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...
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...
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...
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...