Bald chicken/turkey??**Pic Heavy**

[RoxyOtis]

I found this bird on Craigslist for free and couldnt pass it up!Im just not sure if it's a chicken or turkey or something else......So any ideas would be nice!Thanks.

(sorry the pics are so blurry,Only have a camera phone at the moment)

I think she must be Mal-nourished....Also if anyone knows if its a standard or bantam that would be helpful too

Thanks for the advice
~Kayla

 

[CalebtheChicken]

At that size turkeys should still have neck feathers I think... I think it's a chicken cause I think I see some comb formation, must just have chicken pattern baldness!!
It could of have been plucked by the other chicks it was with.

 

[HennyJenny]

I don't think that's a comb - I think it's just still loosing its fuzz. I think that is a malnourished turkey. What kind I'm not sure but it needs some high protein feed and lots of it.

 

[RoxyOtis]

I thought she could have been picked at by the other chicks.....I just HAD to have her after I say that bald head!

OH I forgot to add that she/he still makes chickie baby noises,if that makes a difference.

Thanks for the help!

 

[HennyJenny]

Is it kind of whistling? I'm pretty sure that's a turkey poult - maybe five or six weeks? Does that little patch of fuzz up by its eyes look patchy like it could peel off? If it really is a comb - then I'm totally wrong - if it's not a comb - that's a turkey.

 

[aussieheelr]

I vote chicken. Looks like it has a comb and I don't see a little snood nubbin... Maybe an EXTREME NN? My little turkey poults are 5 weeks old now both burbon reds and royal palms and they're not near that bald. Good luck, and keep us posted with pictures of them growing up.

 

[RoxyOtis]

I THINK it is a turkey...There isn't a comb and it has a fuzzy head....Is there anyway to tell how old she/he is?

She does have a slight whistle too.

 

[HennyJenny]

I'm going to guess broad breasted bronze - I think some of them mature more quickly than other breeds. But she seems small for having lost all of her head fuzz - which may be because she was eating chicken feed without enough protein. At least six weeks - maybe as many as 8. My Dad's broad breasted whites look like that somewhere between six and eight weeks. I would also say that when mine started loosing their fuzz - the chickens happily helped that process along which may account for why it's smallish and without any down on its head. It needs some high protein feed made for gamebirds/turkeys.

 

[RoxyOtis]

I will be heading to the feed store first thing in the morning,But until then I made her some eggs....She ate them all!Boy she was HUNGRY!