Adding a hen

[MeanCheek]

I have a lone ringneck cockerel and someone has pheasant chicks nearby, and I don't know if I can resist. His coop is ten feet long by six feet wide and six feet tall, is that big enough for a pair? He has two quail with him and is great with them, but I know pheasants are aggressive.

 

[MeanCheek]

Nice pen. It would be ok for a pair.

Oh good. Spring is probably not the best time to add her though, right?

 

[muddy75]

Oh good. Spring is probably not the best time to add her though, right?

Depends on her age and how you introduce to watch and see how he does with her.
Adding a divider to the pen a possibility?

 

[MeanCheek]

@muddy75

 

[MeanCheek]

@muddy75

Hope I did that right.

 

[007Sean]

Nice pen. It would be ok for a pair.

 

[007Sean]

Oh good. Spring is probably not the best time to add her though, right?

Not if you were expecting to hatch any of the eggs....she may accept him or not, and vice-versa. It's best to pair them up in the fall, well before the breeding season.

 

[MeanCheek]

Depends on her age and how you introduce to watch and see how he does with her.
Adding a divider to the pen a possibility?

I wanted a young one, but now I can't find any. Dividing would be hard with the one door, but I could figure something out while they were getting used to each other.

 

[MeanCheek]

Not if you were expecting to hatch any of the eggs....she may accept him or not, and vice-versa. It's best to pair them up in the fall, well before the breeding season.

As long as they don't kill each other, I'm happy.

 

[Midnightman14]

Never take the hen to the cock bird or introduce them in a pen that he has been in for sometime. It is important for them to meet on "neutral" ground.