MY FIRST EVER CHICK JUST HATCHED 20 MINS ago!!! HELP PLZ

[chickenlady81]

Yeah I am totally subscribing to this post..cant wait to see the fuzzy butt on this one.

 

[Mahlzeit]

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Quail or grouse are good guesses maybe even a pheasant? If the bird was bigger than a pigeon and smaller than a chicken I'd say some kind of game bird.

 

[NancyBrew]

Wow Awesome job hatching that baby! How kind were you to try to save that one last egg!

It is sorta odd looking, the face is wrong for a chicken I think, you said the egg was brown? There were on the ground? I could not find colors of pheasant eggs but found a picture...of a baby pheasant on the wiki that looks alot like it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Pheasant. here is a site of a family raising them too maybe some help there http://www.squidoo.com/pheasants

A large cardboard box would make a fine brooder for your baby, just give it room to get away from the heat. Also maybe something to crawl under, either a washcloth "mommie" propped up or a stuffed animal. will help it feel more secure, all alone in a box.

It it looks like the pictures on the Wiki I would call your local wildlife rescue folk and see if they can suggest what to feed it. I know in CA here they used to not let people hand raise wild game birds, but that was years ago. I remember Fish and Game coming to visit us when they learned we had rescued a clutch of quail eggs. Once they saw they were safe and we intended to let them go when grown, they let us keep them.

You may be feeding it meal worms as it grows up....YUM! We always fed rescued or found baby birds a runny mix of baby cereal, but I imagine the same could be done with starter mash, just to get something in him. Water is the most important. But like others have said you have a day or so....

Cannot wait to see it all fluffed out...Totally subscribing to this thread....

You did a kind and thoughtful thing... Wouldn;t the world be a better place if everyone stopped to try to save one little creature (or egg) in distress....

 

[The Chickens' Maid]

Oh, wow! He's adorable! Hope he survives! Could a bird book of your area help with finding out what he is? The Internet is pretty good too.

 

[HenPen]

I am raising a little bird too,do all youcan to find out what kind it is so you can feed it the right food....I wish you luck raising your lil bird.

 

[mystoegg]

umm.. its morning day two woke me up 7 in the morning peeping like crazy and running around in circles... take it thats a good sign and it poo'd green stuff.. i don't think its tired cause it slept through out the night i think cause it didn't wake me up and its peeps are pretty loud in my bedroom my mom heard it from outside my room.

I tried to give it water at like 9 am dipped its beak in water and it opened its mouth so i removed the beak from the water repeated the process a coulple time.

where do i find feed i was doing some research i think it maybe some sort of grouse.
ill put new pics up of it all fluffed up its cute i gotta say.

what should i feed it some of uses told me to feed it chicken baby feed where do i find that?

i live in a suburb but im like 5 mins from the country so yeah i could probably find a country store

 

[mystoegg]

here are some of my chick pics- comments plz

 

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[Drivegirl54]

Awww

Find a local feed store or a tractor supply. They'll have chick starter.