Males Fighting?

[chickenzoo]

I don't think we were lecturing you on keeping them together, just that we wanted to make sure you are aware that their is risks involved. It is better for us to say it, and you already know, then to not say it and you lose your birds and ask"why didn't anyone mention it". It's hard to keep everyone straight on here and who knows what sometimes..... LOL

I have red Golden males in the same pens with females or just males. They were raised together and do fine, seems like if their is no blood shed or missing feathers, they are just practicing their "hen attracting charms" on each other.



About the Q asked by another poster , about housing them side by side: You can keep birds next to each other, but mixing different types near, next to or with other species, you run a risk of problems. Ducks and geese have a wet environment, it lends itself to problems with birds needing dry footing & food. If you take precautions to min those risks (ie: make a good drain off for you ducks so it does not flood into the pheasant pen) Put sun fabric between pens to keep dust, dander ,excrement & snot from being flung into the neighboring pens ( many diseases are passed through feather dander and snot). Also keeping all birds wormed on a routine schedule can all be good ways to min risk. It can be done, but often has a lot of extra time involved in making it work, so most opt to be safe and keep them separated.

 

[J3172]

The only time I ever had goldens fight was when I put a young male yellow golden and a young male red golden together once. But after breeding season is done I put all my breeding goldens, and amherst pheasants together without fighting, for the winter so I don't have as many pens to water, all my birds are banded so I know who goes with who in the spring, as that's when I'll run into fighting.

 

[bluegoose]

I have 5 red golden roos and 6 hens that i hatched from eggs.all of them were in one pen with 12 ringnecks untill they were five months old.the red goldens were the only ones to do the hissing and tail slanting two of them started at 3 months old none of them ever started fighting. they are 9 months old now and still do the same thing.I have the roos in one pen not with the hens.I have a baby monitor in the pen so i can watch for dogs cats birds so on I have noticed they dont act up much but if i go out to the pen they start running after each other and hiss tail slant like they are trying to pick a fight but never do. I think most of it is just showing off and acting tuff.This is just what i have seen with mine,

 

[Char971]

I live in Maryland, we have 38 chickens and have been debating on raising some ringneck pheasants. I'm glad I found this post as we were going to house ALL the males & females together. I did not know, even after some research, that they would fight. That changes a lot of things for us. We're still going to get some, but since we were only planning on one coop / run for them, I will pay the extra and buy 1 male and my dozen females, instead of straight run.

On another note, Maryland law requires anyone owning, raising, selling or in possession of a game bird have a husbandry permit. So even if we were to sell our birds to someone, I am required to get a copy of their permit prior to selling to them. Part of the permit specifically states that you can NOT keep pheasants with other fowl, including chickens, or even close to them. They have 2 main reasons for this requirement: 1 - ringnecks are not native to Maryland and 2 - disease. They also are not allowed to free range and must be kept in a completely contained coop / run due to being flighty. We are working on buidling our coop & run this winter and purchasing our birds in the spring.

Thanks to everyone with all their wonderful questions & answers! It really helps out, especially when you are just starting out!!

 

[JJMR794]

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TO THE OP- FORGIVE ME THIS IS JUST TO ANSWER THIS SPECIFIC QUESTION

ALICIA PROPER BIOLOGIC ISSOLATION MEANS GAMEBIRDS SHOULD NOT BE HOUSED ANYWHERE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH OTHER POULTRY AS THEY ARE WAY MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MANY POULTRY ILLNESSES THAT OTHER POULTRY MAY CARRY BUT SHOW NO SIGNS OF ILLNESS FROM. THIS INCLUDES CHICKENS, DUCKS, TURKEYS, GUINEAS. MOST OF THESE ILLNESSES CAN BE TRANSMITTED BY BODY SUBSTANCES. SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A BUFFER ZONE OF SPACE BETWEEN THE 2 DIFFERENT SPECES AND YOU YOURSELF HAVE TO MAINTAIN ISSOLATION TECHNIQUES AS WELL OR YOU CAN CROSS CONTAMINATE THE 2. ITS PRETTY EASY REALLY, JUST HOUSE THEM SEPERATELY AND FEED AND WATER/ HANDLE OR CARE FOR YOUR GAMEBIRDS 1ST THEN MOVE TO OTHER POULTRY. NO SHARING OF ANY FEED UTENSILS OR OTHER EQUIPMENT WITH SANITIZING IT 1ST.

 

[Pheasant Fairy]

My Red golden has been doing his courtship dance for his little lady although I am worried ashe is standing on her back and pulling her feathers on top of her head today. Is this normal?

 

[BobwhiteQuailLover]

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That is how they mate.. the male will grasp the back of her neck.... Normal
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[JJMR794]

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I'D SAY YOU'VE MOVED PAST THE COURTSHIP RITUAL AND ARE NOW IN THE "MAIN EVENT" PHASE...