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Post by baronrenfrew » Thu Nov 17, 2016 5:24 pm

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This is a favorite for pheasants.
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Post by pxtyson » Thu Nov 17, 2016 8:29 pm

baronrenfrew wrote:QR_BBPOST It also looks like you have a dirt floor to the coop. With spring thaw and rain it'll turn into a pile of mud and thats bad as pheasants can't handle their feet weet. Better a gravel floor to the coop as it will drain well.
I am putting gravel and sand in. I built it during a rainy week and it was all mud. I have some straw and sand in there now that's working.
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Post by pxtyson » Thu Nov 17, 2016 8:37 pm

I am thinking on the next build to add rows of corn in it. It will be good, the birds get corn and the raccoons get nothing.
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Post by baronrenfrew » Thu Nov 17, 2016 9:21 pm

That'll be good if you give the corn a chance to get ahead of the birds. You're on the ball!
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Post by pxtyson » Mon Jan 09, 2017 7:05 am

Took a couple pictures of the game bird pen this weekend. Can you count how many birds there are in the first picture?

I call the male pheasant Archie because he has two girlfriends Betty and Veronica.
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Post by thegawd » Mon Jan 09, 2017 11:42 am

I see 2 hens and a chucker, cant find the cock but hes gotta be in there somewhere! man they blend in extremely well eh!

looking great!
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Post by pxtyson » Mon Jan 09, 2017 12:59 pm

That's right, there are three birds in the picture.
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Post by thegawd » Mon Jan 09, 2017 1:02 pm

how many chuker are in there?
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Post by pxtyson » Mon Jan 09, 2017 1:18 pm

only the two right now. They will be moved before spring to there own cage. Keeping them together now so less work for me over the winter. I am surprised how well they are getting along. I am sure come breeding time the chuker will go on a killing spree.
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Post by thegawd » Mon Jan 09, 2017 1:20 pm

Sweet! I've never had chuker or any partridge before, I take it they can be pretty aggressive during the breeding season?
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