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[birdman55]

absolutely amazing....thanks for posting them....so taking a break again...here are some pics
india blue female white eye

india blue male showing off...havnt seen him do that for a bit

chickens hanging out by me working

well hope everyone is enjoying the thread as I reach out to more people on here you can see the help and info you can get...
very beautiful flies again...thanks for posting...would love to learn some day....as you can imagine I have access to many feathers

 

[Tony K T]

so this is a place where I get some of my birds he is very credible and has been breeding pheasants for over 35 years...he also got stock from louie bousche...not sure on the last name spelling...sorry if I messed that up...louie was supposedly the first person with the peach golden...and as for the silver golden I guess this guy from Minnesota and one other guy was the ones that first had these...louie is passed on I believe in 2010 and the other guy the one with the silver goldens in no longer in birds for some reason...anyone that is reading this can now get an understanding why there is not really any credible resources about these birds...not sure on all the breeds so here is some pics..that I got with his permission....and my two lady amhersts came from this beautiful lady Amherst pheasant...so I cant wait...yepper anyways to the pics....
im sure tony can fill us in on what each of these birds are called....I only remember so many of them ....and this was only about ten percent of his stock...can only stick so much on here you know...he estimates that he has approx....60 pens...yep 60...anyways hope you enjoy the pics.....

impeyans



blue mutant pheasants....I will be replacing my ringneck with the offspring of these birds...cant wait for that...they are so flighty...

stock from louie....this would be a peach...this breeder has also had salmon goldens as well...

inflight cant remember the name..i believe it was coco...common tony help me out on this one

another picture of this bird...I guess you have to feed it a lot of grass..cause It loves grass I guess....very cool Mohawk thing on its head tho...I might get some of these as well...not sure

more stock from louie.....notice the female all white...and the peach golden was so bright the camera could barely pick up the colors....so cool

this is the same two birds just got the camera to catch the colors

THE MOHAWK.....mom got to see all these birds when she came over from Wisconsin on thanksgiving...right mom

and OFCOURSE...MY NEW THING...HE HAD THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SILVER GOLDENS....EACH ONE HAD DIFFERENT SMALL ATTRIBUTES ON THEM...THIS ONE IS WHERE MY STOCK CAME FROM....JUST IN CASE A CERTAIN PERSON IS LOOKING....SO VERY CREDIBLE AND DEFF NOT A YELLOW GOLDEN

THIS ONE IS SOME TROPICAL PHEASANT...HE SAID HE IS NOT VERY NICE..

more birds

and more birds

and more birds

and more...this is the parents of my two female lady Amherst that I got

look at the size of that tail.....wowzer

this is a splashed female with a peach golden

dark throat golden....these birds are so dark even the females are super dark.....very cool looking I want some....but man I can only build so many coops....its winter.....grrrr...patience I guess...I will get there

darkthroat

yes and THE SILVER GOLDEN....MAN SO PRETTY LOOK AT HOW WHITE THAT BACK IS

ANOTHER PIC

this I believe was the fifth pair of peach goldens he had....he also mentioned that when you do breed the peaches you will not have a full breed true
..you will get some peaches and some will be not peach
well hope this trip to the pheasant zoo was helpful and exciting for you people as it was for me...it was like 400 miles today...and glad gas was 1.98 to 2.09....cause that helped...so one with the work I go...I got some things to do and then to work on the finishing of the incubation station

so this is a place where I get some of my birds he is very credible and has been breeding pheasants for over 35 years...he also got stock from louie bousche...not sure on the last name spelling...sorry if I messed that up...louie was supposedly the first person with the peach golden...and as for the silver golden I guess this guy from Minnesota and one other guy was the ones that first had these...louie is passed on I believe in 2010 and the other guy the one with the silver goldens in no longer in birds for some reason...anyone that is reading this can now get an understanding why there is not really any credible resources about these birds...not sure on all the breeds so here is some pics..that I got with his permission....and my two lady amhersts came from this beautiful lady Amherst pheasant...so I cant wait...yepper anyways to the pics....
im sure tony can fill us in on what each of these birds are called....I only remember so many of them ....and this was only about ten percent of his stock...can only stick so much on here you know...he estimates that he has approx....60 pens...yep 60...anyways hope you enjoy the pics.....

