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Found it - post #2 - https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/285536/hybrid-pheasants

Somewhere on this site, there is a picture of a chicken/pheasant cross.

Not really scratch but I feed a few cups of fermented peas every morning. I keep it in a plastic coffee can by the coop. Just add peas, water and a tablespoon of unpasteurized vinegar with mothers. Keeps 'em busy and out of the way while doing chores in the morning.

The parents will feed them and keep them warm. Note my edit above about mites. You have a lot of birds. If you have not been on top of pest management, you may/may not have issues. Any unexplained death of young birds should be cause for cleaning/spraying the coop and spraying/powdering all...

They should be eating well on their own and fully feathered (no baby fuzz). 6-7 weeks until ready for new homes. All you need to do is provide mom and dad with food and clean water. If you have any young die, it is likely that you have creepy crawlys (mites).

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Feel the pelvic bone by the vent. If the tip of your index finger fits between the tips it's a girl. The males pelvis is narrower than your finger.

Sorry to hear that. I have two pairs that are doing the same thing on the ground. Drives me nuts that I can't clean those two corners.

I've had two birds returned to me because of phone # bands. One was a Birmingham roller that had been chased off by a hawk (he was returned dead) the other was a homer that returned to the wrong loft.

Where are you located?

Wolfy - I have homers and rollers that are sitting on chicks or eggs right now. If you'd like 2 or 4 of either of those breeds, I will give you some young birds when they are weaned. OR I could part with some older homers that you can have. Assuming that your parents are OK with you having...

Hmmm, not sure what they are. There are some large homers. That would be interesting, if that's what they are. When mix and matching breeds, there's no guarantee that you won't end up with all the traits you're not looking for. I keep a breeding pair of Kings and sell the babies for pets...

Sorry, I don't mean to be so negative. Most of us that have experience hand feeding babies were put in the position of choosing to hand feed or cull. From now on, I will cull every time. You on the other hand are going out of your way to create this problem by hatching viable eggs from ferals.

Hokum, I like the feathering of the pictured bird. Very nice!

The birds at the meat market are probably King pigeons. Kings can fly but they are kind of lazy and would rather not fly very far. I'm not sure what your trying to accomplish here. If you're raising for squab, they should be slaughtered before they are flying around in peril of hawks...