Wednesday, April 12, 2006
The eggs are here!
Unfortunately, the post office decided to step on the box a few dozen times. Of the 15 pheasant eggs we got 7 that weren't crushed. Hopefully the guy has a few more he can send to replace them. Pictures of the eggs in both states are in the Pheasants album in the link.
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REAL MEN RAISE CHICKENS, YOU CHEESE HEAD!
I just heard from the guy in Fort Atkinson, he shipping some more eggs tomorrow to replace the broken ones.
I assume they are ring-necked, but I have to admit that I didn't ask.
We got the second shipment of eggs today, and he sent us another dozen!
So with breakage and all, we are now incubating 18 pheasants, or about 3x as many as I had originally planned.
Anyone want to buy some pheasant hatchlings in about 2 months?
18 pheasants really isn't very many...especially if you are going to let them go wild...You should raise 50-100 of those puppies.
Hey Farmer Jones...I once raised 100 ring neck pheasant chicks from tiny chick form up to 2-2 1/2 pounds each. I sold them dressed to a local country club for $6 each. Ended up with 94 after they got too big to get out of their pens. If you do not pen them up (they can fly very early in their careers so you need a covered pen) they will find ways to "get lost". Usually a lost chick will begin calling for its team mates and you can track it down that way.
If you keep them cooped up, you must provide green stuffs (foliage or grass)for them to eat or they become cannibles. Lost 2 of the six that way. They also benefit from the extra protein available from the occassional dozen or so boiled eggs. Chicken eggs are fine.
They were an interesting and ultimately profitable summer project back when I was 14 years old. We paid 15 cents each for the chicks.
Thanks for the tips, er.
I had heard that apples were good for keeping them form pecking each other, too.
We have 2 covered pens that we will use for the pheasants, so flying shouldn't be a problem
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