No fowl play as chicken leg gets the chop

A SOUTH Wales couple spent almost £2,000 (€2,955) on vet’s bills trying to save their pet chicken’s injured leg.

But Lily the Rhode Island Red still had to have the leg amputated in the end, reports the Daily Mail.

The couple from Cwmbran, Torfaen, took out a bank loan and lived on beans on toast for a year to pay £1,800 (€2,700) in vet bills after the chicken was injured.

Vicky Mills and her husband Sam paid for seven operations and the amputation.

But 24-year-old Mrs Mills says it was worth it to see the smile back on her beak.

Three-year-old Lily sleeps on a cushion in the kitchen of their house in Cwmbran, South Wales.

The charity worker was horrified when her pet got her left leg trapped in a barbed wire fence.

When the treatment failed and the experts said Lily’s leg would have to be amputated in order to save her life, Mrs Mills and her husband dug deep again to meet the costs.

Even then her medical bills were not over, as Lily was diagnosed with depression, which they cured by leaving the television on whenever they go out.

Mrs Mills said: “She’s worth every penny. I’ve not had a holiday this year because of the vet’s bills.

“But I love her to bits and it would break my heart if anything happened to her.”