Ornamental Pheasants

[BobwhiteQuailLover]

Can't I EVER ask a question!!!!

 

[JJMR794]

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ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Robo]

I tought you already had pheasants.

 

[jrsqlc]

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Well I would say you have asked many MANY questions, which is no problem at all.....but please stop asking the same ???'s
And just because you use different words or start a new thread DOES NOT MEAN IT ISNT THE SAME ??

Im not trying to be mean, but slow down and read for a while.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

BWQL,
Like I said several time, go to that site I Pm ed the link to you. Take a day off here, and read every single page of it...
You wont have many more questions after that, other than cost, and who has them. We dont have the time to type out all that info, it covers EVERY SINGLE SPECIES out there, those available here, and ones no one has. It tells you native habitat, range, climate, production season, egg quantity per clutch, incubation periods per species (yes that's different too species to species) tells you if they can be run in pairs or trios, or even some that the males need to be housed away from the hens except for breeding season, (yes some will kill their hens if left penned together all year)
It tells you how rare they are, how difficult their care is, what to feed them, what to supplement their diets with.
I mean everything you want to know is posted right there in a informative website for you to read.
Read that and educate yourself on these, then come back and folks will be more willing to help you out.

But like the reply post to Spectrum, where he was saying chill out a bit, you replied, "ok, ARE YOU SELLING YOUR SPLASH?"
Well that's what folks here are talking about, it appears what everyone is saying is going in one and out the other, so at this point, folks are turning away from helping.
Also the repetitive posting of the same questions in every thread on here looks bad too.
The main pheasant people on here look at all the post, one time is all you need.
I believe that is what Speckled hen was referring to on page one when she warned you about spam posting.
Case in point
Your "dark throat" pictures and asking if they were pure red goldens. You know, I have seen those in just about every golden or pheasant related thread on this section.
Stuff like that just gets old to people.
So take a little time off, go to that website and read til your hearts content. Hey, take a pen and paper with you, when you see something of interest on a species, write it down in a log book for quick reference, shoot do that for all of them, I do when I'm checking into a birds or animal I havent kept before. It help one to remember better. You can also compile yourself a quick handbook for all the species that way.
This is the way to learn, BEFORE you commit to the breed/species.

I'll be honest with you, most of these at this point are over your head in care level. Start with those beginner level birds, keep then for several years, then progress up the line year by year on the more difficult species.

As for your last question, which is the hardest to keep, well out side ruffed, and silvers, all of them
monals, tragopans, peacock pheasant, firebacks, eared, argus all these need to be left to the seasoned pheasant keeper, Which you can become one with time. But it's going to take a tremendous amount of dedication on your part, tons of money (just to buy a pair each of the 25 or so species around the US, not counting mutations is ruffly a $10,000 investment) This is noT even counting all the aviaries, pens, feeds, shipping cost etc. And the pens for these cant just be a tiny cage or 50 foot pen like many say, they need true aviaries for one to be successful with keeping them. In general it is recommended that one keeps most species in no less than a 200 sq foot aviary, some honestly need way more than that to avoid passing, fighting, scalping of the hens, over flightiness which often results in death.

Ask yourself all this before you get too deep, are you prepared for all this, and do you have the means to do it and do it in a manner that is beneficial for the birds, because that's what this is supposed to be about, the benefits we as keepers can provide for these rare and in most cases endangered birds.

 

[JJMR794]

Very Wise And Gentle Words From An Educated Source!

Nicely Said Aubrey