Do pheasants molt really bad?

[BeastyBird]

Everything has been peachy keen with my 14 month old male ring neck pheasant until now, suddenly he is loosing a lot of feathers, his neck looks awful, he eats and acts fine, even still courts his favorite silkie hen, so I am hoping he is just molting. Do pheasants go through a more drastic molt than chickens or does he have a problem? None of my chickens have ever had such patchy feathers.

 

[Tony K T]

Yes they look like crap until their new feathers come in.
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[Midnightman14]

It depends on the bird too, some birds molt more gracefully than others. Just keep him well fed with good protein rich foods and he'll be fine.

 

[007Sean]

Everything has been peachy keen with my 14 month old male ring neck pheasant until now, suddenly he is loosing a lot of feathers, his neck looks awful, he eats and acts fine, even still courts his favorite silkie hen, so I am hoping he is just molting. Do pheasants go through a more drastic molt than chickens or does he have a problem? None of my chickens have ever had such patchy feathers.

Yep, they can look pretty bad! Here's some pics of mine molting now.