Friendly Ringneck Pheasant?

[PrinceSandwich]

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EXACTLY I HAVE A JUMBO MALE THAT WAS HAND RAISED AND SPOILED BY MY DAUGHTER... NOW THAT HE HAS HIS OWN HAREM AND TASTED THE GOOD LIFE HE'S BIG MAN ON CAMPUS.... DANGEROUS MALE JUMBO RINGNECK WITH ABSOLUTELY NOOOOOO FEAR OF HUMANS.... IT CAN GET UGLY.

SO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR, YOU JUST MIGHT GET IT!

THE RUFFED ARE YOUR BEST "PET QUALITY" BIRDS IF THAT IS YOUR GOAL. THO I HAVE HEARD STORIES OF VERY PERSONABLE SILVERS AS WELL THEY ARE UNCOMMON COMPARED TO RUFFED SPECES.

If that Jumbo was a female would you still have those problems?

 

[fancyfowl4ever]

I have raised a couple hundred chinese ringnecks so far and I had only 1 (out of a batch of 33) that was absolutly tame. As a chick it would come to you, loved to be held, headscratches were like the best treat for this bird(closed eyes and literally collapse on the spot). I did not treat it any different then the other 32 in its brooder but no matter what age, this bird was there and in the middle of everything(ran him almost over while mowing the lawn once *yikes*). Sadly he did not make it to becoming a year old due to a weasle whiping out my whole stock for the year.....

I think this will be the one and only truly tame ringneck I will ever have, I doubt I will ever meet one like that again.
I think he was just an odd once-in-a-lifetime bird.

Goldens I repeatedly had pretty tame birds. They are over all calmer. Raised from chicks they will make wonderful pets. I know someone across the pond who hand raised all her pet pheasants(7 goldens, 3 Amherst, 1 mongolian ringneck) and they are like parrots almost, always on her shoulder.

 

[JJMR794]

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EXACTLY I HAVE A JUMBO MALE THAT WAS HAND RAISED AND SPOILED BY MY DAUGHTER... NOW THAT HE HAS HIS OWN HAREM AND TASTED THE GOOD LIFE HE'S BIG MAN ON CAMPUS.... DANGEROUS MALE JUMBO RINGNECK WITH ABSOLUTELY NOOOOOO FEAR OF HUMANS.... IT CAN GET UGLY.

SO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR, YOU JUST MIGHT GET IT!

THE RUFFED ARE YOUR BEST "PET QUALITY" BIRDS IF THAT IS YOUR GOAL. THO I HAVE HEARD STORIES OF VERY PERSONABLE SILVERS AS WELL THEY ARE UNCOMMON COMPARED TO RUFFED SPECES.

If that Jumbo was a female would you still have those problems?

I COULDNT SAY FOR SURE BUT I PERSONALLY DONT BELIEVE I WOULD. HE IS DOING HIS JOB, WATCHING OVER HIS HAREM AND PROTECTING THE LASSES... CANT FAULT HIM FOR THAT, BUT IT WAS HIS HAND REARING THAT TOOK HIS FEAR OF HUMANS AWAY SO NOW RATHER THAN BE INTIMIDATED BY THE GIANT FEED MONSTER HE IS DEFENSIVE. ITS RATHER LIKE DEALING WITH A LARGE FAT REEVES MALE WITH A HAREM.... IT CAN GET UGLY. NOW MY RUFFED SPECES--- SWEETHEARTS ONE AND ALL THO I DO HAVE A YOUNGER LAD THAT ISNT CRAZY ABOUT HUMAN ATTENTION, HIS SIRE THO WILL MEET YOU AT THE AVIARY DOOR ALWAYS SNOOPING AND MOOCHING TREATS, ACTUALLY SEEMS TO LIKE HUMAN INTERACTION TO A DEGREE... HE WILL FUSS A TAD IF YOU TRY TO PICK HIM UP, BUT QUIETS RIGHT DOWN ONCE IN YOUR HANDS. AND ALWAYS READY TO EAT FROM YOUR HANDS

HENS HAVE A TENDANCY TO BE MORE FLIGHTY AND PANIC/ SPAZ PRONE THAN COCKS DO IN MY EXPERIENCE NO MATTER THE SPECES.

OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS EXCEPTIONS TO ANY AND ALL RULES ....

 

[PrinceSandwich]

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If that Jumbo was a female would you still have those problems?

I COULDNT SAY FOR SURE BUT I PERSONALLY DONT BELIEVE I WOULD. HE IS DOING HIS JOB, WATCHING OVER HIS HAREM AND PROTECTING THE LASSES... CANT FAULT HIM FOR THAT, BUT IT WAS HIS HAND REARING THAT TOOK HIS FEAR OF HUMANS AWAY SO NOW RATHER THAN BE INTIMIDATED BY THE GIANT FEED MONSTER HE IS DEFENSIVE. ITS RATHER LIKE DEALING WITH A LARGE FAT REEVES MALE WITH A HAREM.... IT CAN GET UGLY. NOW MY RUFFED SPECES--- SWEETHEARTS ONE AND ALL THO I DO HAVE A YOUNGER LAD THAT ISNT CRAZY ABOUT HUMAN ATTENTION, HIS SIRE THO WILL MEET YOU AT THE AVIARY DOOR ALWAYS SNOOPING AND MOOCHING TREATS, ACTUALLY SEEMS TO LIKE HUMAN INTERACTION TO A DEGREE... HE WILL FUSS A TAD IF YOU TRY TO PICK HIM UP, BUT QUIETS RIGHT DOWN ONCE IN YOUR HANDS. AND ALWAYS READY TO EAT FROM YOUR HANDS

HENS HAVE A TENDANCY TO BE MORE FLIGHTY AND PANIC/ SPAZ PRONE THAN COCKS DO IN MY EXPERIENCE NO MATTER THE SPECES.

OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS EXCEPTIONS TO ANY AND ALL RULES ....

So you did successfully get him "tame" enough that he didn't fear humans anymore? As in he would't mind being picked up? If there wasn't any hens around would he still be aggressive?

 

[Asahi]

I wonder how hard it would be to breed a subspecies of consistently tame ring-necks, like the domesticated Russian foxes.

Like inventing the chicken all over again

 

[JJMR794]

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MAY JUST BE ME BUT I'M THINKING ITS LIKELY TO BE EASIER TO PERFORM A ROOT CANAL ON YOUR SELF WITH A POWER DRILL....


THEY ARE A WILD ANIMAL. 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999% NEVER TAME DOWN. THEY DO GET USED TO ROUTINES AND GET LESS SPASTIC, BUT DONT PER SE' TAME DOWN. EVEN THE MOST PEOPLE FRIENDLY GOLDENS I HAVE RESIST CAPTURE AND HANDLING, THEY WILL EAT FROM YOUR HAND SO LONG AS IT'S ON THIER TERMS... THE MOMENT YOU MOVE TOWARDS 1 THE RACE IS ON! THIS IS PRETTY MUCH STANDARD ISSUE FOR ANY GAMEBIRD NO MATTER HOW DOCILE. AND MANNERISMS ARE AS DIFFERENT AMONG THE SPECES AS CAN BE, RING NECKS ARE USUALLY ON THE SPASTIC FREAK END OF THE SCALE. RUFFED ARE USUALLY MORE DOCILE AND HANDLEABLE LONG TAILED ARE TYPICALLY VERY VERY DEFENSIVE AND AGGRESSIVE TOWARDS HUMANS, THE AVERAGE REEVES MALE CAN INFLICT A GOOD DEAL OF PAIN TO HUMANS IN SHORT ORDER AND THREATEN YOUR WELL BEING AS OFTEN TIMES THEY FOCUS ATTACKS ON THE NECK/ HEAD/ FACIAL AREAS. SOME SPECES ARE SO FRAIL THAT MERELY TRYING TO CATCH THEM MAY CAUSE DEATH (THESE ARE USUALLY THE REALLY EXPENSIVE ONES TOO)