impeyans



blue mutant pheasants....I will be replacing my ringneck with the offspring of these birds...cant wait for that...they are so flighty...

stock from louie....this would be a peach...this breeder has also had salmon goldens as well...

inflight cant remember the name..i believe it was coco...common tony help me out on this one

another picture of this bird...I guess you have to feed it a lot of grass..cause It loves grass I guess....very cool Mohawk thing on its head tho...I might get some of these as well...not sure

more stock from louie.....notice the female all white...and the peach golden was so bright the camera could barely pick up the colors....so cool

this is the same two birds just got the camera to catch the colors

THE MOHAWK.....mom got to see all these birds when she came over from Wisconsin on thanksgiving...right mom

and OFCOURSE...MY NEW THING...HE HAD THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SILVER GOLDENS....EACH ONE HAD DIFFERENT SMALL ATTRIBUTES ON THEM...THIS ONE IS WHERE MY STOCK CAME FROM....JUST IN CASE A CERTAIN PERSON IS LOOKING....SO VERY CREDIBLE AND DEFF NOT A YELLOW GOLDEN

THIS ONE IS SOME TROPICAL PHEASANT...HE SAID HE IS NOT VERY NICE..

more birds

and more birds

and more birds

and more...this is the parents of my two female lady Amherst that I got

look at the size of that tail.....wowzer

this is a splashed female with a peach golden

dark throat golden....these birds are so dark even the females are super dark.....very cool looking I want some....but man I can only build so many coops....its winter.....grrrr...patience I guess...I will get there

darkthroat

yes and THE SILVER GOLDEN....MAN SO PRETTY LOOK AT HOW WHITE THAT BACK IS

ANOTHER PIC

this I believe was the fifth pair of peach goldens he had....he also mentioned that when you do breed the peaches you will not have a full breed true
..you will get some peaches and some will be not peach
well hope this trip to the pheasant zoo was helpful and exciting for you people as it was for me...it was like 400 miles today...and glad gas was 1.98 to 2.09....cause that helped...so one with the work I go...I got some things to do and then to work on the finishing of the incubation station

so this is a place where I get some of my birds he is very credible and has been breeding pheasants for over 35 years...he also got stock from louie bousche...not sure on the last name spelling...sorry if I messed that up...louie was supposedly the first person with the peach golden...and as for the silver golden I guess this guy from Minnesota and one other guy was the ones that first had these...louie is passed on I believe in 2010 and the other guy the one with the silver goldens in no longer in birds for some reason...anyone that is reading this can now get an understanding why there is not really any credible resources about these birds...not sure on all the breeds so here is some pics..that I got with his permission....and my two lady amhersts came from this beautiful lady Amherst pheasant...so I cant wait...yepper anyways to the pics....
im sure tony can fill us in on what each of these birds are called....I only remember so many of them ....and this was only about ten percent of his stock...can only stick so much on here you know...he estimates that he has approx....60 pens...yep 60...anyways hope you enjoy the pics.....

impeyans



blue mutant pheasants....I will be replacing my ringneck with the offspring of these birds...cant wait for that...they are so flighty...

stock from louie....this would be a peach...this breeder has also had salmon goldens as well...

inflight cant remember the name..i believe it was coco...common tony help me out on this one

another picture of this bird...I guess you have to feed it a lot of grass..cause It loves grass I guess....very cool Mohawk thing on its head tho...I might get some of these as well...not sure

more stock from louie.....notice the female all white...and the peach golden was so bright the camera could barely pick up the colors....so cool

this is the same two birds just got the camera to catch the colors

THE MOHAWK.....mom got to see all these birds when she came over from Wisconsin on thanksgiving...right mom

and OFCOURSE...MY NEW THING...HE HAD THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SILVER GOLDENS....EACH ONE HAD DIFFERENT SMALL ATTRIBUTES ON THEM...THIS ONE IS WHERE MY STOCK CAME FROM....JUST IN CASE A CERTAIN PERSON IS LOOKING....SO VERY CREDIBLE AND DEFF NOT A YELLOW GOLDEN

