1st day shooting

[cassshantia 16]

hi all this is my 1st post on this forum (usually lurchers and rifles)

we shot our 1st new permission yesterday and had a very unusual pheasant, ive been shooting and beating for 20 plus years but never witnessed a bird that was half COCK bird and half HEN bird

sorry no pics but it looked strange it had wings of a hen ,breast of a cock, back of the cock and neck and head of a hen

has any one else had a similiar bird ?

[danw 1,748]

I have always known these as MULES it is pretty common to get hermaphrodite pheasants most years I get 1 or 2 come in my poult order

[SEAN3513 7]

as above

[ratattack 111]

Pretty common, most want them shot on sight anyway.

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Not commen at all mate thankfully.

[CallumT 0]

Lady Gaga pheasant

[Ideation 8,216]

Spot on - mule.

[Hoolit 2]

We used to call them a jennie willox ,dont know where it comes from . Ive not saw one for a couple of seasons now.

hey ho keep smiling.

[gold medal 2]

We used to call them a jennie willox ,dont know where it comes from . Ive not saw one for a couple of seasons now.

hey ho keep smiling.

 

yip thats what i know them as too,dont know what it means though

[Lab 10,979]

We used to call them a jennie willox ,dont know where it comes from . Ive not saw one for a couple of seasons now.

hey ho keep smiling.

Glad you put this cause exactly what i call them. Cant understand why anybody would want to shoot them onsight though? They still fly just like the rest of them so its still money in the pot at the end of the day

[a*beater 0]

I have not seen one like that yet however in the pheasent pen at college they had two hen birds that had the cock birds spurs think the tutor called them and aphradite or summing like that but i also agree i cant see why they would be shot on site they still fly and u can still eat them

cheers

dom

[Ideation 8,216]

hermaphrodite

[mellors 0]

We know them as "mules" I think the correct name is actually a gynandromorph,they are a hen that has recieved organ damage and start to take on some charchteristics of cock birds.They are unable to breed but live,fly like any other pheasant.

[young beater 0]

I used to get this when i used to breed rare poultry. Some would grow feathered like a cock and hen and some of the cocks would grow to be hen feathered.