Goldens

[artic 595]

Never seen a Phantam

 

Lab, your right, hens are not really reliable, I tend to place a clutch under my Goldtops or other broodies available at the time. I've had 2 pheasant hens sit out their broods, but these were in very large pens, lots of cover, and not knowing they had young untill I saw them one morning with the hen feeding.

[Lab 10,979]

Never seen a Phantam

 

Lab, your right, hens are not really reliable, I tend to place a clutch under my Goldtops or other broodies available at the time. I've had 2 pheasant hens sit out their broods, but these were in very large pens, lots of cover, and not knowing they had young untill I saw them one morning with the hen feeding.

Very rarely i see a hen bird hatch out and manage to raise chicks up here mate. Weather obviously a big factor. But this year in the rearing field i heard that distinctive cheap of young chicks that are lost. My immediate thought was that they had escaped out a small hole from one of the sheds. I followed the sound and eventually caught 1, then 2, then 3 until out of the blue a hen came running at me, wings down, cheaping away. So i put them back down and left her too it. From a wee distance i could count six.

Never seen them again and there is a hen that is constantly staying around the rearing field and i've been flinging her the odd handful of feed now and again when feeding the others, she is very friendly and is only spooked when the dogs are with me. Hoping it was another hen that i saw and she passed through and the chicks have managed to grow, somehow i doubt it.....

[DUCKWING 302]

BELIEVE ME ,

LONG GRASS AND WET ARE THE BIGGEST KILLERS ,....... THE HENS DRAG THEM THROUGH IT EARLY MORNING AND THE COLD ONES KEEP GETTING LEFT BEHIND , ONCE THEY ARE UP A FEW WEEKS IT ISNT SUCH A PROBLEM

 

QUAIL ARE THE WORST SITTERS IVE EVER ENCOUNTERD , WE RAISED A LOT WITH THE HELP OF TWO SILKYS BANTAMS

THE PAKIS WERE ALWAYS WANTING TO BUY THE LITTLE FELLAS

 

DUCKWING

 

 

[match 0]

V,nice arctic. I got yellow goldens in there 3rd yr now. The hen layed a clutch of 12 this year and 11 last year. She didnt sit either clutch very well. Im in the process of building a new aviary for them, ive heard the trick to breeding is pplenty of cover for the hen to hide up in, ill tell you if its true next year!

[artic 595]

V,nice arctic. I got yellow goldens in there 3rd yr now. The hen layed a clutch of 12 this year and 11 last year. She didnt sit either clutch very well. Im in the process of building a new aviary for them, ive heard the trick to breeding is pplenty of cover for the hen to hide up in, ill tell you if its true next year!

 

I like the Yellows Match. Did she lay 11 and then began to lay?

 

The reason I ask is each of my hens lay endless amounts of eggs inbetween the laying months. I couldn't keep up with them!

[match 0]

No she didnt, both times. She layed an egg a day untill the full clutch then nothing else. I removed 4 eggs from the second clutch in the hope she would lay more but she never.when my aviarys complete im going to add another hen and see if i can get them to sit next year.

Your male bird is a very deep red, ill get some pictures up tommorrow im on my phone at the moment.

[artic 595]

I run 3 hens with a cock bird, as you know they will keep treading the same hen and could kill her if alone. Yes he's got some deep colours, looks great with the sun on him.

 

Be nice to see your yellows.

 

[hedz31 1,308]

I bet i steal that cock bird nextb time am at yours artic ill put a picture up of it roasted for ye

[Shazza 52]

Beauiful birds

 

 

OK dumb question time,............. can they be kept with other birds such as chickens? I have 5 assorted laying hens in a very large, fully enclosed pen and was looking to ad a bit more colour (just as pets).

[morton 5,368]

Goldens are one of the easiest of the ornamental pheasants to breed from,they prefer a well concealed nest site,as with a lot of pheasants they usually lose a clutch or two before they become efficient parents,i used to remove the cock bird when the hen was sitting as some of them will kill the young,there have been plenty of imports over the years,so unrelated pairs should be sourced,a good sign of pure stock is yellow legs,anything else is usually a sign of Lady Amherst blood in the breeding,for the purists this may be a problem but i would'nt be to bothered as the Amherst is an attractive bird in its own right.Layers pellets and mixed corn form the basis of the diet,with the addition of greens and fruit,i used to feed the chicks on chick crumbs with grated hard boiled egg added,they thrive on the extra protein,plus greens,the chicks must be kept dry initially,so any enclosures that where grassed needed to be kept short.