.

The cast sans Lucy. G. plans to use it for her 4-H project about Lucy at the Cumberland Fair in a couple of weeks.