Need help with chick found outside

[shmooborp]

give it a litte worm.. se wat it does.. it might peck at it from natural instinct. i might not know what to do with chick feed.

 

[chicken legs]

good idea shmooborp...will give it a go

 

[LinckHillPoultry]

That is a turkey baby.

I am positive on that.

Look at your picture, in comparison with this picture:

It's a turkey.

 

[Cetawin]

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The owl could have problems that you cannot see which would prevent it from being released. An example for you...years ago after hurricane Hugo, a woman found a small fuzzyball in her yard, apparently blown from its nest during the storm...it was wet and scared. She took it inside, warmed it up and had enough sense to know it was a some sort of predatator. She fed it chicken and beef by hand. Almost 8 months later she decides to call a wildlife rahabber in the area. Well, the owl would not eat anthing unless it was given to her. They put her in a flight cage with other young owls who were 'hunting' their own food...this little guy flew away from the mouse screeching!

They released her with a monitor into the wild...they kept an eye on her...she almost starved to death because she could not hunt her own food. She is now a "show and tell" or educational bird that goes to schools and such to teach children about wildlife.

Sometimes, keeping them is the only way they survive...not all injuries are physical. Take the wild bird to the rehabber...they will know what to do and hopefully be able to release it back into the wild.

 

[chicken legs]

wildlife biologist rehabber just said mealworms soaked in vitamin/electrolyte water and fed w/tweezers every hour...going to buy some

 

[chicken legs]

Cetawin...you're right! That was the same that they said. The owl was afraid of live mice. I feel more confident now and have called no less than 3 rehabbers and they are all closed. It eats meal worms! I would say prognosis was good BUT it started clicking during one of it's feeding or drinking sessions. Rehabber said it could have aspirated and it takes 2 days to set in. OK so maybe I'm guilty of killin' the darn thing

. But now it's not clicking. Does that mean it cleared and will be fine? Am turning it over to the powers that be, at this point. I've done my best and surely gave it more chance that it had in the middle of the road.

 

[chicken legs]

LinckHillPoultry...4 votes for a turkey. Now who wants it?

 

[LinckHillPoultry]

Yes lol.

I'm positive it is one. Look at the whitish tips around the ends of the wing feathers in your picture, and then in the picture I posted. And the markings are the same also.

Snoods are not as prominent in a young young turkey poult, it may take a bit to be able to fully tell if it has one. I am 100% sure though that you've got yourself a turk, which is most likely why you've had such a hard time feeding the bugger.

Turkey poults arent very intelligent when they are a few days old, something that may help is adding some food dye in it's food and water... make it stand out more and make it seem so interesting that the poult just HAS (

) to stick his beak in it and sample it.

Good luck with the little guy!

 

[wilds of pa]

Here is a pic of our 3 day old wild eastern poults..I can tell you this the snood can be seen on them..of course there where 2 you really had to look at but you can see them clearly when picked up and looked at closely... Yes those are buff silkie chicks off to the side of them showing them how to eat and drink.....

I hope the little "gal" makes it...

Charlie

 

[PoultryPedia]

Plain unsweetened yogurt might be tempting & healthy, as well as easy to feed with little choking risk. I've dipped little reluctant chicken beaks into it before and soon had them "licking their lips" and going back for seconds. It can also help sometimes to mix in a little quick/instant uncooked oatmeal.