Identify this sweetie

[IvyVine]

Hi,

We are new chicken owners and have a happy healthy flock of 6mo layers. But we are just beginners.

We just agreed to foster this little sweetie, who was found wandering. It's about the size of a pigeon, wings have been lightly clipped, no band, skittish but not wild.

We assume it's a chicken, but is it? It's just very different looking, no tail, pointier beak, oval body. Long wings for the size and good flyer. It's got chicken feet and our local farm store thought from a photo that it was a weird cross. But what say you? What kind of bird puff ball is this?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1425607087136993281

It's being quarantined in a tub in the garage and I have a call out to a local avian vet. We just want to make sure we're caring for it correctly.

The finder is hunting for the owner. But we'd either keep or rehome if they're not found.

Thanks for any help,
V

 

[Floof]

That looks like a quail

Edit to be more specific: it looks like a Texas a&m quail. Feed it game bird feed and it should lay eggs for you

 

[IvyVine]

That looks like a quail

Edit to be more specific: it looks like a Texas a&m quail. Feed it game bird feed and it should lay eggs for you

Thank you! He turned out to be an English White Coturnix quail. We found a breeder and he has a couple of lovely hens in his little flock now!