Hello from a newbie

[new2pheasants]

So the new pheasant house is up, I decided to keep everyone in separate cages since my male decided to scalp the girls, quite certain that I do have two females and a male and I'm going to wait till there fully grown before I let them be in the same pen together.
The two girls are healing very nicely even though they had quite serious open wounds on their heads, my husband keeps making fun that the male just loves them so much that he kisses their heads without realizing he's pecking their skulls, I do not think it's as funny as he.
So the pheasant trial moves on, I almost think there more trouble then there worth but still hoping they work out and I can give them a happy life and maybe they can give me some chicks.

 

[kartking22]

I am amazed on why these people DO NOT tell the truth about raising pheasants. The main reason that your day olds die is because they don't know the difference between food and poo. If your chick eats poo, they will die.The chick does not know what is food. DO NOT put anything in with the chicks that you do not want them to eat. This includes bedding. Nothing on the floor is better than wood shavings . Your chicks will eat this too and die. Keep your chick area clean and clean it often. 50% of chicks to survive is not good.

 

[new2pheasants]

Thank you for your comment Kartking, every book I could find told me to have them in a box with a cloth bottom for the first 2-3 weeks and change the cloth once a day, I changed it about every 4 hours. I think lost 2 due to them already being in rough shape as the had a three hour drive on day 1 from hatchery to sellers house then on day 2 had another 2 hour ride from sellers house to mine, I had bought extras as I was sure I'd lose 1 or 2.
I moved my remaining three, 1 male 2 females, to separate wire floor cages and they are growing like crazy and seem to be happy, love the little coo's they make.

Have you raised pheasants long, this is my very first time and any pointers for the first year would be very helpful, I'm hoping for long lived happy breeding pheasants, they are not so much for meat but for the joy of having these beautiful birds in my garden aviary.