The operator of a farm sanctuary in eastern Ontario saved a rooster who had to have his lower limbs amputated because of frostbite, and she wants others to think twice before abandoning feathered friends.
Last winter, hikers found the young male Faverolle chicken — who they’ve named “Roy” — dumped in the Limerick Forest, just south of Kemptville, Ont., and about 70 kilometres south of downtown Ottawa.
Though badly frostbitten, the French breed heritage rooster was wary of his rescuers. It took two days of leaving seed in the forest and building the bird’s trust before they could bring him to the sanctuary, called
