ronan nee Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 going buying about 100 pheasants for the coming season. ratio 50/50. first time getting same so any advice would be great. ie the do's and dont's ronan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markm Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 not sure what you mean by 50/50. 1) buy an electric fence 2) make sure you have clean water 3) worm with panacur in the water if they start sneezing 4) walk them in every night through pop holes 5) feed pellets as long as you can ideally all season, if not introduce corn from approx 10 weeks 6) have scratchers in the pen, tin roof about a foot off the ground I can go on and on, i am sure others will add. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronan nee Posted March 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 50/50 cocks to hens thanks markm ronan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronan nee Posted March 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 what age are yuo buting them ? day olds i take it hello george. I am looking at taking them at six weeks. about 100 of them. 50 cocks and 50 hens. need to know what sort of pin I need, over night housing etc, anything I need to watch for. ronan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curly87 Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 just make sure there is some cover they can hide in, woods are gd but make sure they can also get some sunlight, clean running water is also gd you can get those bell drinkers for quite a small fee now then just run them from a header tank hopes some of that info helps, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 going buying about 100 pheasants for the coming season. ratio 50/50.first time getting same so any advice would be great. ie the do's and dont's ronan Take a look on ebay for Game Conservancy booklets on gamebird rearing,also if you can get a copy of Game Conservation by Charles Coles that will tell you all you need to know, said by many to be the amature keepers bible. unless you have at least some basic knowledge your returns may be very dissappointing, good luck D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronan nee Posted March 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 going buying about 100 pheasants for the coming season. ratio 50/50. first time getting same so any advice would be great. ie the do's and dont's ronan Take a look on ebay for Game Conservancy booklets on gamebird rearing,also if you can get a copy of Game Conservation by Charles Coles that will tell you all you need to know, said by many to be the amature keepers bible. unless you have at least some basic knowledge your returns may be very dissappointing, good luck D2D thanks d2d ronan :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronan nee Posted March 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 thanks folks ronan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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