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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: CameronS on October 31, 2009, 02:09:36 pm

Title: What Breed?
Post by: CameronS on October 31, 2009, 02:09:36 pm

This is the little  chick that we got given after it was found in a box at the side of a road, We have no idea what breed or infact gender it is.
Any suggestions ???

(http://Chook-Chook)

(http://Chook-Chook2)

Title: Re: What Breed?
Post by: doganjo on October 31, 2009, 02:46:53 pm

No photo there Cameron.  How could someone leave a chick at the side of the road? 

Title: Re: What Breed?
Post by: CameronS on October 31, 2009, 07:59:35 pm

i will try again with the photos

The story behind it is: a couple going down past the local re homing kennels found a box at the roadside, the picked it up seeming it to be a puppy and handed it into the Kennels (most sensible thing to do).
It was bucketing with rain and the box was dry so it had not been there long, the kennels' carpark CCTV shows a heavily loaded pickup coming far to fast down the hill, so we all suspect it to have fallen off it.

no one has been up the road looking so it is still lodging with the rabbits

Title: Re: What Breed?
Post by: doganjo on October 31, 2009, 09:28:55 pm

Lucky little chick I reckon - fell on it's two little feet!  look forward to photos, Cameron!

Title: Re: What Breed?
Post by: doganjo on November 03, 2009, 08:43:41 pm

Cameron, you need to downsize your photos to put them on here. Do you have Microsoft Office Picture Manager on your computer.  It is easy to do it with that programme.  Open the photograph, click on edit pictures, then on compress (bottom right), then choose web pages, then save with a different name, then close the programme and click don't save.
Then open a message on here, click on 'additional options', click on browse to find the photo on your computer, tehn click post. Job done.

Title: Re: What Breed?
Post by: CameronS on November 03, 2009, 08:48:58 pm

Thanks for all the help hopefully this works

Title: Re: What Breed?
Post by: doganjo on November 03, 2009, 09:14:53 pm

You're a STAR pupil, Cameron!  Poor wee chook.  Glad you got her. Strange that it was only one in the box though.

Title: Re: What Breed?
Post by: bigchicken on November 03, 2009, 09:30:17 pm

Looks maybe to have pekin or silkie in there some where and looks like a young cockerel.

Title: Re: What Breed?
Post by: CameronS on November 05, 2009, 07:33:46 pm

can now confirm the bird is a cockerel

Title: Re: What Breed?
Post by: Blinkers on November 05, 2009, 07:52:50 pm

Quote from: CameronS on November 05, 2009, 07:33:46 pm

can now confirm the bird is a cockerel

Bless him.....and what a lucky chap  :chook:

Title: Re: What Breed?
Post by: doganjo on November 05, 2009, 07:57:35 pm

I take it he has voiced his opinion on the subject? ;D ;D

Title: Re: What Breed?
Post by: CameronS on November 05, 2009, 09:06:53 pm

Yup, 6am this morning, it woke all the dogs up and set them howling  >:(  They are used to the other 2 but not this one for some reason