Rescue..is this a chicken or a wild bird?

[noodleroo]

quail babies look more like fluffy ping pong balls when they're first born, as I recall, I think its something else...

 

[dieselgrl48]

Yea look's like a quail to me.My friend raises Courtinix and they look just like that.Quail are very flighty along with pheasant and it's hard to tell someone may be missing a young one from brooder or pen if it was a hand raised one. It should do ok if ya get it warm and get it food and water.I personaly have never raised quail a few pheasant's.It should have some gamebird feed.It will most likely do ok on it's own if you decide to let it loose once it is grown.Lot's of people here raise quail and Ringneck Pheasant's and turn then loose to re-populate natural stock.Hope it does ok for ya.

 

[Lobzi]

I dont know but my students told me I had a chick not a baby bird (when I found my rescue chick) like I though by noticing its feet. Im not sure what they saw about the feet that indicated a chicken but maybe someone on here does.

 

[Tiramisu]

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For this post, feet was one of the things I noticed as well as the coloring/of legs and its down feathers. Wild birds legs are very small and usually dark in color. And just the whole body type, seemed like a fowl bird and not a wild bird.

 

[Jeremy Parker]

It's a quail , I have 2 dozen of the little darlings in a pen. Nice rescue!

Keep some heat on the little darling and it will need some mates if you can find some?

Raise it just like your chickens and it will do great!

Blessings,
Jeremy

 

[bargain]

Okay I've only hatched quail once....But your baby looks a lot like my baby guineas.......MMMMMM.... We'll have to see some followup on this one as it grows!!!!! You'll know by the sound in about 2 weeks! Very different than quail.....

Great luck!

 

[Sunny the Hippie Chick]

I bet a wild baby quail got lost. Heard your birds and went where it found company.

Its a fuzzy baby = Quail or other game bird type. Chicken, Pheasant, ect.

Baby wild birds would be almost naked before they get their feathers. And their fuzzy looks different than that.. Also baby birds have really wide mouths so momma bird can feed them.

Hope that made sence.

 

[rittert3]

I'm almost positive it's a bobwhite chick looks just like one. wouldn't be coturnix there are none wild in the U.S.

 

[barred-rocks-rock]

Its a quail. You can tell by the short little beak. He's Cute!!

 

[CoopCrazy]

Quail if there is a downward curve to the beak i would say bobwhite....