THIS ONE IS SOME TROPICAL PHEASANT...HE SAID HE IS NOT VERY NICE..

more birds

and more birds

and more birds

and more...this is the parents of my two female lady Amherst that I got

look at the size of that tail.....wowzer

this is a splashed female with a peach golden

dark throat golden....these birds are so dark even the females are super dark.....very cool looking I want some....but man I can only build so many coops....its winter.....grrrr...patience I guess...I will get there

darkthroat

yes and THE SILVER GOLDEN....MAN SO PRETTY LOOK AT HOW WHITE THAT BACK IS

ANOTHER PIC

this I believe was the fifth pair of peach goldens he had....he also mentioned that when you do breed the peaches you will not have a full breed true
..you will get some peaches and some will be not peach
well hope this trip to the pheasant zoo was helpful and exciting for you people as it was for me...it was like 400 miles today...and glad gas was 1.98 to 2.09....cause that helped...so one with the work I go...I got some things to do and then to work on the finishing of the incubation station

so this is a place where I get some of my birds he is very credible and has been breeding pheasants for over 35 years...he also got stock from louie bousche...not sure on the last name spelling...sorry if I messed that up...louie was supposedly the first person with the peach golden...and as for the silver golden I guess this guy from Minnesota and one other guy was the ones that first had these...louie is passed on I believe in 2010 and the other guy the one with the silver goldens in no longer in birds for some reason...anyone that is reading this can now get an understanding why there is not really any credible resources about these birds...not sure on all the breeds so here is some pics..that I got with his permission....and my two lady amhersts came from this beautiful lady Amherst pheasant...so I cant wait...yepper anyways to the pics....
im sure tony can fill us in on what each of these birds are called....I only remember so many of them ....and this was only about ten percent of his stock...can only stick so much on here you know...he estimates that he has approx....60 pens...yep 60...anyways hope you enjoy the pics.....

impeyans



blue mutant pheasants....I will be replacing my ringneck with the offspring of these birds...cant wait for that...they are so flighty...

stock from louie....this would be a peach...this breeder has also had salmon goldens as well...

inflight cant remember the name..i believe it was coco...common tony help me out on this one

another picture of this bird...I guess you have to feed it a lot of grass..cause It loves grass I guess....very cool Mohawk thing on its head tho...I might get some of these as well...not sure

more stock from louie.....notice the female all white...and the peach golden was so bright the camera could barely pick up the colors....so cool

this is the same two birds just got the camera to catch the colors

THE MOHAWK.....mom got to see all these birds when she came over from Wisconsin on thanksgiving...right mom

and OFCOURSE...MY NEW THING...HE HAD THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SILVER GOLDENS....EACH ONE HAD DIFFERENT SMALL ATTRIBUTES ON THEM...THIS ONE IS WHERE MY STOCK CAME FROM....JUST IN CASE A CERTAIN PERSON IS LOOKING....SO VERY CREDIBLE AND DEFF NOT A YELLOW GOLDEN

THIS ONE IS SOME TROPICAL PHEASANT...HE SAID HE IS NOT VERY NICE..

