Pheasant Eggs ????

[momw2cutekids]

So I have 6 ring neck pheasants 2 males and 4 females - I have them in a outside enclosure, I am new at pheasants but, I have been reading alot about them.
I know that the females should be laying a clutch of eggs around March or April - But, the last few weeks I have been recieving around 3 eggs a week......I have been throwing them in the incubator since I am not sure if they are fertile or not, I am pretty excited though and will be putting my first egg I recieved in the hatching tray in about a week....I haven't candled it.

So, my question is do you think they are fertile and why are my females laying eggs now ?????

 

[mochicken]

if you have 2 males then there is a pretty good chance they are fertile, good luck to you.

 

[craz e laid e]

I, too, am new at raising pheasants. Mine started laying last February (I live in southern Oregon) and were still laying in September. I mentioned this to a more knowledgeable "bird" person, and she asked what I was feeding. I told her chicken feed. She said that was my problem, it has hormones that keep chickens laying all year. I changed to wild game feed immediately, and I believe I finally got my last pheasant egg 3 days ago (I hope - I now have 50+ eggs in incubator). I guess I didn't research it enough, but this website seems to have everything you need to know about raising all kinds of birds. I just found it yesterday, so hopefully I will be smarter quickly.

P.S. I have had NO luck candleing - too dense!

 

[greymane]

Welcome to the group! Happy to have you with us.