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baby chick in the garden, will not fly, although trying, crying out

  • 05-05-2017 6:37pm
    #1
    griffinlee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 204 ✭✭


    HI
    this poor little fella is in my garden, chirping away for help..
    trying to fly but can get about 10 cm in height.. he is not afraid of me.

    dont want to leave him the night outside on his own.

    any ideas what to do?

    [URL="[IMG]http://i68.tinypic.com/14d146f.jpg[/IMG]"]14d146f.jpg[/URL]


Comments

  • #2
    axe2grind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 587 ✭✭✭axe2grind


    Baby robin or wren (plenty here will know for sure), probably a brood of them in the vicinity. The parents will be doing the rounds feeding them so they need to be left alone.


  • #3
    judeboy101
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭judeboy101


    Let nature take its course


  • #4
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Robin. Put it back immediately. It is fine.

    I wish people would leave young birds where they are at this time of year. 99% are absolutely ok as they are.


  • #5
    griffinlee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 204 ✭✭griffinlee


    ok thanks. its so sad seeing it hiding behind the wood..


  • #6
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    griffinlee wrote: »
    ok thanks. its so sad seeing it hiding behind the wood..
    It's not sad though. It's just waiting it's turn for food from the parents.


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  • #7
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    We just found a similar bird, parents tell me its a baby blackbird (prob correct as its visually somewhat similar to the photo above but larger). Garden is home to 2 cats (and the other side of the inclousure 2 dogs) so no idea how it actually got there, definitely didn't hatch here. To save it being imminently mauled we moved it to safety.. but now what?

    Can we release it in the nearby woods (ie across the road)?


  • #8
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Matt Simis wrote: »
    We just found a similar bird, parents tell me its a baby blackbird (prob correct as its visually somewhat similar to the photo above but larger). Garden is home to 2 cats (and the other side of the inclousure 2 dogs) so no idea how it actually got there, definitely didn't hatch here. To save it being imminently mauled we moved it to safety.. but now what?

    Can we release it in the nearby woods (ie across the road)?

    It really needs to be put back within 10m of where it was found, if the parents are to find it. There has to be a bush, hedge or tree you can put it in


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