shootingmadgeorge 6 Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 i have got 800 exlayers comming soon and im new the the keepering any tips? Quote Link to post
Lab 10,979 Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Yes...... If you can afford to feed them on a mix of wheat, maize and aniseed bird puller then do so. What size of place do you have for shooting? Quote Link to post
mikey 2 Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 (edited) Yes...... If you can afford to feed them on a mix of wheat, maize and aniseed bird puller then do so. What size of place do you have for shooting? have found the ex layers to wonder so plenty of dogging in ! Edited May 5, 2011 by mikey Quote Link to post
Lab 10,979 Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Yes...... If you can afford to feed them on a mix of wheat, maize and aniseed bird puller then do so. What size of place do you have for shooting? have found the ex layers to wonder so plenty of dogging in ! Spot on Mikey.........thats why i had asked about the size of the estate. Better off with the pen bang in the middle and let them wander outwards whilst trying to dog them inwards.. Quote Link to post
shootingmadgeorge 6 Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 its about a 500 hundred acre shoot and three pens in the woods Quote Link to post
Lab 10,979 Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 its about a 500 hundred acre shoot and three pens in the woods Might have had more success with poults but maybe you dont have the time? Keep on top of them and keep them in, wandering swines ex layers... Quote Link to post
Rhodey 96 Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Just a thought but I would have them lightly clipped just to slow down there straying, just till they regard the pen as home. Just an idea but there are people on here with a lot more experience than me. Quote Link to post
shootingmadgeorge 6 Posted May 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 ok thanks guys if they wonder to much ill try poults next time is that a good idea Quote Link to post
Lab 10,979 Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 ok thanks guys if they wonder to much ill try poults next time is that a good idea Only if you have the time to look after them. That means visiting the pen 2/3 times everdaty in the first few weeks, stay there if you can..... Lol Quote Link to post
samearl14 11 Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Last year we had 400 ex layers and about 150 or so we had reared, and we found it very hard to contain the ex layers. But this year we're having 400 poults and 200 ex layers to get numbers up and see how it goes this year. But poults are so expensive now Quote Link to post
danw 1,748 Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 pheasants will wonder further for water than anything else so make sure you have a good regular supply of clean water for them,plenty of hoppers and as lab says good food,make sure you have a good elec fence round your pen and that the popholes are big enough for an adult bird to enter you need to establish the pen as home to the birds so it is important for the first few weeks to keep them tight and keep walking them back into the pen try not to run the dog into them too much as they are more likely to walk back to the pen than fly in the early days, It is a good idea to have the wings clipped as rhodey says but you will need to pull the feathers rather than clip them so that they grow back. Make sure you dog out the pens before you put the birds in and make sure you are ready when the birds arrive so that you can leave them to settle, Mustn't forget one other thing vermin,vermin and more vermin control :thumbs: Quote Link to post
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