Chicken_man 1,651 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Great :-) breed some more. Atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Considerably bigger. Are they still kicking about? I read the other day that they are much easier to breed if the cock bird is raised with chicks/bantys from the word go, as they believe themselves to be Bantys/chickens themselves Would make more sense I suppose than trying to use a wild one! Does the hybrid itself breed? Or are they sterile? Just wondering. Would be good to follow the progress as it all happens if you go ahead with it. I love this sort of thing, traditional type things. Hoping to raise a few pheasant nxt yr in the traditional manner broodys, broody pens etc. Atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
random 659 Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Don't keep poultry but this caught my eye and made me wonder,what advantages does this cross offer in terms of meat and egg production? Interesting read so far by the way... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
comanche 2,799 Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Considerably bigger. Are they still kicking about? I read the other day that they are much easier to breed if the cock bird is raised with chicks/bantys from the word go, as they believe themselves to be Bantys/chickens themselves Would make more sense I suppose than trying to use a wild one! Does the hybrid itself breed? Or are they sterile? Just wondering. Would be good to follow the progress as it all happens if you go ahead with it. I love this sort of thing, traditional type things. Hoping to raise a few pheasant nxt yr in the traditional manner broodys, broody pens etc. Atb They'll be long gone . The images are 25 years old. I would imagine the main reason to use a tame cock pheasant is that it will be calmer around people. my cock pheasant was wild caught.I had the impression that once he was in breeding condition and the joys of spring kicked-in he wasn't particularly fussy what he mated. I've actually seen a cock pheasant mounting a road-kill hen! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,183 Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 would the pheasant mate silky hens too???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
staffs riffraff 1,068 Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 wonder what the taste would be like? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mule1943 291 Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Can they fly?? just virgin air 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
coop 0 Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 I didn’t know until the keeper shouted out you’ve shoot the phantom years ago late 80s ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Wilkes 2,915 Posted April 11 Report Share Posted April 11 Years ago I used to keep Spanish game and a hen pheasant used to come to the yard and feed , she was mated by any stag that was out on his tether. She then disappeared. Later that summer the dog put up some poults in a local wood that just looked different if you know what I mean, I often wonder if they were Spanish x pheasant. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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