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FluffyButt789 said:
Any idea where I could get pheasants to raise with my chickens? Does anyone here have any experience with them? My husband hunts them but I think they're gorgeous birds and would love to raise some as pets.
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Pheasants are very flighty compared to chickens. You definitely can not let them free range - they will take off and you will never get them back.
Ringneck pheasants are cheap, but they are also rather aggressive, so watch them closely. Golden pheasant males are gorgeous. They are smaller than most chickens, but would probably do fine with enough cover to hide in. I have a trio of the goldens I am trying to acclimate to live with the peafowl. The are very skittish and I am rather afraid they will hurt themselves trying to flee from me or the peafowl.
 
:wee:weeMOVING DAY!!! Sorry I haven’t been active lately all. In case anybody (probably everybody) forgot, my church built me a wonderful new chicken coop, but had no one to install the fence. The project started in March when my new pullets when outside, but we’ve only JUST finished!! YAY!! The poor feather babies have been crammed in a teeny little TSC prefab all year (all 17!) Now they have room to breathe, and proper roosts, and NESTING BOXES!! And a nice big yard out in the sun. They weren’t out there 30 minutes before they caught and devoured 3 mice! Higher fence too, my 2 little escape artists. My Birds of Paradise and I are sitting pretty now. Of course, extra space might mean a relapse of chicken math...so I have decided that springtime will bring a goose and a turkey (praying for boys). Maybe 1 heavy drake. That should stop the chicken math, right? :D
 
VictoriaTemple said:
:wee:weeMOVING DAY!!! Sorry I haven’t been active lately all. In case anybody (probably everybody) forgot, my church built me a wonderful new chicken coop, but had no one to install the fence. The project started in March when my new pullets when outside, but we’ve only JUST finished!! YAY!! The poor feather babies have been crammed in a teeny little TSC prefab all year (all 17!) Now they have room to breathe, and proper roosts, and NESTING BOXES!! And a nice big yard out in the sun. They weren’t out there 30 minutes before they caught and devoured 3 mice! Higher fence too, my 2 little escape artists. My Birds of Paradise and I are sitting pretty now. Of course, extra space might mean a relapse of chicken math...so I have decided that springtime will bring a goose and a turkey (praying for boys). Maybe 1 heavy drake. That should stop the chicken math, right? :D
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Yeah right lol
 
Just wanted to show off my partridge pullets
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dheltzel said:
Pheasants are very flighty compared to chickens. You definitely can not let them free range - they will take off and you will never get them back.
Ringneck pheasants are cheap, but they are also rather aggressive, so watch them closely. Golden pheasant males are gorgeous. They are smaller than most chickens, but would probably do fine with enough cover to hide in. I have a trio of the goldens I am trying to acclimate to live with the peafowl. The are very skittish and I am rather afraid they will hurt themselves trying to flee from me or the peafowl.
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Oh bummer I was hoping to raise them like chickens. Maybe someday we will have a better setup for them. They're gorgeous birds!
 
FluffyButt789 said:
Oh bummer I was hoping to raise them like chickens. Maybe someday we will have a better setup for them. They're gorgeous birds!
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The "best" way to raise them is in an aviary without chickens. They get along fine with smaller or wilder birds, like wood ducks, doves, etc. I think they would also do fine with a flock of bantams in a very secured pen, especially if you just wanted a single male to provide some color. In that case, you want a golden or lady amhearst pheasant, they are much less aggressive to other birds than ringnecks, and also far prettier. These species have males that come close to a peacock in terms of sheer gaudiness of colors. Nothing subtle about the coloring on these guys.
 

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