space needed for 200 pheasant

[the_commoner]

i am rearing 200 day old chicks for our shoot, how much space do i need for the rearing field / is there a rule of thumb 1 bird/m2 or similar ,,,,,,,,

Edited May 3, 2013 by the_commoner

[scolopax]

8 x 8 or 6 x 8 shed, pen sections to go on outside, 10 ft wide, 3 x 10 ft long.

 

so about 40 ft by 10 ft to rear up 200 poults.

[the_commoner]

thanks

i have a stable for the chicks, and 10 pen sections, wasnt too sure if it would be enough space for them......... sounds like it will be

[Pheasant Feeder]

Once they're poults if you work on 1m of fence per poult you shouldn't go too far wrong.

[JBS]

Once they're poults if you work on 1m of fence per poult you shouldn't go too far wrong.

I hear this all the time and I just can't see why people say it, using this theory if you want a pen big enough for 100 poults then 25x25 equals 1m fence per poult. This also equals 625sqm divide this by your number of poults and they have 6.25sqm each which I think is fine if maybe a bit small.

 

Now if you want 200 poults lets up the size to 50x50, they still have 1m fence per poult but they now have 2500sqm or 12.5sqm each which is double

 

Up the number to 400 poults, your pen now has four sides 100m long, total area is 10,000 sqm or 25sqm per poult!

 

Have I missed something or is the 1m fence thing rubbish?

Edited May 5, 2013 by JBS

[OCD]

The 1m rule is complete nonsense 1 of my pens takes 3000 birds on the 1 bird to 1m of fence rule it would need to be 3 kilometers round wouldn't want to walk that back in 5 times a day let alone my other pens as well lol

Edited May 6, 2013 by OCD

[scotslad]

I think i am right in saying it used to be 1m linear fence per poult up to someting like 200m and then 0.5m per poult. Was the old GCT guidelines think now just reccommend 1000 per hectare which is about 0.4m per bird (100x100m)

As u are spot on, on a small pen less area also shape off pen will make a difference for space, a squareish pen will have more space than a longer thiner pen

 

Alot will depend on the cover in pen and how long u like to keep birds in for

[Pheasant Feeder]

As OP already stated 200 birds I stand by my 1M per bird.

[malantone]

Our main pen is 460yds around, we put in 500 birds, the next day the pen seems empty, although we do have some good bramble cover.we ( the syndicate ) reckon it could hold 1,000 without any problem.

[the_commoner]

now im confused ! surely it should work on a m2 / bird rather than a m/bird ? or am i missing something ?

[JustJon]

It should - it's a guide. Important to remember that 20x20 is different to 30x10

[Pheasant Feeder]

 

now im confused ! surely it should work on a m2 / bird rather than a m/bird ? or am i missing something ?

I think because many pens are of an irregular shape the linear measurement was used as a rule of thumb. Although when you put 6-7 week old poults in the pen it will look massive as they grow and knock the cover down it won't look that big.