rodney Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 I rear a few hundred pheasants including white ones for our shoot each year. One of the white ones this year is completely different from all the others I have every reared. Its stance and the way it walks and lack tail feathers make it imore like a chicken. A bit of a throw back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttlemonkey Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 White Sussex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodney Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Sorry i didn't make it clear. I over winter breeding stock and all eggs which I incubate have been collected from my own stock, i only rear pheasants and have no other fowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttlemonkey Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Does look like a chicken markings like a white Sussex is it larger than the other poults? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennett Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) Well that is a chicken and not a pheasant!!!!!!! I hope this is a wind up Edited July 17, 2015 by kennett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamefarm Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 If that ever flies over a Gun line, I'll eat its feathers. Chickens is chickens....and thats a chicken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodney Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 It's no wind up. The cock pheasant does have some black fleck markings on its breast but it is definitely a pheasant with no comb and the hens are also pheasants. The poult - chick is about the the same size as the other poults and they are 6 weeks old it's just a slightly different shape. . I wandering if a Sussex had been running with pheasants when I first bought the eggs three years ago and this is a throw back as I've never had anything like this over the past two seasons and I've hatched about 70 white pheasants from the same birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebarrels Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Looks like a chick chick chicken to me BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Albino mexican partridge .......defo !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Someone has played a joke on you then. Because that is a chicken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Have you your own incubation facility? Someone has slipped a alien egg in by the look of things? Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttlemonkey Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 I think you may have noticed a light Sussex cockerel running with the pheasant hens, or the odd size egg in the incubator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 definitely a chook, one of your beating line is having a laugh with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 It is, without a shadow of a doubt, a Gallus Gallus Domesticus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Those feet don't even look like pheasant feet to me. I don't know what breed of chicken it is but it aint no pheasant I'm afraid. Someone is taking the pee methinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul T Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 It's a bit late for April 1st I have to agree, it looks like a light sussex (cross?) and deffo a chook. Someone's pulling it mate Gave me a good laugh though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutieb Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 I wished I could agree with you teal and own up to this but no ! It is genuine ! It's a chicken alrite saw it Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) Chicken, Light Sussex-ish, and someone has had you hook link and sinker Edited July 27, 2015 by rimfire4969 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Do you have a mate called Harnser on here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharpShooterStu Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 Yes this is defo a chicken mate, but on this topic, I'm looking for a brace of white pheasants all the same, I don't have a first clue where to start looking, I'm new to gamekeeping, I live in North Essex, hope someone can help me out.cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 There are some on this forum who are not over enamoured by game shooting who would say that the bird in the picture could fly as well as many of the pheasants that are shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 Better even! There are some on this forum who are not over enamoured by game shooting who would say that the bird in the picture could fly as well as many of the pheasants that are shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 There are some on this forum who are not over enamoured by game shooting who would say that the bird in the picture could fly as well as many of the pheasants that are shot. Those launched from the top of the banking via our trap certainly do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pond digger 007 Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 Well someone's having a good laugh at your expense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshAndy Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 Any recent photos?? Ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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