Ornamental Pheasantry Tour | Farming the Four Seasons - Spring (Day 13)

[@beekeeper7535]

About 25 years ago I had a large collection of ornamental pheasants, quail, partridges, doves and pigeons. Had everything from the common button quail to nicobar pigeons. 2 pair of Victoria crowned pigeons. Australian crested doves. We sold our old home to purchase a home here in western Maryland with 22 acres we purchased or current home with my bird hobby in mind it's perfect my lane is over a mile long closest neighbor is over 2 miles away. Watching this video makes me want to start building enclosures my old enclosures were 20 feet wide by 30 long 12 feet tall. I even have a large heated building with sizable winter enclosures for the species that can't handle the cold winter months. I've been looking at prices of eggs and birds online just like everything else the price has risen ALOT. Not tooting my own horn but I was good at raising crested wood partridges don't even know if there still kept in the states I'm sure they are.

[@BrimwoodFarm]

It sounds the perfect place to start up again! But yes, not only birds but I expect feed costs too so it's a more expensive hobby. Still, beautiful birds though.

[@stingingmetal9648]

Build it with slide out trays so you can easily replace the substrate.

[@hurowitz]

The calmest reeves i have ever seen. They are usually batshit 🤪

[@BrimwoodFarm]

Perhaps as they were hatched out indoors and treated more as pets? They are pretty calm!

[@eprohoda]

Brimwood- bravo. that's nice , afrewell! 🌟

[@lilyroseshandmade6525]

Lovely to see the birds. I really like the field aviaries lots of hiding places in the grass. Lovely fox footage they’re beautiful.

[@Mizan824]

Nice farming

[@seanpatterson8600]

Beautiful setup buddy, very happy pheasants❤

[@klt2563]

U should get a Melanistic Mutant Pheasant pair .. they are gorgeous blue .

[@BrimwoodFarm]

I'll look them up! Still building the collection :)

[@shiningxie1395]

Great job MATE Thank you for sharing your beautiful birds. Cheers Mate from South Australia...👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👌👌👌👍👍👍🤲🙏🤲✌🐦🦉🦉🦉🐤🐣🐥🦋🐛🐜🐝🐞🦗🥀🌺🌻

[@BrimwoodFarm]

Cheers!

[@jackiec9062]

Loving all the birds, stunning your doing really well love the foxes playing Luv from 🇬🇧

[@BrimwoodFarm]

Thanks. They're so pretty aren't they?!

[@fionaswaters]

It's all looking splendid - and with the new ones in the field. But yes electrify as soon as!

[@BrimwoodFarm]

I love the field ones ❤️

[@woodside-loft]

great videos man and good stuff, keep at it.

[@stingingmetal9648]

IF I built an aviary I'd make it with slide out trays so you can dump the old stuff and put clean, new substrate in. As someone who has never done this before and has no experience, I'm assuming most mite/lice problems come from the stuff on the ground or at least it provides a habitat for the critters.

[@SN.00004]

👍👍👍👍

[@nikkoshay5403]

It's late but definitely replace the chicken netting. Fox can rip through it

[@philipashley1517]

Great video mate,,can I ask how you deal with fox,,I have a pair of satyr tragopan and my male smashed himself up with night frights due to fox,,,my aviarys are very similar to yours,,Thanx👍

[@BrimwoodFarm]

Sorry to hear that! I have quite a few foxes across the farm but they haven't really been interested in the pheasant runs. Could you try adding some more places for him to hide; sticks, branches etc so he feels safer? It's hard to know what's best

[@norocketsciencebuild5371]

A SIDE QUESTION. if you are not living in site, how do you maintain the security of your farm when you are not there?

[@BrimwoodFarm]

We have A LOT of cameras! Our neighbours are great too, and we have built a network of friends who also keep an eye on things. To be honest, at the moment, we're there most of the time now.

[@norocketsciencebuild5371]

@@BrimwoodFarm fair enough!

[@rahmatmunandar2003]

How tall is your golden pheasant cage

[@BrimwoodFarm]

They're 6 feet.

[@chrisfiller465]

Hi Geoff question from a non bird keeper so sorry if it’s a daft one. Why don’t you let the grey pheasant sit on her eggs? Surely nature does it best?

[@BrimwoodFarm]

Not a daft question at all, Chris. She didn't show any signs of sitting. Also, if we left the first clutch with her she wouldn't lay any more. So this way we get her to lay a few more eggs and make sure the ones we do have can be cared for properly.

