tom17 18 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 i saw a post on Facebook about crossing a cock pheasant with Bantom type chickens with success was just wondering if anyone has anyone given this a try? Regards Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 I had some phantams yrs ago. Smart they were. Atb 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bobo 135 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Seen one years ago at an old boys place where I used to go ferreting. Don't know what happened with it when he died. Cracker it was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,127 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Any pics ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 I ain't got any pics. I had them given yrs and yrs and yrs ago. I had two, very nice birds. Atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tom17 18 Posted August 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Google images have a couple of pictures of them I guess each one is different depending on the strain of pheasant and Bantom 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Yeh, just had a look see. Smart they are. Atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOKEL 2,122 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 remember an old traveler acquaintance yrs ago telling me of phantams. he said they used o.e.g. bantys and produced some tidy birds. to be honest, i was never 100% sure he wasn't spinning me an old tinker tall tale... Yokel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevo79 569 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Can they fly?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevo79 569 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Just had a look on google tidy birds them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,774 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 i read a old book by ian niall called around my house. He tried to breed phantams but failed. In the book he said he was fairly sure the cross could be achieved but had so much going on i dont know if he pursued it further. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
comanche 2,799 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 I bred some by running a cock pheasant in a mixed pen of pheasant hens and little red bantams. The chicks were bigger and stronger than pheasant chicks straight from the egg even though the bantam hens were smaller than the pheasant hens. The phantom chicks were more advanced from the start and also more wild. They turned out quite leggy and speckly and though they could fly ,tended to run a lot. In fact they became known as the Roadrunners and eventually spurned our little Shoot for the big woods over the boundary Eventually one of the Keepers on the neighbouring land shot one off a barn roof just to get a closer look at the funny birds that had been sprinting between the Guns all season. He was pretty sure he knew what it was but when I saw him next he asked for confirmation with the opening line " I just know you've got something to do with it!" A couple of the others were spotted for a couple of years after that. They seemed to have a good sense of self-preservation . Hybrid vigour maybe. A friend copied some old video film of the old days to DVD and gave me a copy. There is a brief glimpse of the phantom chicks aside their pheasant half siblings. If I can work out how to extract a picture I will but don't hold your breathe as I'm a bit of a techno -numpty. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 I bred some by running a cock pheasant in a mixed pen of pheasant hens and little red bantams. The chicks were bigger and stronger than pheasant chicks straight from the egg even though the bantam hens were smaller than the pheasant hens. The phantom chicks were more advanced from the start and also more wild. They turned out quite leggy and speckly and though they could fly ,tended to run a lot. In fact they became known as the Roadrunners and eventually spurned our little Shoot for the big woods over the boundary Eventually one of the Keepers on the neighbouring land shot one off a barn roof just to get a closer look at the funny birds that had been sprinting between the Guns all season. He was pretty sure he knew what it was but when I saw him next he asked for confirmation with the opening line " I just know you've got something to do with it!" A couple of the others were spotted for a couple of years after that. They seemed to have a good sense of self-preservation . Hybrid vigour maybe. A friend copied some old video film of the old days to DVD and gave me a copy. There is a brief glimpse of the phantom chicks aside their pheasant half siblings. If I can work out how to extract a picture I will but don't hold your breathe as I'm a bit of a techno -numpty. Try playing the DVD stopping it at the appropriate place and take a screen shot of it. Press print screen, then open up paint and press control and V at the same time and the picture will appear. TC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 That would be good Comanche. Atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
comanche 2,799 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) Try playing the DVD stopping it at the appropriate place and take a screen shot of it. Press print screen, then open up paint and press control and V at the same time and the picture will appear. TC I went low-tech and froze the DVD and took a photo of the screen-hence the quality is rubbish:) The yellow chick is the phantom. The bantam hen with the chicks is one used to make the cross . The phantoms stayed the orangy colour of the mother but took the pheasant shape. Its hard to tell but the big yellow poult in front of the white one is one of the the phantoms Now ,dammit,I have the urge to breed some more . Edited August 28, 2015 by comanche 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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