Ringneck and Red Goldens in same aviary

[NCIndiaBlue]

I've had my Chinese Ringneck and Red Golden pheasants (2 RG males, 5 RG females, 1 RN male, 3 RN females) together in a large aviary throughout the winter and they have got along very well. They just started laying eggs last week, I am new to pheasants and do not want any mixed offspring. I spend several hours a day observing them and have seen the males only 'courting' with their own species, but I know it's early in the season. Would those 2 species inter-breed? Forgive me if that's a stupid question -

 

[Tony K T]

Absolutely,I'm surprised the males haven't killed each other yet.They should be seperated in Jan,that's when they pair up for breeding.
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[NCIndiaBlue]

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Thanks Tony, I thought so, but I was surprised at how well they are getting along. I'll be making a nice new pen for them this week, and expanding my peafowl lot too. We're having great pen-building weather here in NC, it was in the 80's today.

 

[kikescove.com]

I'm with Tony, generally you can only get away with that if they are all males and no females are around.