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Quote: Thanks for the advice... I just dusted her food with some powdered calcium that we use for our leopard geckos, but I agree that I haven't seen any other recommendations for calcium at her age. I'll pull the calcium out. I also gave her some mealworms- are those OK, or should they be...

I wanted to get some pics of Lilly looking "happy", because it seems like the only ones I have are of her when she's sleeping. So, here they are- happy Lilly!

I just took a photo that should help with the question about her size- what do you think?

Thanks for all the kind words. I wondered if chickens were happier with other chicken friends... I think we'll have to get through the first few months before we can do anything. My husband is in enough shock as it is! I did get starter feed the day after we found her, and per the vets advice...

Yes, we plan to keep her. Hopefully the eye infection will clear up and she'll start gaining some weight. She only weighed 18oz at the vet. We are planning on building a small coop and run in the backyard; luckily we have a wooden fence, so no one should care. As long as "she" doesn't start...

I started even more research last night, and came across a link with photos of silver phoenix- perhaps this could be it as well? I guess I'm just going to have to wait until it gets older to find out for sure...

That's interesting- it might explain how we found a chicken in the middle of suburbia! The sad part is, it's nearly starved and has an eye infection- I took it to the vet (who also couldn't definitively ID it) and had it dewormed and put on antibiotics. Where would I find photos of other game...

Found this young (it still cheeps) chicken in our suburban yard the other day- to our shock and amazement! Can anyone please help to identify what type of chicken it is? Thanks much! (Sorry about the "unhappy" chciken pics- I was trying to take pics while it was sleeping! :o ) Also, the vet said...