ive had bobwhites tip into the pool before, however they can swim fairly well and usually make it to the rock bar in seconds and can hop back over the side. just make sure there are a few rocks that jut up higher than the lip of the pool
Let me tell you a story about a golden pheasant i had for a while. I was at an auction trying to get some new stock, and i bought a couple young pairs of birds. Upon closer inspection, one of the males showed a few amhersty traits, and when his ruff came in white, i pulled him from my other...
Not to be negative, but the rigors of shipping and time of travel to ship eggs across the atlantic with probably result in a pretty good size mess of broken eggs and more than likely extremely low fertility of whats left.
keep an eye around the eyes. the cocks with start to show a faint red orbital wattle. also +1 with the breast feathers, you will start to see a few orangish feathers pop pretty soon.
i would keep your birds in a brooder of some sort until at least 6 weeks of age. after they feather out they wont need heat any longer maybe another week or so. Make sure your birds have somewhere to hide in there until the vegitation grows in, a few cut christmas trees make great cover. The pen...
you need at least a 10x10 area for the lady amhersts alone. same goes for the ringnecks. You can try to keep the quail with either, id suggest the amherst. Ringnecks are very very cannibalistic and will kill everything in there if they dont have adequate space. The feed you need more than likely...
thanks, i see in the sticky a reccomendation of 60-65% which seems reasonable to me, but i have also read in other places 80 -85 percent which seemed really high, just trying to get a concrete answer as to what works for everyone else.
not true. fish and game has no regulation whatsoever over domestic animals. Native wildlife may be taken with proper licensing by law,( except where said wildlife is causing direct harm to you, your property or livestock, and generally you need to contact the officer and notify them) but there...
what is the proper humidity level for peafowl eggs? just got a dozen from a friend who ran out of incubator space, and would like to get the best hatch for him possible, especially since hes going to split the hatch with me. lol
theres an old thread somewhere with the same thing. Its caused by some some of damage to the ovaries or other part of the reproductive system causing a hormone imbalance. Generally these birds will not be fertile.
no lady A's are not bad tempered at all. if the hen doesnt have adequate space and places to hide, cocks can really be rough on them in breeding season. thats with any species. Your best beginner pheasant species are red and yellow golden and amherst. reeves arent hard to keep and are good...
splashes. probably yellows, and red goldens that will carry a recessive peach gene.
red x red = red
red x yellow = red with recessive yellow gene
red recessive yellow x red or yellow = red and yellow
this is your basis for how goldens color, now your mutations are basically the same based on...