Help! Found Bird! What is it?

[San]

I still go for the pheasant, I searched on google and this is what I've found
http://www.gamebird.com/ringneck.html

 

[Karrie13]

I think it looks more like a pheasant chick too. Keep us posted as it develops! It will be exciting to see exactly what it turns out to be.

 

[EweSheep]

If you have a chick that you dont mind sacrificing, you can put it with the little bugger!

I have NO idea what it is, never had ducklings, pheasants or turkeys of my own.

 

[raimnel]

Another Pix, The dumb thing doesn't eat the food however I had to remove it's toe from it's mouth???

you think maybe worms would be ok or do I have to make a special trip to where ever they carry meal worms?

OH and another thing, it has not pooped?

ivan3, that is what I told my DH when he called me and told me. but how far away, what consists in being quarantined? Right now it's in a bin above my chicks who are in a big box. It has the heat 85ish in there.

 

[jhm47]

Looks to me like it's been debeaked. The beak seems to be blunt on both the upper and lower beak. It's really hard to tell from the pics, but I would guess it's a bronze turkey poult. Does it have a snood bud just above the beak? It definitely is not a duck or goose.

Whether it's a pheasant or a turkey, feed it a high protein feed, preferably 25 - 28% if available. Gamebird starter is great for either turkeys of pheasants.

 

[jhm47]

In reviewing the first pic posted, I see that the snood bud is visible. The bump above the beak is not an egg tooth, it's the snood bud. Definitely a turkey. Seems to have been debeaked, and must have come from a commercial hatchery. How you got it is the big mystery. Do you have neighbors who like to play little jokes on you?

 

[ivan3]

To be strict on quarantine, it should be elsewhere and handwashing before handling chooks. I'm pretty sure someone will object to this but, if there is no direct contact (particularly droppings/dander) and you wash your hands after contact, you'll have minimized chances of transmission somewhat (better to be in another room). Unless we all invest in a level 4 containment lab, protection is a matter of degree.

Mealworms, little moths, ants, etc. (what this guy/girl would be getting from mama). You can also hard boil and crush an egg and see if it will eat that. I like mealworms because they aren't carrying any odd travelers (fine after it gets bigger and the immune system develops sufficiently to feed earthworms without too much worry).

You might start a thread over in the Other Poultry/Pheasants-Chukar subject line and post up a full body pic. They'll be able to confirm or deny

Ed: hope I'm wrong and will be seeing you in the turkey subject line real soon now...

 

[raimnel]

Look more like an egg tooth, it looks like it's to fall off.

I'm not able to get it out from under this light it's the only light I have. We've been washing , washing, washing!!

I had to remove it's toe again and now my son had to remove it again. Dumb a**,

I'm not liking this dumb thing anymore, It's a hinder, of course I thought the same thing about my other bird and it's better now.

 

[MTtroutwithwings]

Go to Google Images to search for different photos of all that has been suggested, I saw a great similarity to a Pheasant.

 

[PitterPaws]

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Maybe he is sucking his thumb