[@brandyturner4313]

What size pens are your pheasants in?

[@BrimwoodFarm]

Hey. The aviaries are 6ft x 12ft and the runs in the field are 15ft x 30ft. :)

[@chiachang7686]

Can I order your bird pheasant

[@williamjenkins8566]

Just found your channel. Would love to buy golden pheasant eggs

[@BrimwoodFarm]

Normally have them for sale in the spring so keep a look out!

[@edwardmilne8731]

I love the aviary but what plants are you using🐔

[@BrimwoodFarm]

Laurel, cotoneaster and conifers. 🙂

[@edwardmilne8731]

@@BrimwoodFarm thank you.

[@HilltopFarmHomestead]

Will different types of Pheasant breed with one another if allowed or do they stick to their own kind?

[@BrimwoodFarm]

Some can definitely cross; which is why we've ended up with a Golden x Amhurst. I bought him as a golden hen ... definitely NOT that. Tragopans are a different genus so I'm not sure they can mix, though perhaps with other tragopan varieties?

[@redbird1824]

Maybe if you played jungle noises 24/7 egg production would go up. It worked on my chickens here in Alaska. Problem is it draws in the ravens too. And a couple of arctic terns too who think they are fling over the equator.

[@noerchickenfarm]

hello

[@txawjceslauspaubcestwbyuav8951]

Do sale pheasants

[@melbournebound5150]

Your pheasants are beautiful

[@BrimwoodFarm]

Thanks! I think so too :)

[@Smith.S.E.]

I love the whole family of foxes at the end, but for sure get that electric wire up immediately!

[@BrimwoodFarm]

I know! Those cubs will be hungry!

[@edgardsanders6516]

Its a mess

[@johnnytasker1531]

Thanks for the peasantry tour Geoff. I loved seeing your birds and hearing you explain what is happening. Best. Johnny.

[@BrimwoodFarm]

I'm really enjoying the pheasants at the moment!

[@johnnytasker1531]

@@BrimwoodFarm You have some stunning birds Geoff. I hope you get plenty fertile eggs. 😍

[@josecruz021]

Hey, just wondering. I'm going to be building my bird enclosure soon and am wondering if it's better to have an open top or closed top enclosure? I currently have grey jungle fowl hen and a silver pheasant pair all young from this season. I'm going to be making it pretty big with each run about 10ft wide by 20 ish long. I haven't quite measured out but want to give them enough room to be happy.

[@BrimwoodFarm]

Exciting! I would definitely put a closed top. Pheasants, and to a degree jungle fowl, aren't as domesticated as chickens so once they've flown out, it'll be hard to get them back.

[@josecruz021]

@@BrimwoodFarm hey, sorry a little bit of confusion. I mean open as in just netting/ mesh vs fully covered roof

[@BrimwoodFarm]

@josecruz021 oooh, sorry. My field coops are just netting as each run has some form of cover - a box, shelter etc for them to get into. My sturdier aviaries don't have boxes so are 2/3 mesh, 1/3 covered with tin for some shelter. I do find my birds are quite happy in the open top but depends on your climate etc

[@josecruz021]

@@BrimwoodFarm ahhh gotcha! Thank you so much. I'm in lower NC so it can get fairly hot and fairly cold and sometimes rainy and windy. They are in a shaded corner. Under a tree, so I'll probably do a 50/50 roof. I hope to get more species soon! It's so fun having these birds and i can't wait for them to color up.

[@BrimwoodFarm]

@@josecruz021 they're amazing! It's like pokemon ... gotta catch them all 😆

[@irvinalmaraz7287]

First video I watch of yours! Very good video and enjoyed your energy and vibe!

[@pywifishingandoutdoors]

Wow, beautiful birds!!

[@BrimwoodFarm]

Thanks!

[@pywifishingandoutdoors]

​@BrimwoodFarm I recently got a juvenile red goldens, inspired by your video. Planning to get 2 more hens and a pair of reeves and Lady amherst. Over your years of owning them, have you've been able to tame the some bit? Or are they still as wild and skittish as they are?

[@BrimwoodFarm]

@@pywifishingandoutdoors goldens, particularly the males, tend to become tamer. My male will eat from my hand now

[@TheNed69]

Hi mate lovely setup. Could you please tell me the size of pens cheers

[@TheNed69]

sorry should have listened to the whole video

[@BrimwoodFarm]

That's okay. Hope it had all the info you needed.