Hybrid Pheasants

[kbgh]

Hybrid - smybrid. It's tough enough to get good birds let alone hybrids and crossbreds.

LEAVE NATURE ALONE - KEEP THE SPECIES PURE

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

Hybrid - smybrid. It's tough enough to get good birds let alone hybrids and crossbreds.

LEAVE NATURE ALONE - KEEP THE BREEDS PURE

Just thought that I would point out that they are species not breeds.

 

[kbgh]

I stand corrected and fixed the post. Never gave the terminology a thought and I knew better.

 

[destinduck]

We got it either way and I agree !!! But I seriously doubt any thing will change. I could care less if the hybrids are sterile though.

 

[Tony K T]

Hybrid - smybrid. It's tough enough to get good birds let alone hybrids and crossbreds.

LEAVE NATURE ALONE - KEEP THE SPECIES PURE

I second that.
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[maran man]

The only reason i wanted to no was becase around my place theres all kinds of weird looking pheasant and every year they get stranger so i was just curious.

 

[Tony K T]

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Take some pics and post them please. In N.H.,Tony.

 

[kbgh]

You can get wild "sports" in nature.

A "sport" is defined as a natural occurence that changes or alters color patterns in plants and animals.

Green ringnecks would be defined as a "sport"

Bear in mind there are Chinese ringnecks and Mongolian ringnecks and both are nothing more than subspecies of Phasianus colchicus. But if they get mixed you get the color variants or "sports" and since "sports" are NOT hybrids they will breed with each other and normal colored birds and thus even more "sports" can show up.

 

[maran man]

You can get wild "sports" in nature.

A "sport" is defined as a natural occurence that changes or alters color patterns in plants and animals.

Green ringnecks would be defined as a "sport"

Bear in mind there are Chinese ringnecks and Mongolian ringnecks and both are nothing more than subspecies of Phasianus colchicus. But if they get mixed you get the color variants or "sports" and since "sports" are NOT hybrids they will breed with each other and normal colored birds and thus even more "sports" can show up.

I raise ringnecks and these aint ringnecks. If i didnt know better id say the closest thing they come to in color and size are varities of golden pheasants

 

[kbgh]

That very well could be possible. There are many color variants of goldens and if there are some escaped or even released birds in your area you could get a lot of colors.

Also, some breeders create hybrids and crossbreds to sell feathers to the fly fishermen for tying flies. Again if any of these get loose you find wild colored birds.

Try to get some pictures if possible.