The other day my friend from up the road came round clutching something carefully. Her cat had brought her in a chick and she was asking for my advice. Shes just inherited some chickens and I knew a couple had chicks so I had assumed it was one of them to start with.
Anyway unwrapped the poor little shivering thing and got it on a wheatgerm bear to warm up. Bathed the cut on its back and finally looked at it properly. It looked a bit like a quail. Something seems odd though. A) where would the cat get a quail from B) if it was that big (still tiny but...) it would surely have some wing feathers. No feathers must be a couple of days old max.
Anyway you'll be pleased to hear hes chirped up (literally) and I've had a bit of a google and am thinking he may be a pheasant chick.
They're having their kitchen done so I said I would keep him til its done. I haven't told them my suspicions yet. What do I do? Do we bring up this chick which may be a pheasant (or even partridge) and where I go from there (dh says dinner)