New Adventure in Poultry
My family is raising pheasants for the first time this year. We've raised chickens before but this is a little different. Come follow along with our experiences.
The Chicks
Cute aren't they?
The little yellow ones are pheasants, the big dark ones are chickens.
May 12, 2008 Tragedy. The heat lamp blew a bulb during the night. We lost the four smallest chicks from the cold. The remaining 3 seem to be doing well but they're being watched closely.
May 25, 2008 Chicks are now 18 days old, growing rapidly, and no longer need the heat lamp during the day (though they still need it at night). They're more than triple the size they were when we got them and most of their pretty juvenile feathers have come in.
An interesting fact I just learned is that pheasants can fly at 2 weeks old. I learned this when one of my chicks escaped the pen while I was giving them fresh water and flew about 6 feet across the living room while I was trying to catch it. I had no idea they could start flying so young.
Two and a half weeks old.
October Update The pheasants are now mostly grown with their adult feathers. I have 2 males and a female. Had to separate the males into different pens as they were fighting over the female. Hoping to find a few more females (young but grown) so each males has at least 2 females.
6 Weeks Old
Check Out My Other Poultry
I don't just have pheasant, I have some chickens too.
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Raising Barred Rock Laying Hens
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I'm raising Barred Rock hens this year to have fresh eggs once they are grown. I've raised chickens before, mostly bantams as pets and a few broilers for meat. Egg prices have increased by around 40% in the last year, raising your own laying hens ca...
Pheasant Raising Links
- Ringneck Pheasants
- Ringneck pheasants bring to mind the hearty cackle of a flushed rooster in the fall, but pheasants may also be raised in a domestic environment. In fact, because the pheasant spends the greater part of its life on the ground, it readily adapts to life in confinement.
- Tips on Pheasant Raising from MacFarlane Pheasants Inc
- Pheasant Raising Tips and Tricks- Learn how to raise your own pheasants with our pheasant rearing Tips
Books about Pheasants
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What are Pheasants?
Pheasants originated in Asia but have since been introduced to many areas of the world including Europe and North America where they have naturalized in some areas. They are a popular game bird for hunting that also adapts well to domestic raising. It's main use is for meat but males also display beautiful plumage which is used for many decorative purposes and for making fishing flies.Pheasant Photos
Bashful
Timid Lookout
Grooming
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Young Pheasant
Young Pheasant
Pheasant
Pheasant
Pheasant Chick
White-Eared Pheasant
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Pensthorpe Nature Re...
My Mammals
Along with the chickens and pheasants I also have goats, rabbits, dogs, cats, a pig, and a llama for mammals. Also a gecko and several fish. The goats and the llama have their own lenses.-
Nigerian Dwarf Goats - Cute and Friendly Miniature Goats
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Nigerian dwarf goats are a miniature goat breed. They're hardy, friendly, and utterly adorable. Their friendly dispositions and compact size makes them perfect for small farm, 4H, and as pets.
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Lauren the Llama - Follow Along with First Time Llama Owners
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Lauren is a sweet female gelding llama my family recently rescued. He was kept in awful filthy conditions and not given proper care. It will take months if not longer to repair the damage done, this lens is meant to chronicle that process.
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Posted June 06, 2009
Noadi wrote...
in reply to relyt I'm not the builder, my dad did that. Part of the pen is a converted shed, the pheasants have part and the chickens have another. Each section has a little door cut into it that opens onto it's own run which is just a fence of chicken wire about 4-5 feet high with gamebird netting on top for the pheasants (because they fly, the netting won't hurt them the way wire would) and chicken wire for the chickens.
Posted May 05, 2009
relyt
Looking into breeding pheasants, need to find out how to make a pen. can you let me know how you made your pen?
Posted May 05, 2009
babyleaps wrote...
Great pics and info! It makes me want to raise pheasants this year :)
A good list of resources--I love gardening, too :)
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