Pheasant egg fertility

[tgu quail]

Hi everyone. This is my first thread. I am located in Honduras, Central America. I have been successfully raising and incubating quail in my garage for over a year. I bought and incubated 150 ring necked pheasant eggs in April. About 40 (20 hen and 20 cocks) hatched early May and in brooder for 40 days. Birds developed beautifully (in a 350 sq ft pen) and started laying eggs in November. Should these first eggs be fertile? After 25 days, none hatched out of 21 eggs incubated. I Checked on the eggs one by one and none had embryos or any sign of being fertile. Should I wait some time before incubating more eggs? Are pheasant eggs good to eat?

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

I am not 100% sure about pheasants, however I do know with quail and chickens, it is best to wait at least 2 weeks or more after you see mating going on to make sure eggs being laid are fertile. And with young birds, sometimes it takes them a while to get the hang of mating as well.

You will do best if you stop by our pheasant section for more help with your birds...https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/50/pheasants-and-partridge-chukar

Good luck with all your poultry and we do welcome you to our flock!

 

[Michael OShay]

Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to join our flock. I'm a chicken person and don't know much about pheasants (never had any), but definitely post on our pheasant link that TwoCrows left with you and take advantage of our pheasant experts there. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck in breeding your pheasants.

 

[BantamLover21]

Glad you joined us!

 

[Wyandottes7]

Welcome to BYC!

We're glad to have you.

 

[drumstick diva]

Hope the pheasant people can help you out with this. I know absolutely nothing about pleasants but, wonder if its a seasonal mating period for them.

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC and Happy Holidays!

 

[ChickyChickens]

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[Mountain Peeps]

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[CrazyChookz]

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