Silver pheasant keeper aggresion

[AOrchard]

My 2 year old male silver pheasant is posturing at me and making the threat noise when I enter the pen. He came at my once when I wore red, which I have not done since, but his posture towards me is increasingly aggressive. Though he still eats out of my hand when I refill the food trough.

Is aggression seasonal, meaning it will fade in a few months and be calmer until next spring again? Can it be discouraged if it's not? Am I better off culling him and attempting to find a male that doesn't have this behavior?

Google was useless.

This is my first silver pheasant male. I have experience with melanistic mutants, chickens, and quail. The melanistic mutants were never aggressive to me, the chickens occasionally are but they get eaten as a "bad apple".

 

[sourland]

@007Sean do you have input that can help?

 

[007Sean]

All the Silvers I ever raised were aggressive, too! Just keep looking for one that isn't or try raising some from chicks and handle them multiple times a day....it might work? I sold mine because they were way too aggressive, the male, especially during breeding season.

 

[AOrchard]

All the Silvers I ever raised were aggressive, too! Just keep looking for one that isn't or try raising some from chicks and handle them multiple times a day....it might work? I sold mine because they were way too aggressive, the male, especially during breeding season.

Hmm interesting. Have you had better luck with other species? I love how chatty, friendly, and beautiful he was up until this spring. He'd been a delight to have on the farm. Will definitely be wanting to try another type of pheasant to replace him.

 

[Midnightman14]

Silver males turn into raging monsters during the breeding season. They'll do more than just posture as their hormone's go up. A friend of mine know's a guy who lost an eye to a silver.

 

[ColtHandorf]

I've always heard the silvers and the tufted (eared) pheasants are all pretty aggressive in the breeding season.