Holly, I love that you said you love hearing a rooster crow nearby, that's not the typical response we chicken keepers get!

No, not all roosters crow. The more dominant ones start earlier and crow more; Mo's been at it regularly for weeks now, while Uno is still experimenting just occasionally. I did manage to get both of them crowing together!

As you can see, they got in a little argument at the end. No harm done. Young cockerels learn to give each other space when crowing; you don't see two adults doing that side-by-side, it's a bit of a faux pas. Roosters don't always fight. If they grow up with dads and brothers, they do much better socially.

I do have something I'm concerned about, and that's his feet (or his foot and stump rather). They're holding up pretty well, but he's been free-ranging more, so they're getting more use. (He loves free-ranging.) See:

The calluses on his foot are getting bigger and a bit cracked. There's no way I can straighten out his toe, and anyway I think the calluses would form regardless, but I do want to make sure these don't get infected. No sores at this point. Free-ranging helps keep clean but also increases the wear and tear. You can tell from the difference from last post, he's still growing a lot.

On his stump, you can see there's a small sore. I'm a bit concerned if it's a sore, and more concerned if it's bumblefoot. I've treated bumblefoot before and it's nasty; if this is it, I'm just glad it's not on his foot, because then if it worsened he'd be well and truly crippled. He uses the stump more than you'd think, though, for propping himself up.

Anyway, I don't know that it's bumblefoot yet -it's an odd shape, but so is his stump. If it is a sore, any suggestions on how to treat it? Ointments or something? I'm sure some of you have had tripawds trying to use their stumps and getting sores. I might try a bandage to let it rest without getting more scraped, but I don't know if he'll tolerate it.

Oh -and in case you worried he was uncomfortable while taking these pictures:

Yes, he fell asleep. 

Thanks for the advice, everyone. My favorite poultry forum is down right now so I am doubly in need of suggestions right now. (Although I'm fairly certain I'm the only one with a one-legged chicken on there.)

Well, the good news is, I'm fairly certain that the scab on Uno's stump is not bumblefoot. The bad news is, just since I last posted, the biggest callus on his foot peeled off and he now has a bumblefoot infection on that toe. My heart sank when I saw that. Still small though.

I ordered Musher's Secret and we started with that today. Treatment for bumblefoot usually includes Epsom salt soaks, antibiotic ointment, and removing the corns when/if they get large enough, and sometimes some other ointments, but we'll try the basics first. So we added the Musher's Secret after our Epsom salt soak this evening. Those articles are really interesting! Now I'm thinking about wraps/booties and honey. If it kills infection, that would be perfect.

Here he is during the soak. I thought it was hard enough getting the two-legged ones to sit down in a bowl of water! We've had trouble getting the stump low enough, but we finally got it. Even though it looked like I peed my pants by then. 

Here's what I mean about that bumblefoot. The middle toe, see? He lands on that spot pretty hard. I worked with it to see how far I could straighten it out, but he did not like that at all. Wrapping it would probably be more comfortable than a boot. I might try that and see how he tolerates it. 

Since the callus is gone and the bumblefoot's there, I've put Uno in our mini coop for the time being. It's too small for long-term, but I want him to have limited space to move around in. Mo is in there too, partly to keep Uno company and partly to learn that he is not allowed to roost in the grapefruit tree.  Uno follows Mo around a lot, so hopefully this will eliminate that need and let him rest.