The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[007Sean]

wow, those are pretty now, when they get their adult plumage they're going to be drop dead gorgeous

Thanks, I hope to let them go before they get 24 months old.

 

[007Sean]

could that have contributed to your brittle bones?

deb

Yep, and other health issues too!

 

[sharron]

Thanks, I hope to let them go before they get 24 months old.

thats got to be hard to let them go before they mature and you see how they turn out

 

[007Sean]

thats got to be hard to let them go before they mature and you see how they turn out

Sometimes, depends on what species of pheasant but all of them will look a little different even within the same species and the same parent birds. Problem is it cost alot to raise them to maturity and you can't really get that much more by keeping them that long.

 

[DigMyChicks]

Got 3 peeps driving me crazy today! Been calling and texting me about buying some of my birds. Asking all kinds of amateur questions. Their molting right now and are only 14 months old but coloring in really well...usually takes 24 months for them to color out but mine will be fully colored out on their next molt. Mine usually get their adult plumage by 16 to 18 months of age. They are at that awkward stage.
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Beautiful birds!

Yep, and other health issues too!

 

[007Sean]

Beautiful birds!

Thanks DMC

 

[sharron]

Sometimes, depends on what species of pheasant but all of them will look a little different even within the same species and the same parent birds. Problem is it cost alot to raise them to maturity and you can't really get that much more by keeping them that long.

makes sense, i never get out of my chicks what i have in them but i do it cause i love to see them grow. and to be honest, i hate to sell anything that i hatch. right now i'm hatching the chocolate birchen orpingtons, i really want to wait til they're a little older, be lucky to get feed money back but i can promise you this, the roosters will go as soon as i know they're roosters, nasty little things, i have one that i'm pretty sure is a rooster, reached in yesterday to catch a younger one and this one grabbed the top of my hand with his beak and pinched, wondering if its in the bloodlines cause his father has bloodied me twice already

 

[007Sean]

makes sense, i never get out of my chicks what i have in them but i do it cause i love to see them grow. and to be honest, i hate to sell anything that i hatch. right now i'm hatching the chocolate birchen orpingtons, i really want to wait til they're a little older, be lucky to get feed money back but i can promise you this, the roosters will go as soon as i know they're roosters, nasty little things, i have one that i'm pretty sure is a rooster, reached in yesterday to catch a younger one and this one grabbed the top of my hand with his beak and pinched, wondering if its in the bloodlines cause his father has bloodied me twice already

X2 that's one of the reasons I have so many birds.

 

[sharron]

X2 that's one of the reasons I have so many birds.

yep, i do love the feathers, gets me in trouble every time

 

[sharron]

night everyone, have to go move chicks from the incubator to the brooder, everyone have a nice evening