Albino???
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WI ditch chicken
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What the heck is it?! Looks sweet though. nice pics:coolpics:
FCSpringer
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That would be on the wall at my place, cool bird.:thumbsup: young or not.
vikeshunter
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Albino?
It looks like just a young rooster, we shot one yesterday that had a white belly and white on his face, they are that way when they are young until their full colors come in. But, can't really see the spurs to see how young he really is, but a young one would be my guess.
It looks like just a young rooster, we shot one yesterday that had a white belly and white on his face, they are that way when they are young until their full colors come in. But, can't really see the spurs to see how young he really is, but a young one would be my guess.
german_jeep_2003
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Wow, I have never seen anything like that!
I have seen a lot of young roosters and that is not what this one is. If you look at the legs and feet they are pure white. The tail feathers from the base about half way up were also pure white. The picture didn't show that. This bird has a little genetic quirk.
Here is another pic
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Dakotazeb
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I've seen a number of pheasants over the years that had a lot of white on them like the one pictured. I think it's just some mutation. Back in 1980 we were driving down a gravel road out here in SD and spotted some pheasants in the ditch up ahead. There was one white pheasant in the bunch. They ran into the weeds so we got out and jumped into the weeds. The whole bunch flushed and I shot the white one. Turned out it was a hen, but how could you tell? It was totally white, not one dark feather on it.
Hope I'm not incriminating myself by admitting I shot a hen?? But since it was 30 years ago the statute of limitations has probably run out. And besides, where's the evidence?
Hope I'm not incriminating myself by admitting I shot a hen?? But since it was 30 years ago the statute of limitations has probably run out. And besides, where's the evidence?
kansasbrittany
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I've seen a number of pheasants over the years that had a lot of white on them like the one pictured. I think it's just some mutation. Back in 1980 we were driving down a gravel road out here in SD and spotted some pheasants in the ditch up ahead. There was one white pheasant in the bunch. They ran into the weeds so we got out and jumped into the weeds. The whole bunch flushed and I shot the white one. Turned out it was a hen, but how could you tell? It was totally white, not one dark feather on it.
Hope I'm not incriminating myself by admitting I shot a hen?? But since it was 30 years ago the statute of limitations has probably run out. And besides, where's the evidence?
Genetic mutation indeed. That's not a young bird. Youngin's look "funny" but not quite like that. We raised a bunch and none looked like that one in their younger years.
