It has been a rough week on legs at the Almeida homestead, first L. and now Lucy our chicken.

Fino discovered the chicken's leg broken yesterday morning. Nurses L. and G. assisted with the splint and helped to secure it with an old sock from L.

When I got home from the office yesterday, I was told in great detail about poor Lucy's injury and how the nurses and Fino helped her. There was a lot of speculation about how the injury happened but Fino really wasn't sure.

Lucy was resting comfortably in the coop last night and the nurses have now given her a new name.

"Lucky Lucy the Chicken"

And I'm sure she's feeling lucky and the envy of her friends. She's probably the only chicken in Maine wearing a pink sock right now.