Will cochins raise pheasants?

[biggins]

My cochin just hatched some goldens & an amhearst. Will they bond? Or would I be better off putting the babies in a brooder?

 

[ChurpyChicken]

had my cochin hen sat on some pheasant eggs she was fine with them until they started to hatch and she killed one

 

[NCIndiaBlue]

Most likely the pheasants will not stay with the hen, they are far more hyper than chicken chicks. Maybe for a day or two, but I wouldn't let her raise them, I think they will escape and probably get taken by a predator.

 

[Eagle2026]

NO!!!
Your not going to make it happen NO WAY!!!
What a waste.
Mike
Save the rest of them if you can!!!

 

[biggins]

Save them from what? She's had them for a week now & they're doing fine.

NCIndiaBlue - do they get high strung as they get older? They're much calmer than I thought they'd be. In fact they're calmer than a clutch of silkies that were hatched a few days before them.

 

[spectrumranch]

We use broody hens to hatch alot of different birds, and let some hens raise the babies.

But you need to know the hens, some will kill chicks & there is the risk of chciken disease's being transferred to the other species.

But most hens make great mothers and will raise any babies.

 

[ranit]

I didn't have much luck when I tried letting one of my silkies raise some ringneck pheasants. They just wouldn't stay with her and let her tend to them. I ended up having to catch them and put them in a brooder.