One little ring neck pheasant

[Lovely Lettie]

Welcome to BYC! It's great to have you here with us

 

[Debbie292d]

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Absolutely stunning! I've seen some of your birds in the past, but nowhere near this many! Such beauty!

 

[007Sean]

Absolutely stunning! I've seen some of your birds in the past, but nowhere near this many! Such beauty!

Thank you!
These aren't even half of the birds I have!

 

[Jener8or]

Hi! Best wishes to you and Pretty Boy! Ring Necked Pheasants are some of my favorite birds to hear and see.

Thanks for joining and welcome to BackYard Chickens!

 

[Katie Grace 399]

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How grand is that? Wonderous variety and colors. You are very lucky to be able to have all of them. So unique and special. Do you keep them separated or do they pretty much get along?

 

[007Sean]

How grand is that? Wonderous variety and colors. You are very lucky to be able to have all of them. So unique and special. Do you keep them separated or do they pretty much get along?

They all have their own enclosures. I have 5 enclosures 30' x 40' with 8 pens each and 5 enclosures 20' x 24' with 4 pens each. Plus, numerous growout pens and several above ground enclosures.

 

[Katie Grace 399]

They all have their own enclosures. I have 5 enclosures 30' x 40' with 8 pens each and 5 enclosures 20' x 24' with 4 pens each. Plus, numerous growout pens and several above ground enclosures. View attachment 4048181View attachment 4048182View attachment 4048183View attachment 4048184View attachment 4048185

Must keep you busy. But I love it. I see some pens on the ground with the birds walking around. I've read that you should treat the ground, grass with like an anti bacterial chemical (probably not using the correct terminology) to kill stuff that's in the ground that can make your birds sick. Also read snails and other pests can make your birds sick. Like gape worms and such. Do you treat the ground? I've also read you can use different ground cover also that help keep away parasites and such. I'm pretty sure Pretty Boy is a fairly healthy bird as he's been inside for the last three months. But I don't know how long he was out in the wild. I believe he was a fairly young bird when I found him lying along the road as he didn't have long tail feathers like he does now and not the vibrant colors he now has. What do you think?

 

[Debbie292d]

Must keep you busy. But I love it. I see some pens on the ground with the birds walking around. I've read that you should treat the ground, grass with like an anti bacterial chemical (probably not using the correct terminology) to kill stuff that's in the ground that can make your birds sick. Also read snails and other pests can make your birds sick. Like gape worms and such. Do you treat the ground? I've also read you can use different ground cover also that help keep away parasites and such. I'm pretty sure Pretty Boy is a fairly healthy bird as he's been inside for the last three months. But I don't know how long he was out in the wild. I believe he was a fairly young bird when I found him lying along the road as he didn't have long tail feathers like he does now and not the vibrant colors he now has. What do you think?

Actually, I've never heard of using something on the lawn to kill bacteria to protect chickens. It doesn't mean there isn't, but it doesn't make sense to me. Chickens build up resistance to things like coccidiosis by digging in the dirt and grass and foraging. They'll eat bugs, slugs, mice, and ours even run out to the road after a rain as then the nightcrawlers come out, and they know it. (We live in the country so there's barely a car per hour here.) Gapeworm is extremely rare.

These are silkies we have here, who are more prone to vitamin deficiencies and diseases than most chickens but are healthy as horses!

If you want to get Pretty Boy acclimated to the outdoors, you could get a shovel full of dirt/grass and put it in a large box with him. That'll get him started building up resistances.

 

[Katie Grace 399]

Actually, I've never heard of using something on the lawn to kill bacteria to protect chickens. It doesn't mean there isn't, but it doesn't make sense to me. Chickens build up resistance to things like coccidiosis by digging in the dirt and grass and foraging. They'll eat bugs, slugs, mice, and ours even run out to the road after a rain as then the nightcrawlers come out, and they know it. (We live in the country so there's barely a car per hour here.) Gapeworm is extremely rare.

These are silkies we have here, who are more prone to vitamin deficiencies and diseases than most chickens but are healthy as horses!

If you want to get Pretty Boy acclimated to the outdoors, you could get a shovel full of dirt/grass and put it in a large box with him. That'll get him started building up resistances.

Didn't think about that. Right now I have shavings in his pen and he does scratch around at times, but probably not the best for building up resistances. He's loose all day and really only goes in his crate at night to sleep. The door is always open, so he comes and goes as he pleases. Sometimes during the day to sleep or eat and drink. Do you get your birds looked at by a vet? I live outside of Hershey, PA. And bird flue is running rampant in many of the chicken ranges, though I'm not surprised at the way they're all stuffed in those large chicken barns. They're killing thousands of birds a day. Don't know what kind of cleaning up they do afterwards. Maybe I'll give my friend the vet a call and see what he thinks. I thank you for your words of advice.

 

[Debbie292d]

Didn't think about that. Right now I have shavings in his pen and he does scratch around at times, but probably not the best for building up resistances. He's loose all day and really only goes in his crate at night to sleep. Do you get your birds looked at by a vet? I live outside of Hershey, PA. And bird flue is running rampant in many of the chicken ranges, though I'm not surprised at the way they're all stuffed in those large chicken barns. They're killing thousands of birds a day. Don't know what kind of cleaning up they do afterwards. Maybe I'll give my friend the vet a call and see what he thinks. I thank you for your words of advice.

OH, you're talking about sterilizing an area from bird flu. That's different. I know Odoban is one product that kills it, and it's used in hatcheries, but not sure if they eat the grass after it's sprayed if that might harm them or not. Most things are safe once they dry though, like lawn fertilizers are. It's more used for spraying down coops. I use it to soak hatching eggs I buy from breeders, just to be sure I'm not dragging something into my incubators.

No, I wouldn't take my chickens, as much as I love them, to a vet. I would take their poop in for a fecal test perhaps though, or you can even send a blood sample or feather to the DNA places for testing for some diseases.