my lonely little pheasant

[old commando]

if i could i would catch that biddy and look close , too fleet of foot for me , no eye patch ident 3 foot range , guess i got a hen , i had 3 golden eggs and 3 lady A eggs , this thing has yellow legs , not blue. expect golden . cocks are more pretty but hens lay eggs , infertile eggs i would boil up and pickle , quite the addition to my gourmet meals.

 

[old commando]

bird is still alive , it wants to be outside still brooding in the bathroom , odor seems not a problem since i put a negative ion generator in there ,excreting everywhere . i have 9 peafowl eggs in the incubator day 14 . bird spends the days in the window looking out , finally got my 40 in x 40 in x 80 in little pen finished , but it is out in the noon day sun and hot here on the highland rim Cumberland. close to the front porch [ front yard birds !!] there is a nice evergreen bush there [ heavy foliage on top open under and lots nice branches for roosting ] i want to build a bamboo frame around and enclose with net , 4 foot high , 9 ft wide 7 foot deep , i do not want to put that bird out until i fix up that net around the bush , for shade . should not be so hard to rig up that net around the bush ,, cut the bamboo , verticals horizontals and diagonals , lash it up with paracord , spread the net .
i have a 40 in x40in x 120 in pen waiting assembly , link it to the 80 in off the side , out in the front yard , not mowed the thing [ yard] this year , had crimson clover knee deep there ,gone by , but i rekon the birds have a good time digging in that . i hope i get a good hatch on those peafowl , try to fast track them to free range , tips , suggestion , remarks are welcomed by an old man , alone except for the cats ,, the cats love to sleep by the door to the bathroom where thee little golden is

 

[Zenmonkey]

Your golden is a bit over 6 weeks if I'm doing the math right. Probably not far from being able to go outside.

Don't free range a pheasant. The peafowl can be free ranged, but some or later something is liable to eat it. As far a I know, basically the same rules as chickens and guineas. Keep them penned so that they can see the area for a few weeks, then let them roam a bit in the afternoon / evening, with an evening feeding to bring them back in.

A post in the peafowl forum will likely get your a better quality answer. Once had peafowl for a year plus, but I don't free range them.

 

[old commando]

my peafowl hatching look for more in peafowl

 

[old commando]

all the peafowl died , it makes me sad ,
the little golden is out in the pen . i have a box in the pen . little bird likes the box .the pen is by the front walk .
when some one visits the bird ruffs the feathers on it head and cavorts. working on a bamboo frame around a big bush, bird spends lots time looking at that bush , told me hurry , 2 pics the pens , bird in a box.

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

I wonder if you could get some small pullets to put with the pheasant, maybe they'd be okay temporarily together? I'm so sorry the peachicks died though

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

how's the little pheasant doing? Goldens are somewhat solitary from what I've read, but females will sometimes roam together in small groups of two or three in the wild. Males can be a little more solitary outside of breeding season