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Lucky feetless duck gets new lease on life with 3-D printer generated feet - Immediately after being shown on the news, Legless Tammy Duckworth asked if she can get some too!


Town of Cedarburg— Lumpy the goose struts back and forth, blocking the driveway of Autumn Farm Sanctuary here.

The goose with a missing toe and mangled wings greets visitors and begs for attention by gently biting their clothes at hip's height. Nearby, a turkey named Monty vies for guests' affection by spreading his feathers and puffing his chest.

But it's tough for them to compete for attention with the newest addition to this ragtag barnyard crew — Phillip the duck.

Phillip waddles around his new stomping grounds of the Autumn Farm with 3-D-printed, prosthetic webbed feet. These bright orange plastic prototypes printed by an Oshkosh middle school teacher are not only quite the fowl fashion statement—they actually saved this lucky duck's life.

Vicki Rabe-Harrison, an Oshkosh woman, found and rescued Phillip after he lost both of his feet to frostbite. She almost put the Muscovy duck down because he struggled to walk, until Jason Jischke agreed to help.

Jischke used his classroom's 3-D printer at South Park Middle School to design and produce plastic prosthetics that fit to Phillip's feet. Rabe-Harrison then reached out to Autumn Farm on Facebook to see if they would take the duck in.

With open arms, Brandon and Alyssa Herbst welcomed Phillip home to their sanctuary on Sunday. The couple moved onto a 9-acre property with a big red barn and opened Autumn Farm in October 2014 to care for unwanted or abused farm animals.

More than 50 animals live on the farm — each with a story like Phillip's and every one being given their own name, ranging from a friendly goat named Moon to an Icelandic horse named Sweetie to a whole host of chickens.

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