Recent content by drchrisd

  1. drchrisd

    springtime post your new chick pics

    Every year I raise pheasants to release on our farm (no hunting!) This silkie hen is the foster mom. She was sitting nicely on her (sterile) silkie eggs, so I slipped the dry fluffy just-hatched pheasant chicks under her two at a time. Although you can only see 4, she has 30 chicks under her...
  2. drchrisd

    Can you MAKE a hen go BROODY?

    I raise pheasants (eggs from a game farm hatchery) every year to release on our farm. For several years I just used an incubator, brooded them in the barn, and released them when they were about 14 weeks old. Always had a few hanging around for a year or so. Last year a friend suggested that...
See more
Back
Top Bottom