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Hen pheasants

  • 23-02-2015 6:44pm
    #1
    villa1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭


    Is it worth buying and releaseing hen pheasants do they lay eggs sit and rear the chicks I was told not to bother with them would like more opinions


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  • #2
    allan450
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 616 ✭✭✭allan450


    i was told the same and its bull ****.yes they will lay and rare chicks.i know other lads the same up in galway got got birds and they rared chicks


  • #3
    mikeyboo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭mikeyboo


    villa1979 wrote: »
    Is it worth buying and releaseing hen pheasants do they lay eggs sit and rear the chicks I was told not to bother with them would like more opinions

    x2 ive often wondered the same thing,or is it only if there crossed?


  • #4
    thehound
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭thehound


    will rear chicks but not as good a mother as wild bird you could see them with 6 chicks one day next day maybe only two


  • #5
    mikeyboo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭mikeyboo


    thehound wrote: »
    will rear chicks but not as good a mother as wild bird you could see them with 6 chicks one day next day maybe only two

    would they be the same if released as poults,and not as adults?


  • #6
    Kells1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭Kells1


    mikeyboo wrote: »
    would they be the same if released as poults,and not as adults?

    No its all about their rearing from eggs. If they have been hatched in an incubator they wont have the same mothering instincts as a poult hatched and reared by a Bird


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  • #7
    blackpearl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 668 ✭✭✭blackpearl


    hen pheasants that were reared under bantams will have a better chance of rearing a brood in the wild


  • #8
    mikeyboo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭mikeyboo


    Kells1 wrote: »
    No its all about their rearing from eggs. If they have been hatched in an incubator they wont have the same mothering instincts as a poult hatched and reared by a Bird

    didnt no that thanks
    blackpearl wrote: »
    hen pheasants that were reared under bantams will have a better chance of rearing a brood in the wild

    thanks for the helpful info :)


  • #9
    Capercaillie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭Capercaillie


    Kells1 wrote: »
    No its all about their rearing from eggs. If they have been hatched in an incubator they wont have the same mothering instincts as a poult hatched and reared by a Bird

    Mothering ability is in the genetics of the bird also.


  • #10
    Staloejunior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48 ✭Staloejunior


    they say that only 10 per cent of hens you release will raise succesful chicks. but if you release 100 hens and 10 rare 4-5 chicks that year thats an additional 50-60 birds for the area the followig season and they'll have the 'mother instict' to rear successfulhatches in the future.

    in my opinion its well worth doing.


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