BOTTOM LINE IS THAT FOR "LOVE HIM AND HUG HIM AND PET HIM AND CALL HIM GEORGE" TYPE OF PETS=== THEY SUCK! FOR EYE CANDY THEY'RE ONE OF THE BEST. FOR DINNER THEY'RE QUITE TASTY AS WELL, AND FOR BREAKFAST THE EGGS ARENT BAD EITHER. EACH OF US HAS HIS/HER OWN IDEAS, DESIRES AND NEEDS, BUT IN MY VEIW ITS BEST TO APPRECIATE THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE AND LET THEM BE AS CLOSE AS NATURE INTENDED. AS MY JUMBO RING NECK MALE CAN ATTEST I WILL DEFEND MYSELF AGAINST ANY AND ALL COMERS... BUT SO LONG AS ALL YOU DO IS GRUMBLE AND VOICE YOUR DISPLEASURE ABOUT THE INTRUSION IN THE BACK CORNER OF THE PEN WHILE I TEND TO FEED AND WATER AND EGG COLLECTION WE CAN GET ALONG JUST FINE

OH YEAH FOR THE RECORD... WATCH BROODY HENS THEY CAN GET NASTY TOO... AND THEY BITE LIKE ^&*

 

[JJMR794]

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I COULDNT SAY FOR SURE BUT I PERSONALLY DONT BELIEVE I WOULD. HE IS DOING HIS JOB, WATCHING OVER HIS HAREM AND PROTECTING THE LASSES... CANT FAULT HIM FOR THAT, BUT IT WAS HIS HAND REARING THAT TOOK HIS FEAR OF HUMANS AWAY SO NOW RATHER THAN BE INTIMIDATED BY THE GIANT FEED MONSTER HE IS DEFENSIVE. ITS RATHER LIKE DEALING WITH A LARGE FAT REEVES MALE WITH A HAREM.... IT CAN GET UGLY. NOW MY RUFFED SPECES--- SWEETHEARTS ONE AND ALL THO I DO HAVE A YOUNGER LAD THAT ISNT CRAZY ABOUT HUMAN ATTENTION, HIS SIRE THO WILL MEET YOU AT THE AVIARY DOOR ALWAYS SNOOPING AND MOOCHING TREATS, ACTUALLY SEEMS TO LIKE HUMAN INTERACTION TO A DEGREE... HE WILL FUSS A TAD IF YOU TRY TO PICK HIM UP, BUT QUIETS RIGHT DOWN ONCE IN YOUR HANDS. AND ALWAYS READY TO EAT FROM YOUR HANDS

HENS HAVE A TENDANCY TO BE MORE FLIGHTY AND PANIC/ SPAZ PRONE THAN COCKS DO IN MY EXPERIENCE NO MATTER THE SPECES.

OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS EXCEPTIONS TO ANY AND ALL RULES ....

So you did successfully get him "tame" enough that he didn't fear humans anymore? As in he would't mind being picked up? If there wasn't any hens around would he still be aggressive?

SOUNDS LIKE FOR WHAT YOUR GOAL IS A LONE GOLDEN MALE WOULD BE THE BEST POSSIBLE FIT, THO DONT EXPECT HIM TO BE LAP-DOG FRIENDLY. I CAN CATCH AND EASILY HANDLE ALL MY GOLDEN MALES ... SOME MORE THAN OTHERS, BUT THEY ARENT HAPPY ABOUT IT INITIALLY. MOST DO COLM DOWN ONCE IN HAND FOR A FEW MINUTES BUT ALL WILL INSTINCTIVELY FLEE OR ESCAPE THE VERY MOMENT OPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF.. THERE'S NO FIGHTING GENETIC INSTINCTS