Approximate Hatch Weights:
~46-48g at hatching
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Common Name: Pheasants/Grouse/Allies
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Precocial
Down: Buffy down with brown and black markings
Skin Color:
Bill: Short and pink
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Pink
Gape Flanges: None
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Pink to yellowish legs and feet
Egg
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/IMG_4508.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
Just Hatched
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/04/Hatching-Wild-Turkeys-5.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
Just Hatched
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/04/Hatching-Wild-Turkeys-9.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/04/Wild-Turkey-Chicks-2.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/04/Wild-Turkey-Chicks.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week - 45g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/IMG_4613.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~1st Week - 45g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/IMG_4617.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~1st Week - 45g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/IMG_4623-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/WITU-_1st-week.jpg)
Photo by Jessica Zorge, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/IMG_3822-1-e1552177007587.jpg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e02.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/08/10265367_246709292195676_1810686740089518393_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/08/10259233_246709312195674_1339211401920717780_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/07/fullsizeoutput_415d.jpeg)
Photo by Nikki Becich, Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/08/10355700_246709355529003_1753286886640205440_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/08/10273136_246709495528989_6333906019222454533_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/WITU-_1st-week-2.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/WITU-_2nd-week.jpg)
Photo by Selimah Harmon, The Center for Birds of Prey
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/10/Rec-9280-WITU-3-May-2020-Holmgren-M.jpeg)
Photo by Mark Holmgren
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/12/IMG_3284.jpeg)
Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/12/IMG_3289-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/11/Rec-8176-WITU-29-May-2019-Holmgren-M.jpeg)
Photo by Mark Holmgren
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/WITU-_3rd-week.jpg)
Photo by Selimah Harmon, The Center for Birds of Prey
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e04.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e07.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/WITU-_4th-week.jpg)
Photo by Travis Beeler, Tufts Wildlife Clinic