more birds

and more birds

and more birds

and more...this is the parents of my two female lady Amherst that I got

look at the size of that tail.....wowzer

this is a splashed female with a peach golden

dark throat golden....these birds are so dark even the females are super dark.....very cool looking I want some....but man I can only build so many coops....its winter.....grrrr...patience I guess...I will get there

darkthroat

yes and THE SILVER GOLDEN....MAN SO PRETTY LOOK AT HOW WHITE THAT BACK IS

ANOTHER PIC

this I believe was the fifth pair of peach goldens he had....he also mentioned that when you do breed the peaches you will not have a full breed true
..you will get some peaches and some will be not peach
well hope this trip to the pheasant zoo was helpful and exciting for you people as it was for me...it was like 400 miles today...and glad gas was 1.98 to 2.09....cause that helped...so one with the work I go...I got some things to do and then to work on the finishing of the incubation station

so this is a place where I get some of my birds he is very credible and has been breeding pheasants for over 35 years...he also got stock from louie bousche...not sure on the last name spelling...sorry if I messed that up...louie was supposedly the first person with the peach golden...and as for the silver golden I guess this guy from Minnesota and one other guy was the ones that first had these...louie is passed on I believe in 2010 and the other guy the one with the silver goldens in no longer in birds for some reason...anyone that is reading this can now get an understanding why there is not really any credible resources about these birds...not sure on all the breeds so here is some pics..that I got with his permission....and my two lady amhersts came from this beautiful lady Amherst pheasant...so I cant wait...yepper anyways to the pics....
im sure tony can fill us in on what each of these birds are called....I only remember so many of them ....and this was only about ten percent of his stock...can only stick so much on here you know...he estimates that he has approx....60 pens...yep 60...anyways hope you enjoy the pics.....

impeyans



blue mutant pheasants....I will be replacing my ringneck with the offspring of these birds...cant wait for that...they are so flighty...

stock from louie....this would be a peach...this breeder has also had salmon goldens as well...

inflight cant remember the name..i believe it was coco...common tony help me out on this one

another picture of this bird...I guess you have to feed it a lot of grass..cause It loves grass I guess....very cool Mohawk thing on its head tho...I might get some of these as well...not sure

more stock from louie.....notice the female all white...and the peach golden was so bright the camera could barely pick up the colors....so cool

this is the same two birds just got the camera to catch the colors

THE MOHAWK.....mom got to see all these birds when she came over from Wisconsin on thanksgiving...right mom

and OFCOURSE...MY NEW THING...HE HAD THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SILVER GOLDENS....EACH ONE HAD DIFFERENT SMALL ATTRIBUTES ON THEM...THIS ONE IS WHERE MY STOCK CAME FROM....JUST IN CASE A CERTAIN PERSON IS LOOKING....SO VERY CREDIBLE AND DEFF NOT A YELLOW GOLDEN

THIS ONE IS SOME TROPICAL PHEASANT...HE SAID HE IS NOT VERY NICE..

more birds

and more birds

and more birds

and more...this is the parents of my two female lady Amherst that I got

look at the size of that tail.....wowzer

this is a splashed female with a peach golden

dark throat golden....these birds are so dark even the females are super dark.....very cool looking I want some....but man I can only build so many coops....its winter.....grrrr...patience I guess...I will get there

darkthroat

yes and THE SILVER GOLDEN....MAN SO PRETTY LOOK AT HOW WHITE THAT BACK IS

ANOTHER PIC

this I believe was the fifth pair of peach goldens he had....he also mentioned that when you do breed the peaches you will not have a full breed true
..you will get some peaches and some will be not peach
well hope this trip to the pheasant zoo was helpful and exciting for you people as it was for me...it was like 400 miles today...and glad gas was 1.98 to 2.09....cause that helped...so one with the work I go...I got some things to do and then to work on the finishing of the incubation station

That would be a koklass.Very nice birds.I don't believe I have ever bought any birds from Louie yet.I do like those koklass,had them years ago and had to getr rid of them.
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[birdman55]

well louie unfortunately is passed away I believe in 2010...but some of those birds are from Louie's stock...I knew you would like those birds....

so today was a good day .....NO MORE DIGGING IN THE FROZEN GROUND....yes that's right it is done....the base is in the ground and level...it feels great to know that fun stuff is over with...btw everyone don't build coops in the winter.....lol....

so here are some pics









FINALLY...yep done with the base

the pupa that I found going thru one of the bins....going thru the other one tonight...


