Thank you. Great advice. I like your setup. Thanks for sharing. I'm considering golden pheasants. I'm thinking I have enough room for about 6 birds. May I keep 2 males and 4 females together and have a successful breeding configuration? Or would you prefer 1 male and 5 females? Do Goldens bread well in captivity? Thanks for your time.
Yes, goldens breed successfully in captivity. I would keep a trio, 1 male, 3 females. Unless the pen is insanely huge, running 2 or more males together will result in the death of one. You can run several males together, provided there are no hens inhabiting the same pen. Even doing that is "ify". They may get along or may not. Every situation is different. I have run several males of different species together in a 50' x100' pen before, without problems but there were no hens within their sight, smell, or hearing. BTW, the plywood siding enclosure of mine is 40' x 30' total with 8 pens. The sheet metal enclosure is 20' x 24' total with 4 pens. I run pairs in some and some have trios, 1 has a quad. I have Red Goldens, Yellow Goldens, Amherst, Elliot, Reeves, Bianchi, Idaho Blueback Ring-necked, Kansas Ring-necked, Green melanistic, Black melanistic, Spanish Red Legged partridge, and Prairie chickens. No, not all are kept in the pens in the pics, i have 6 other pens of similar dimensions to house all my birds. Also, have outdoor and indoor brooders. Another recommendation would to have automatic waterers. Im in the process of converting mine over to automatic now...saves alot of time. Hope you can find some of this info, helpful. Good Luck
