Pheasants and chickens together? - Page 4

These are old posts but when I search goodle, every time backyard chicken.com come up with the best answer.

I have ornamental water fowl like mandarines, wood ducks and a pair of pintales, I thought, I will just keep a pair of pheasants ( 2.5 months old)  but

honestly the best thing I see after discussions that to keep them separeate.

in my cage there is lady amherst pheasants and ducc'le mile fluer and they sleep together and eating together....
 

oh thta is nice. For some reason, I can not load pictures from this desk top and my lap top keep asking for the control CD. So much easier with a lap top

I have a trio of melanstics that live in a VERY large ground enclosure with silkies, chukars, guineas and a few quail sprinkled in. They all are fine together. The pheasant have a tendency to be bullies at feeding time though, so I scatter feed, offer two large feeders and also offer plenty of feed. I also have two three gallon waterers in there. As long as I do this, they all eat side by side and do just fine. None hatched nor were brooded together and they were introduced during the day when I could watch them since they are so different in breed. They seem to be used to the comings and goings of other birds and just look at the newcomers with curiosity and then wander off to do their own thing. My chukar and pheasant all return home in the evenings and do not fly away. I worry more that a hawk or fox will grab them while they are out scouring the grounds for bugs and yummy stuff! My experience has been that if you are introducing new stuff regularly, they get used to the newcomers and just don't seem to care. :-)

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Originally Posted by ranit 

Can you house them together? Sure. Is it recommended? No, for the reasons Tony stated. Some people may luck out and not have any problems. If you want to take the chance, go ahead. Just be aware of the possibilities. Everyone has to look at the risks and make the decision they feel OK with.

What are the risks?

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Originally Posted by chicken gal 

What are the risks?

Chickens can pass diseases to pheasants,chickens can handle the diseases,but pheasants will die from them.Pheasants should not even be in a pen next to chickens or turkeys.

In N.H.,Tony.

Thanks.