Its officially on for the pheasants in Pa

[Tony K T]

Got my first egg from my swinhoe yesterday,but she must have stepped on it when she got off the nest.She is a very good bird that will set on eggs every year.
what breeds does everyone raise?
I have:impeyan,swinhoe,eliots,lewis silver,mikado,blue eared,brown eared,black ringneck,amherst,grey peacock and palawan peacock.
I am looking for a palawan male and a grey hen.
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[Donnadzitall]

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Hey Tony...
I have Elliots (which I think is my fav..he's so friendly) Silver, Impeyans, Blue eared, red golden, yellow golden,Lady Amherst,Black, Buff, Chinese ringneck, Manchurian ringneck. I have5 prs of ringnecks.
I'm in need of black hen,blue eared hen and an Elliot hen.

 

[sweetshoplady]

Congrats on those nice eggs! Ticks, I agree, I love Charlie's pheasant run. I'm modeling mine after his too.

 

[Lophura]

Here in Missouri, the weather has been up and down, but a few species have been laying. The Elliot's started two weeks ago along with Silver & Swinhoe, the Edward's produced a clutch in January during a "up" week, and the Lineated Kalij started three days ago. When are expecting another down-turn this weekend (with snow!!), so should slow them down again and delay the later layers.

Dan

 

[Cara]

Are pheasant eggs about bantam chicken size? I'm trying to figure out how many I could fit in my turner.

 

[Lophura]

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It would depend on the species. Golden, Amherst, and Common are about the size of bantam egg; larger species such as Silvers, some Kalij, Impeyans, etc are as big as a standard fowl egg.

Dan

 

[Cara]

Not sure the budget would stretch to a cabinet full of Impeyans

The man that gave me my incubator wants some ringnecks, but i've never hatched pheasants before.

 

[ticks]

Charlie, how many hens do you have? How many roosters? What is your rooster/hen ratio?

 

[wilds of pa]

Thanks all on the run and other comments..

Ticks, Last year i sold Over half my flock and some extra cocks to a buddy of mine,
we kept about 13 dark choc colored hens, the cock-bird(Mr Wizard)I Kept is a blueback cross form a few seasons earlier i think he is about 3 years old.

The ones i sold were all standard colored hens and 3 melanstic cross cockbirds, each had a different color to them.

The reason i sold half of them is I'm going to add some fresh young ones in this season..

will probably have some free test eggs up for grabs for the cost of s/h,

i have some pre-orders to fill mid April,

so i will have some freebie's of these as I'm not ready to hatch any for myself just yet..

My buddy said i can have his eggs to if i want them, he just wanted to have some pheasants to look at in his flight pen. i told him to eat the eggs or make pickled or deviled eggs with them.

i wont need his if my girls pop out 13 eggs a day wich i know they will they are all about 2 years old and freshly wormed, that will be plenty for me to fill small orders and still hatch for my self.

Charlie

 

[SamG347]

Sounds like everything is going good Charlie! If you ever need a tester just holler....I'm usually game lol

Any other gamebird projects on the Hinkle Homestead?