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    Pheasant chick with misshapen leg

    I don't know. It's still kicking. The vet recommended placing it on soft flannel so it doesn't get sores. She told me the problem begins at the hip, and the right leg isn't completely normal either. The vet also told me to check the chick's legs as soon as they hatch. If there are any...
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    Pheasant chick with misshapen leg

    I have a red golden pheasant chick with a deformed left leg. It has been that way since it hatched. It's not splayed leg, but it looks like a hatch defect. It actually looks like the lower leg is dislocated. The toes on the right leg do not work either. I was going to cull this chick but my...
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    Red golden hen laying early

    I have a heat lamp that I turn on when it gets dark. It stays on until around 9 p.m. then it gets shut off. I leave it on all night if it gets really cold, which it has done several times so far this winter. It gets pretty cold in the Pine Tree State. The other morning it was -15 degrees. On...
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    Red golden hen laying early

    I'm in Maine. I use a heat lamp and I turn it on when it gets dark and shut it off around 9 p.m. I did the same thing last year and the hens laid in the spring as normal. Only one of the hens laid eggs this winter. The other two have not. I know this because I have found the one hen in a...
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    Red golden hen laying early

    Anyone know why a red golden pheasant hen would be laying eggs this time of year as opposed to spring? I do have the cocks in the same aviary as the hens. The hen laid a dozen eggs. I candled them after 7 days and they were all fertile. So far, I have had 5 eggs hatch, with 5 more in the...
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    Newbie from the Pine Tree State

    Thank you and have a safe and Happy New Year!
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    Questions about Red Golden Pheasant eggs/chicks

    Tony, Thanks for the quick reply. It figured out how to eat and drink on its own. I followed the article in the learning center and left the chick in the incubator until it was dry. My wife is thrilled that the chick is doing well. I have watched it preen and it tends to hang around...
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    Questions about Red Golden Pheasant eggs/chicks

    For some reason one of my red golden hens has started laying. All of the literature I've read indicates they aren't supposed to lay until April. I have candled them and so far all of them are fertile. Question #1: Hatch times for these birds are 22-23 days. Is that from the date the egg was...
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    Newbie from the Pine Tree State

    I've just begun hatching some red golden pheasant eggs laid by one of my hens. Strange because everything I've read says they aren't supposed to lay until March-April. Anyway, I had one hatch today. I was under the impression that the "clock" for hatching started the day the egg was laid...
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