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    chick id and help please!!

    Out neighbour 2 doors down (the ones who got our old chicken coop) dropped a chick off at mine to see if I could either help it or put it out of it's misery. it's downy feathers are gone and the true feathers are just starting to appear. It has a flattish beak. It has a tiny bit of blood on it's wing and at the point where the wing attches to the body, at the top part it has a small wound on either side. It's sibling was dead. Can Anyone identify and advise what to do? It was very cold so I popped in the incubator to thaw out and now it's asleep. sorry the close up is very fuzzy
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    With that beak - gull?
    The weeks and the years are fine. It's the days I can't cope with!

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    • #3
      in hertfordshire? but looks that type of beak. the feet are not webbed though
      Hopefully if we can identify, and it survives the night, perhaps, we'll know what to feed/ or where to go to get it looked after
      Never test the depth of the water with both feet

      The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory....

      Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.

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      • #4
        How far are you from the nearest landfill site? More gulls there than at the coast!
        The weeks and the years are fine. It's the days I can't cope with!

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        • #5
          Ok, lets be logical. Not a hen, no webbed feet so not a duck. Clearly not a raptor and the gape looks wrong for a songbird - what does that leave?
          Last edited by TPeers; 09-09-2009, 08:02 PM.
          The weeks and the years are fine. It's the days I can't cope with!

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          • #6
            was quite surprised at the size of the beak, quite big for it's size...
            Never test the depth of the water with both feet

            The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory....

            Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.

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            • #7
              should I leave it in the incubator or move it out? will it being there hurt my eggs that are half way done now?
              Never test the depth of the water with both feet

              The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory....

              Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.

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              • #8
                some more pics, of feet and beak
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                Never test the depth of the water with both feet

                The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory....

                Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.

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                • #9
                  Don't know if it will hurt the eggs, but they survive being sat on by mum......

                  I'd give it overnight and phone the RSPCA in the morning to ask for advice.
                  The weeks and the years are fine. It's the days I can't cope with!

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                  • #10
                    Wide underbeak?
                    The weeks and the years are fine. It's the days I can't cope with!

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                    • #11
                      Thanks mate will do... but cannot keep in the incubator, too warm...when I took it out to take those pics, it was overheating....
                      Never test the depth of the water with both feet

                      The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory....

                      Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.

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                      • #12
                        yup yup with a whitish tip on the top beak
                        Never test the depth of the water with both feet

                        The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory....

                        Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.

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                        • #13
                          Dinosaur!!! There's strange goings on in these parts!!
                          Gardening forever- housework whenever

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                          • #14
                            thanks LG needed a chuckle... I hate seeing animals in distress.
                            Never test the depth of the water with both feet

                            The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory....

                            Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.

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                            • #15
                              Are you near any large bodies of water? It couldn't be a heron chick?
                              The weeks and the years are fine. It's the days I can't cope with!

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