UPDATE ON COOLERBATOR.....
well so far it is holding a steady temp and humidity ....however I do notice alittle build up of moisture at the top where you look thru....any ideas of what that might be from....
talk to you soon

 

[birdman55]

some pics from today

 

[Turkeytruff]

I know of 2 solutions for the rats. I don't know why, but rats steer clear of guinea pigs. You can keep them right with the birds; they'll get along. They just need greens or alfalfa pellets. They'll eat some feed. The other thing is that they primarily come to the coop for the feed. Feed your birds fermented feed and they'll go away! They don't like it fermented. Cool, huh?

unfortunately the rats voles and mice near my barn are happy to eat the fermented feed! In the summer evenings if there is any left I sometimes catch them leaping out of the trough....

 

[blueraven]

we have a vet in Wisconsin that labeled my 14 or 15 year old other white male pit as an American bulldog so we could keep him and not get crap for it....some people understand these dogs....most are just scared of these dogs because of the media...you don't ever hear of a german shepard attack on the news or radia....y you might ask...its because law enforcement uses these dogs and they cant have society bashing the dogs they use for tactical training and live events...right...

well on a different note...got 16 eggs this morning and im sure well get more because I only seen one white egg....got everyone watered and fed so now on with the work...I have to get more thermal bowls to keep the rubberones from freezing...its to time consuming to have to knock out ten rubber bowls...
have a wonderful day everyone....
talk to my ride today and he says tommarow or later tonight we maybe could go to the lumber yard...and also pick up one of the fridges....so im excited...
if I can figure out how to get somewhere farther away I could grab up some ayam cemani chickens...boy that would be a great add on...one of the most rarest chickens in the world...another separate pen for another set of birds...wow this is never ending...maybe I should stop getting so many birds.....NAW

yes everyone says our dog is a pit whenever we walk him or take him for car rides. I like pits i am not a hater of any specific breed just the people who raise them and how they raise them cause thats what determines the dogs temperament. and I read this thing showing over time there was always a hated dog breed so someday it wont be the pits but another breed of dog to the the haters.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Hey Birdman! Been great talking to you a bit. Thought I would throw those flies up that I showed you that you liked. This is a very interesting thread to read through for sure as well!
Have a good one!

Having made lures myself, these are superb!

You have quite a talent for color pairings.

 

[aart]

well louie unfortunately is passed away I believe in 2010...but some of those birds are from Louie's stock...I knew you would like those birds....

so today was a good day .....NO MORE DIGGING IN THE FROZEN GROUND....yes that's right it is done....the base is in the ground and level...it feels great to know that fun stuff is over with...btw everyone don't build coops in the winter.....lol....

so here are some pics

FINALLY...yep done with the base




UPDATE ON COOLERBATOR.....
well so far it is holding a steady temp and humidity ....however I do notice alittle build up of moisture at the top where you look thru....any ideas of what that might be from....
talk to you soon

I dug a frozen foundation with an adze a couple year ago, was very glad to be done with it.

Moisture on viewing window means pretty high humidity and/or significant temperature differential between outside and inside of bator.
Not sure you you are measuring humidity with a device tested for accuracy or trying to keep humidity at a certain point but a properly tested hygrometer and venting in bator can control that.

 

[birdman55]

I dug a frozen foundation with an adze a couple year ago, was very glad to be done with it.

Moisture on viewing window means pretty high humidity and/or significant temperature differential between outside and inside of bator.
Not sure you you are measuring humidity with a device tested for accuracy or trying to keep humidity at a certain point but a properly tested hygrometer and venting in bator can control that.

cool thanks I shall drill couple more holes in it...as well as move it away from the fireplace....it stay between 65 and 75 where the coolerbator is located...thanks for the tip...

just got done outside doing the daily and collected 19 eggs and got a call from the ride so we are going to the lumber yard in a bit...yes cant wait...the walls will go up quick....HOPEFULLY

 

[IamSamSam]

OMH they are stunning !

When u visit Australia I'll get you to whip me up a coop for my girls LOL