Pheasants??

[Hedgeland Farms]

Help please...
My hubby brought me home a baby pheasant. Said its 6wks...but it looks like 4 wks...(was hatched with others 2x his size.

Any info would be appreciated...

He was thinking i could raise it with my 3 chicks

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

Frankie the Pheasant is off to their new home!!!

Thank you everyone for your advice and help!

 

[casportpony]

@007Sean & @muddy75 are the ones to ask.

 

[casportpony]

Are you feeding it a gamebird or turkey starter? If not, I suggest that you get some. Your chicks could eat that too.

 

[muddy75]

I dont have any at the moment but plan to grab some on wednesday...is that too late??

It should be fine on your chick starter/grower until Wednesday but yes they require a higher protein level such as a turkey/gamebird starter or an all-flock crumble. It is also a ringneck pheasant which typically requires a DNR permit to keep (check your state requirements). Pheasants can be tamed but are much more flighty than chickens and cannot be free-ranged nor coop-trained. Like other gamebirds, they ideally should not be kept with chickens. They should have a fully enclosed area of their own with room to move around. You may be able to get a better idea of sex in another 4-6 weeks if you post new photos. Any other questions, feel free to ask and @007Sean will probably have much more advice once he pops in!

 

[007Sean]

I just now saw this post! Anyway, @muddy75 , is absolutely correct in her answers....I have nothing to add!

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

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I just now saw this post! Anyway, @muddy75 , is absolutely correct in her answers....I have nothing to add!

Thank you...
We are passing it along to someone who raises them...


We are not set up for pheasants, nor do we care to raise a single bird of any breed. And if I were to build another coop/run...it'd be for more chickens

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

Totally wrong section my bad....

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

I appreciate it...
I dont know how to move this to the right section so thanks for taggjng people

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

Are you feeding it a gamebird or turkey starter? If not, I suggest that you get some. Your chicks could eat that too.

I dont have any at the moment but plan to grab some on wednesday...is that too late??