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Post by bounce on May 25, 2010 18:34:54 GMT -5
I got my 1st batch of baby Pheasants today all 150 of them + a few extras they add in, 100 are hens and 50 are straight run or not sexed just get what we get. the 2nd batch will come in july and i'm expecting the same order then around sept I want to do about 250 quail.
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Post by jmarriott on May 25, 2010 18:59:13 GMT -5
So that is another 450 pretty birds for us to come and hunt with you.
I love pheasants, pretty birds.
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Post by bounce on May 25, 2010 21:42:55 GMT -5
Well if I can keep them all alive it will be around 250 Hens & 50 rosters pheasants & 250 quail.
decided to try for producing hens for next year, as I expect this years wild birds have good roster numbers and we now have a lot more land going into habitat this year,but it will take likely 3 years to be covered and doing well. We had a lot of quail last year but I do belive the snow storms last winter killed most of them so I want to try and raise all the quail I think I can in my pen? I think I am pushing the max on both birds for the room I have. If I can get a real good base breeding natural ? then I will likely raise a couple hundred rosters a year just to make out standing bird numbers for hunting. May even try to put out some Reeves Pheasants for suprize trophys but right now I'm still working on building up the population and have some decent hunting as well, I'm hopeing anyway!!
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Post by deputydon on May 25, 2010 21:47:04 GMT -5
Sounds like a winner!!!
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Post by nulle on May 27, 2010 16:38:33 GMT -5
Might not want to keep the pheasants and quail together as the quail will kill the pheasants.
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Post by bounce on May 28, 2010 23:49:37 GMT -5
Not to worry as I do the batch of quail after I no longer can get pheasants anymore for the year. I think I could get quail year around or nearly so, but after Oct it's to cold for my operation. So far I have lost 5 birds so things are looking good this far as that is about one a day and very expected the 1st week.
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Post by bounce on Jun 5, 2010 4:58:27 GMT -5
Birds are looking good sofar!!, This is the 1st time I had 150 birds and havent had a big loss as of yet that knocked me under 100 birds, but it aint over yet but looking good.
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Post by Jack on Jun 5, 2010 7:52:16 GMT -5
Sounds good, Bounce!
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Post by nulle on Jun 12, 2010 9:08:50 GMT -5
Keep up the good work those little buggers do take some time.
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Post by bounce on Jun 12, 2010 19:52:33 GMT -5
I added two more feeders this evening as the three I was filling full once a day for the last three days were plum emty at feed & water check. Weather has not yet ben very hot and they drink 2 to 3 gallons of water a day sofar. Feed tonight was 10 - 16 oz cups to fill 5 feeders. so far have lost 9 birds in nearly 3 weeks. Two weeks to go for this batch.
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Post by bounce on Jun 14, 2010 23:22:11 GMT -5
Finaly had two birds excape the pen as I was feed & watering, fast little birds in the open but when they went in the high grass I was able to net them as they could not see me nor me them but I could see the grass moveing and just put the net over that spot and then they jumped right in the net. One more week and I can start to think about placeing some before I turn them all lose at once hear at 5 weeks, I think they would survive let loose now. But I also know they lose weight after being turned out so will give them more time for them to gain more weight as they may need it.
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Post by bounce on Jun 17, 2010 15:47:31 GMT -5
is now takeing a bag of feed in less than a week, theies birds are realy growing fast. Seems as I could let them go but I know after I let them go they lose weight for the next month or better before seeming to grow again so I will wait a few more days and try to get more weight on them for surviveing.
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Post by bounce on Jun 22, 2010 13:12:48 GMT -5
Yesterday the pheasants were 4 weeks old, pen is geting crowded and feed is going fast, so this morning I took 7 birds west of me to a friends farm, then 12 to were my mother lives and 17 to my brothers farm. DD was supoise to show up for some but haven't seen him. Will turn a batch lose on my north 80 yet and then when the feed is gone I wll let the rest near 100 go hear.
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Post by Jack on Jun 22, 2010 19:16:28 GMT -5
Congratulations, Bounce! Another batch successfully raised.
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Post by bounce on Jun 24, 2010 7:54:28 GMT -5
Yes this was my most sucsesfull batch ever so far, it would be hard to get better as I think I only lost 9 out of 150 + extras. Not shure of the numbers of extras but I'm shure it was at least 6. Friday morning will let all go. I should have very good cover by next spring when theise hens will be full adults & nesters, the cover is pretty good right now already. I am to get another 150 like this one a few days in to july. and after that we want to try 200 to 250 quail. I belive are winter blizzards last winter killed all my quail and must start over.
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