Red Golden Pheasant..

[oddbirdranch]

If anyone is interested in getting a good start with healthy, quality stock I have this seasons hatches available. This is the first year I am offering to anyone other than close friends and would like to see them go to good breeders who will carry on the project and keep their lines pure. Come with records, banded and registered. PM if you have any questions. I can ship from CA within the US, weather permitting.

 

[aguilera]

I've been told that an egg has a less chance of hatching after its been laying around for 7 days. That the more days an egg is sitting there waiting to be incubated, the % of it hatching drops. Specially after 10 days, most likely the eggs won't hatch. Ever since my friend told me that, I use the 7 day rule for eggs. Hope this helps =)

 

[Tony K T]

An eggs viability drops after 15 days,but during storing them before putting them in the bator,they still have to be turned 3 times daily and stored in a cool place.This is for pheasants,quail are a little less storage time.I use an automatic turner for stored eggs so I don't forget to turn them.Shipped eggs are a whole different story.Shipped eggs get pushed and jolted and maybe even x rayed during shipping which will effect hatch rates.I don't believe in shipping eggs for this reason.If I want a certain bird,I will buy that bird,not an egg to have a chance of having that bird.If you add up all the money you have tied up in eggs,and then see what you have for birds from those eggs,you will have bought at least 10 pairs of that bird at the end.Spend the few dollars more and buy birds,do not waste your hard earned money on eggs.All it takes is just one good jolt to kill the embryo and all is lost.Red golden eggs sell for about 3.00-3.50 each,so that's 36.00-42.00 per dozen.A juvenile pair of goldens are about 40.00 pr.plus the shipping cost if you can't find them locally,but you have the birds the eggs you still need to hatch them and after 25 days there are no chicks it can be disappointing.
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[aguilera]

How hardy or delicate are the golden and amhearst pheasants as adults? Like with temperature wise. Winter will be here before I know it , so should I prepare n build a box with a heat lamp for them or will they be okay with just some side and overhead cover from the wind n rain?

 

[pheasantfrenzie]

Hello,
I live in Colorado and came from Nd and my birds have never needed a heat lamp howeverwhen we would have a blizzard I would place one in there and that was more to make me feel better because the birds didn't really go inside the building where the heat was. They do good in most climates. They do need somewhere to get out of the weather tho'
Patty

 

[Tony K T]

Most pheasants are cold hardy birds.They do need a place where they can get out of drafts.Heat is a definite no no.Birds produce down to keep them warm thru the colder climates,if you supply heat,they do not produce the proper down required to keep them warm.Plus if you lose power while heating and they do not have the required down for warmth,they will more then likely freeze to death.
I am in N.H. and raise peacock pheasants which require heat thru the colder weather,and I don't heat them at all.I poly the entire pen to keep the drafts off from them and it has worked fine.The hen lays her first egg in Feb every year I've had them.For the other breeds I raise,I cover the top 3' of their pen instead of the entire 6' sides.The pic shows 6',which is the old cover.It's important for the birds to have open space so it will not interupt their laying season.
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[Kane6910]

Can some one help me or tell me where i can buy Golden Pheasant in Florida or any other State near by...........Thank you.

 

[Tony K T]

Can some one help me or tell me where i can buy Golden Pheasant in Florida or any other State near by...........Thank you.

Miguel Feliciano in tampa,Stuart Denton in paml city,Eugene Goss in st cloud,Daniel Kubala in miami,Roger massengill in panama city,
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[Kane6910]

Does these guys sell the pheasant??

 

[Tony K T]

Well yeah,that's why I posted their names.
In N.H.,Tony.