So yesterday I caught a wild hen

[CAZ3126]

So yesterday I caught a wild hen, and I would like some help to identify her breed (if possible).

 

[Painted Calls]

Looks like a mixed breed to me.

@Overo Mare
@TheOddOneOut

Thoughts?

I agree.

Hopefully it doesn't have any diseases. I see zero quarantine was involved.

 

[cherrynberry]

I agree.

Hopefully it doesn't have any diseases. I see zero quarantine was involved.

I see that too. Not something I would do due to biosecurity, but if the bird has been roaming around the OP's flock for a long while, quarantine wouldn't help anyway.

 

[CAZ3126]

I see that too. Not something I would do due to biosecurity, but if the bird has been roaming around the OP's flock for a long while, quarantine wouldn't help anyway.

She has been roaming close by for months, and often times eating with my other chicks whenever I let them free roam, so I hope she's disease free. Thank you all, I didn't even think about that.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Do you not think she might be better off staying wild?

If she was living by herself, she was either dumped or her entire feral flock was killed, so the OP made the right choice. This doesn’t sound like the same situation as the one in Hawaii, for example, where there is low predator pressure and ideal temperatures for the feral chicken flocks.

 

[cherrynberry]

more pics may help...I hope.

Looks like a mixed breed to me.

@Overo Mare
@TheOddOneOut

Thoughts?

 

[Painted Calls]

I see that too. Not something I would do due to biosecurity, but if the bird has been roaming around the OP's flock for a long while, quarantine wouldn't help anyway.

Oh I know. I didn't assume that it was though. They didn't say.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Looks like she could be an American game mix. Good job rescuing this feral hen!

 

[Shadrach]

If she was living by herself, she was either dumped or her entire feral flock was killed, so the OP made the right choice. This doesn’t sound like the same situation as the one in Hawaii, for example, where there is low predator pressure and ideal temperatures for the feral chicken flocks.

I don't know enough about the circumstances to comment further. It was just a thought.

 

[allenw]

Encouraging feral animals of any kind is never a good idea because they disrupt the eco system.