**Need Advice on Golden Pheasants!!**

[chickenwhisperer123]

Can pheasants live near chickens, if seperated? I really want some Goldens, but if Its not meant to be, its not meant to be..

 

[kikescove.com]

I have no problem with it. I have about 75 chickens, and probably 300 or so assorted pheasants of gosh, 20 species or more, and peafowl.

 

[Tony K T]

kikescove.com :

I have no problem with it. I have about 75 chickens, and probably 300 or so assorted pheasants of gosh, 20 species or more, and peafowl.

Hi Kikes,
Any peacock pheasants in that group?I'm looking for a grey hen and a palawan male.
In N.H.,Tony.​

 

[kikescove.com]

Sold out already for the fall. Plus a waiting list a mile long. Tough birds to come by.

 

[felicia1885]

Hi, I have had red goldens with my chickens and ducks for years and never had a problem. I also never had babies but full grown. I just recently started clipping the wings. they still seem to be able to fly at least 3 feet. My fence is only 5 feet and before they have escaped but always returned to be with the other birds as my area has no wildlife really. They have never been gone more than a few hours. And yes your cat can easily kill them, there small.

 

[btrent94]

Ive read a study on keeping pheasants with chickens and apparently if your in a dry climate, aka ARIZONA !! , then keeping them in the same pen is fine , its the humidity in the air that carrys the bacteria from bird to bird. Im planning on getting them but putting them in with my ducks cause its the same feed, or close enough but only 2 pekins and 2 RGP so its not like they are extremly numbered. if it doesnt work out then it doesnt work out ill just know to move the pheasants away from the ducks if they get sick.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

The only problem with that plan is, with exotic pheasants, when they get sick.......that's usually the end of them. Before wasting a beautiful bird, it's best to be prepared to properly house them. Not to just get them because you want them.
All the advise previously given on proper housing is spot on, from years of experience in keeping the various breeds. Best to heed it, The humidity may play a part in pen to pen transmission, but when in the same enclosure, they are in each others poo, therefore it would be a direct transmission of disease.
Personally, I have a pair of boots for each type of enclosure, 1 for the peafowl, 1 for the pheasants, turkeys, waterfowl, bantams....As each type may be carriers of one thing the other is susceptible to.
Always best to be safe than sorry....

 

[btrent94]

Yeh ive been thinking about it and i would rather be safe then sorry .. guess im gonna have to bite the bullit and just make a pen for ducks and one for my pheasants

hahaha dont know what the rest of the household thinks about it but theyll get over it... well actually they dont even know about the one pen yet let alone 2 ! haha .. awell we all love the birds and been druleing over pics of ducks and pheasants lately so i guess we'll work it out!

Thanx for you help

 

[pktuan]

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hi Tony,
is there your experience? and how about result? all of eggs are fertiled?
and 1 more question: how many eggs does Golden pheasant hen (Yellow and Red) and Lady Amherst hen lay per year? thanks a lot.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

I know you asked Tony that,
but Yes any ruffed pheasant can easily handle that many hens with all egg being fertile, once they have reached maturity, 2 years.
on mature hens, if collected daily, they will lay just about every day, at least every other day, depends on the individual hen. 30-50 eggs per hen per season is fairly common.


Good btrent!
Also, for just a pair, you dont have to have a huge pen either, a 8x8 with shelet on one end, a small perch and some brush or plants for cover will be just fine, so wont be a huge investment anyway....