Life is good again

Othello is back to his normal good life at the barn after all the excitement yesterday. You will notice a small orange bandage on his right foot, put there by a nice and efficient vet at the emergency clinic.

When I arrived at the barn at my usual time, Jennifer (our great barn manager) was in the parking lot with Othello in her arms and cell phone in hand. He had accidentally torn off one of his spurs, and was bleeding quite badly. We took him to a clinic a few miles away, with Jennifer holding a tight compress on the wound and me driving. I will say that despite the injury he seemed to enjoy the ride, and talked (bok! bok! bok!) and looked around the entire way. I believe he thought he was finally flying. Being an emergency case, he was rushed to the back for treatment where the vet put two stitches on his foot. We don't think he was in too much pain, as we heard him talking through the "procedure." Back at the barn, Dr. J. put him in his kennel to rest for the night and this morning, good as new. This is one little rooster with a big personalty!