Hello fellow enthusiasts,
My name is Jon, Or Jonny Anvil as I am know to many, I just wanted to say a big hello to you all from the Great White North, I reside in Edmonton Alberta.
My Father and myself have recently gotten into raising birds, something that we have both wanted to do for years. Currently we are raising Ringneck Pheasants, have 8 adults 4 males 4 females and 17 chicks in the Brooder all just over a week old. With MANY more to come.
We currently have two 8x8x8 pens for the breeding pairs, 1 male & 2 hens per aviary, and then we have 2 males in an 8x16x8.
All our cages are 8 feet high, as Reeves puts it, you can never have enough space. We are currently in the process of Creating a heated outdoor enclosed Brooder for the chicks to inhabit once they are over 2 weeks old, and eventually they will be put out side into a larger Flyway we are working on currently.
By the end of the Summer, we would like to set up a 40 foot by 100 foot outdoor Communal Flight pen for the Pheasants, with lots of cover shrubbery. We do not plan on having more than 50 birds in this flight pen.
We are also hatching some call ducks, they went into the hatcher today, and we expect them to break free in a couple of days.
My intentions is to build some Chicken Coops as I really would like to get some Buff Orpingtons as well some Plymouth Barred Rocks for eggs.
I have been reading this forum for a while now and thought I would join.
I look forwards to sharing and learning new ways to enhance my setup with fellow members.
Cheers,
Jon
My name is Jon, Or Jonny Anvil as I am know to many, I just wanted to say a big hello to you all from the Great White North, I reside in Edmonton Alberta.
My Father and myself have recently gotten into raising birds, something that we have both wanted to do for years. Currently we are raising Ringneck Pheasants, have 8 adults 4 males 4 females and 17 chicks in the Brooder all just over a week old. With MANY more to come.
We currently have two 8x8x8 pens for the breeding pairs, 1 male & 2 hens per aviary, and then we have 2 males in an 8x16x8.
All our cages are 8 feet high, as Reeves puts it, you can never have enough space. We are currently in the process of Creating a heated outdoor enclosed Brooder for the chicks to inhabit once they are over 2 weeks old, and eventually they will be put out side into a larger Flyway we are working on currently.
By the end of the Summer, we would like to set up a 40 foot by 100 foot outdoor Communal Flight pen for the Pheasants, with lots of cover shrubbery. We do not plan on having more than 50 birds in this flight pen.
We are also hatching some call ducks, they went into the hatcher today, and we expect them to break free in a couple of days.
My intentions is to build some Chicken Coops as I really would like to get some Buff Orpingtons as well some Plymouth Barred Rocks for eggs.
I have been reading this forum for a while now and thought I would join.
I look forwards to sharing and learning new ways to enhance my setup with fellow members.
Cheers,
Jon
