There's a turkey in my yard

[chickendude]

Thats a rooster snipe. Rooster snipe dont have long beaks.

Yup def a roo snipe, now go get your pillow case!!!!!

 

[chseeads]

It looks somewhat like a female yellow golden pheasant.....

 

[BigByrd24]

It is not no Guniea or Peafowl.

 

[crait]

I agree with chseeads.
It looks like that kind of bird. Especially a girl if it's laying eggs..

But it also looks soooo much like a young snipe rooster. Snipe roosters have 4 combs though. I thought at first it was just a juvanile...


But getting in trouble. Yeah. You can if you release an invasive/non-native species almost anywhere in the United States.
You need to keep it and pet it and get more chickens and pheasants like us!

Then we can really party!

 

[DuckFanatic]

What about some kind of chukar.. albino maybe? lol just my 2 cents

Edited to say put the eggs in a 'bator!

 

[DuckFanatic]

Here's a link to some: (I know they are stuffed but it still gives you an idea)

http://www.wingedcreationstaxidermy.com/_chukar-01.jpg

 

[DuckFanatic]

Oh here is a links to another pic.. I am really thinking that it's an albino chukar... try to get some close up pics

http://www.aviangenetics.com/Pheasant_Genetics/_Media/albino_chukar.jpeg

 

[warmfuzzies]

I would feed it, give it a small cozy house or something, or a low roost, and try to see where it goes at night. Maybe you could catch it at night so it doesnt leave. Do pheasents like houses?? LOL I dont know, I am thinking out loud.

 

[DuckFanatic]

I know there is such thing as a pheasant x chicken hybrid.. do you think it could be a Barred Rock x pheasant hybrid? Just a thought...

 

[10ducks]

You won't REALLY get in trouble, not having purposefully released a nonnative species into the wild... but if you do, print out this thread and show it to the game warden, and he or she will be way too busy laughing to give you a ticket.