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Discussion in 'New Member Introductions' started by Andy49, Nov 23, 2013.

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  1. Nov 23, 2013 #1
    Andy49

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    Hi everyone, We are happy that we found this forum. We have a visitor. A Reeves pheasant. He just showed up one day in late September and he is staying put. He is not caged. He stays in our backyard and drinks out of the pool. We do feed him several times a day. If we are late with his feed, he shows up at the back door and hangs around till we get up and feed him. We feed him in the morning, afternoon and evening. I am semi-retired and working from home part time. We feed him large parrot food and he seems to like it (we have a 29 year old Amazon parrot). We bought a 50 lb bag of wild game bird feed but he does not like it. We have lots of questions. Some of them are listed below.
    1. How long can we expect him to stick around.
    2. How could he have ended up in our back yard.
    3. He does not like apple, spinach or bok choy, but he likes to eat our oregano leaf from our plant. Any other foods we can try.
    I am sure we will have many more questions later.
     
  3. Nov 23, 2013 #2
    drumstick diva

    drumstick diva Still crazy after all these years. Premium Member

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    I don't know anything about pheasants but if you go to the Other Backyard Poultry forum you will find threads regarding pheasants. That would be the best place to get answers for you.

    I too, wonder how he ended up in your yard? That must be really funny to have him come to your door waiting for handouts. Could he have been someone's pet that he isn't afraid of you?
     
  5. Nov 23, 2013 #3
    sourland

    sourland Broody Magician Premium Member

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    Welcome to BYC. You are providing food - he will probably stay unless a predator attacks him. I would guess that he escaped from his owner and happened upon your yard
     
  7. Nov 23, 2013 #4
    roostersandhens

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  9. Nov 23, 2013 #5
    Kelsie2290

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    1muttsfan

    1muttsfan Overrun With Chickens

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    Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan [​IMG]

    He will likely stay around until a predator kills him.
     

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