Pheasant Poults

mallards

Anyone seeing any wild bred pheasant poults about. My own incubator hatched stock is five weeks old now. I released the parents after I gathered the eggs so their own broods, if any, should be three weeks old or so. I was wondering if anyone had seen any around yet now that the silage is getting cut?
I've seen plenty of roosters around lately but no hens which in my book is a good sign as they are either sitting on eggs or keeping in the cover with young broods.
I think partridges should only be hatching now as the old tale is that they hatch the week Ascot horse racing is on.
Duck broods should be well on at this stage as well as the grouse, what little we have of them.
With all the good weather, fingers crossed for a sucessful hatch!

Mallards

cavan shooter

I have two broods from birds i released last year, in 2 seperate fields and I want to give all due to the farmer who not only left the fields to last started from the middle out and left a run around the headland.

EPointer=Birdss

Saw a hen with 12 strong poults the weekend. About 4 weeks.
Also saw 3 hens without any & a local muppet of a farmer cut his silege & ran clean over a hen sittin on eggs.
I've asked him numerous times to let me no when he is cutting silege so I can run the dog & pick up eggs etc to which he'd always say ya no probelm but never does.
Then when I met him he thought it a huge disappointment but necessay to tell me. Real waste as hen & eggs all goners! If she was sitting that tight the odds were good she was going to bring them out.

mallards

Yip good idea guys. There's an opportunity there for fellas with dogs to give their dog a run, show they're animal lovers:D, protect your pheasants, educate some landowners or even secure yourself some new ground by talking with farmers and offering to clear their field for them before they cut it.
Young deer or pheasants can make quite a mess of their shiny new farm machinery.

Is anyone giving them any supplementary feeding at the moment? I have kept a couple of feeders filled so that hopefully the hens don't have to move around to much to feed themselves.


Mallards

kildare.17hmr

saw 3 hens in glenmalure on my way back down off lugnaquilla 2 weeks ago

jimbrowning

mallards wrote: »

Yip good idea guys. There's an opportunity there for fellas with dogs to give their dog a run, show they're animal lovers:D, protect your pheasants, educate some landowners or even secure yourself some new ground by talking with farmers and offering to clear their field for them before they cut it.
Young deer or pheasants can make quite a mess of their shiny new farm machinery.

Is anyone giving them any supplementary feeding at the moment? I have kept a couple of feeders filled so that hopefully the hens don't have to move around to much to feed themselves.


Mallards

what are you putting in thhe feeders?

underthetumb

was out for a walk on some of my permissions earlier, saw 3 hens, and 3 cocks, they were in some remote spots, its great to see tham knockin about

patakadarragh

We found a hen pheasat (wild) with nine poults well on as well....well able to keep up like.

mallards

jimbrowning wrote: »

what are you putting in thhe feeders?

pheasant growers pellets Jim

Dusty87

Have seen quite a few cocks around in fairness (the club didnt release any yet). Not so much hens, i think iv only seen 2. The granny seen a hen with a clutch of chickcs the other day though.

EPointer=Birdss

As regards cock pheasants - i was outside last night enjoying the fine evening & they were crowing everywhere. If they hang around til Novemebr there should be some serious birds around.:cool:

Dusty87

EPointer=Birdss wrote: »

As regards cock pheasants - i was outside last night enjoying the fine evening & they were crowing everywhere. If they hang around til Novemebr there should be some serious birds around.:cool:

Yea, thats the thing though, they wont hang around:rolleyes::p
Couple of people have noticed a good number of them out.

deeksofdoom

mallards wrote: »

I've seen plenty of roosters around lately but no hens which in my book is a good sign as they are either sitting on eggs or keeping in the cover with young broods.

I never thought of that before, have seen plenty of cocks but no hens I thought it was due to the fact that we released more cocks than hens this year. Had a good ramble yesterday but didn't come accross any poults though, I didn't bring the dog in case we came across any so as not to disturb the hens.

Hopefully the fine weather will continue.

cavan shooter

mallards wrote: »

pheasant growers pellets Jim

poults im feeding bashfords grower

feeders in fields i use rolled barley (very good for bulking)

EastTyrone

ive heard plwenty of roostrers crowing and have heard reports of plenty pheasants about, this year seems to be a very good year for the wild birds

curious-pup

Hi all, I hope someone here can help.

I live in the country and there have always been a lot of pheasants in the fields around where we live, but never around the house or garden. This year though a cock pheasant has started to hang around the house and peck the cars, mainly in the early morning. It's very strange, has been happening for a few weeks. When we go outside the pheasant flies away but is back minutes later pecking again!

Any ideas on how to stop this happening, or even why it is happening in the first place?! Thanks!

EPointer=Birdss

curious-pup wrote: »

Hi all, I hope someone here can help.

I live in the country and there have always been a lot of pheasants in the fields around where we live, but never around the house or garden. This year though a cock pheasant has started to hang around the house and peck the cars, mainly in the early morning. It's very strange, has been happening for a few weeks. When we go outside the pheasant flies away but is back minutes later pecking again!

Any ideas on how to stop this happening, or even why it is happening in the first place?! Thanks!

Probably worthy of it's own thread....

Anywho - try & catch him & relocate him a few miles away. Job done - car safe.
Use your imagination in how to catch him - maybe some shiney toy cars in a trap as bait

curious-pup

EPointer=Birdss wrote: »

Probably worthy of it's own thread....

Anywho - try & catch him & relocate him a few miles away. Job done - car safe.
Use your imagination in how to catch him - maybe some shiney toy cars in a trap as bait

the shiny car toys might be an idea!

We've tried to catch him leaving food but no luck - pretty funny way to spend a Saturday morning though!

murphy125

Can't remember where i read this

Bury a wine bottle vertically with the top facing down

When buried take the bootle out and fill the hole with peas

The pheasant will keep eating the peas and wont be able to get back out

When this happens go over and pick him up and relocate him

mallards

curious-pup wrote: »

This year though a cock pheasant has started to hang around the house and peck the cars, mainly in the early morning.

They're very territorial this time of year. Probably see's his reflection and thinks it's another rooster. Don't wash your car for a while.

Mallards

jap gt

my neighbour used to have trouble with them picking at bales, he put small dots of grease on the bales making them look like worms or slugs, one taste of that and away they would go, i duno if it will work for a car but its worth a try

curious-pup

murphy125 wrote: »

Can't remember where i read this

Bury a wine bottle vertically with the top facing down

When buried take the bootle out and fill the hole with peas

The pheasant will keep eating the peas and wont be able to get back out

When this happens go over and pick him up and relocate him

That's brilliant, I'll give it a try at the weekend - thanks!

A friend suggested gin-soaked raisins like in that Roald Dahl book - that will be my last resort

welsummer

seen my first clutch of day old pheasanst today. there is a melinestic cock in the area and half of them were dark. dident get to count them as the grass was to long.

mallards

I seen two seperate clutches of seven plus chicks each at the weekend. Can't be more than a couple of days old. Fingers crossed they survive!

Mallards.