Rooster helped to walk again by Aussie-made wheelchair
An injured rooster in the US has been given a helping hand on his road to recovery from an unlikely source in Australia.
The pet's Californian owner, Darcy Smith, was handed a lifeline from Melbourne woman Miranda Boulton after she was sent her latest invention - the chicken wheelchair.
Roo the rooster suffered a serious head injury during an altercation with another bird and could not walk and was barely eating, leaving Ms Smith searching desperately for ideas on how to make her beloved pet better.
After Ms Smith shared Roo's ordeal to Facebook, an anonymous Good Samaritan noticed her pleas for help and bought one of Ms Boulton's wheelchairs and sent it half way across the world.
"He's able to move around in it, sit upright, and he eats a ton," Ms Smith told KXTV.
"He's eating a lot of food, drinking a lot of water, and it's just made all the difference."
Ms Boulton first made one of her 'Chicken Therapy Chairs' for a rescue chicken that needed help walking at the start of year, and has since made over 100 after a huge demand for the four-wheeled frame.
Roo's progress has been described as remarkable and Ms Smith has moved to thank the unknown donor of the chair.
"I'd really like to thank them, it really made my day," Ms Smith told the ABC.
She revealed Roo is now loving life once more and is fully integrated with her other pet chickens.
"Roo is not just a rooster or chicken - Roo is our pet like a dog or cat would be, and we love him very much," Ms Smith said.
"You hear a lot about special needs dogs and special needs cats. Not a lot of special needs chickens."
