Raising Pheasants

[@naomidaum8277]

The blinders: It's like a nose ring that clips onto the beak, and the blinders prevent them from seeing well. Without the blinders, the males would fight for dominance, territory, breeding rights, you name it. It keeps them fairly peaceful. They can eat, drink, and see everything except for what's right in front of them, thus preventing fighting and bickering. A brilliant invention.

[@Sharkdog11b]

I was just about to ask this thank you

[@saltycat662]

True but I think those things pinch like hell. It's likely painful and uncomfortable for them. Ever put clothing pins on the tips of your fingertips? It hurts.

[@Ceci-kj9ce]

The hens need the blinders too?

[@HiddenBlessingsHomestead]

Thank you for this video, it was neat seeing things from start to finish. My son is wanting to raise some and I knew very little about them, now I feel like I know more. I will be looking for some of your other videos with them.

[@schmitzfarmandoutdoors]

Glad you found it interesting and informative! I started raising pheasants in 2020 and it has definitely become one of my passions!

[@gavinblaedow9255]

The son here. Just watched this and it’s definitely informative. I like your cage design with the steel roofing around the bottom I can see that helping with predators that could tear at the mesh near the ground.

[@schmitzfarmandoutdoors]

@@gavinblaedow9255I plan to create a video this spring discussing the design of the pheasant pen. It’s been predator proof for 3+ years. We’ve had multiple pictures of raccoons, cats, mink, foxes, and coyotes on the outside of the pen that were unable to get in.

[@rossthomas945]

Absolutely beautiful birds.

[@federicogiron7777]

Thank you for sharing your video on rising pheasants..

[@HealingTimeTV]

Ringneck pheasant chicks의 성장과정을 영상으로 소개하여주셔서감사해요, Thank you for introducing the growth process of Ringneck pheasant chicks through video. so Cute 🐣🐤"The blinders" good invention

[@kennethstensrud669]

Next time you're going to catch them from the brooder, take out all loose things like waterers and feeders, and then corner them with a cardboard panel. Much easier to catch them then. And they need more cover than you did provide at the early stage, more for them to hide in makes them called.

[@benjamindover7399]

Chicken wire is great for keeping chickens IN but it's not so good at keeping predators OUT. I found that welded wire mesh is not much more expensive and it keeps out the foxes.

[@EponasArchangel]

You could also overlap the chicken wire panels and bury the bottom a foot or two into the ground so nothing can dig underneath. My grandparents did this with the fences around their chicken coop and garden, both were occupied by chickens and the geese and ducks they got later and nothing got in or out of there unless someone opened the gate.

[@anthonyresto8596]

A pro at catching chics!😁👍

[@Ieatpaste23]

Thanks for this. Bought 30 and needed a little advice. Only keeping 3.

[@d-lo3]

Why only keep three? Did the others die off??

[@Ieatpaste23]

@d-lo3 nah, only have room for 3. 4 died. I'm keeping 2 hens and a rooster. They fight if you keep too many adults.

[@chevyheavy79]

If i were to go buy some what the earliest i can let them go on my property?

[@raprock5000]

I'd recommend 8 weeks. I've been releasing some every year for 20 years.

[@raprock5000]

Or if you have good nesting cover you can buy adult bred hens to release in the spring. Less work involved but hens may cost $12-15 each.

[@indyreno2933]

The Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus) is a species of gamebird native to Asia, it is the largest of the four extant species of common pheasant, which is any constituting the genus Phasianus, in addition to being the only of the thirty-two extant pheasant species that has been introduced to many parts of the world, there are eighteen recognized subspecies within five subspecies groups: the Phasianus torquatus sohokhotensis group that contains the Strauch's Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus strauchi), the Sohokhoto Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus sohokhotensis), and the Alashan Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus alaschanicus), the Phasianus torquatus torquatus group that contains the Tonkinese Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus takatsukasae), the Shandong Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus shandongensis), the Sichuan Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus torquatus), the Hainan Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus hainanus), and the Formosan Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus formosanus), the Phasianus torquatus karpowi group that contains the Shansi Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus kiangsuensis), the Mandarin Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus liaoningensis), the Manchurian Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus pallasi), and the Korean Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus karpowi), the Phasianus torquatus hagenbecki group that contains the Kobdo Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus hagenbecki) and the Ruo Shui Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus edzinensis), and the Phasianus torquatus mongolicus group that contains the Mongolian Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus mongolicus), the Zerafshan Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus zerafschanicus), the Syr-Darya Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus turcestanicus), and the Aral Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus bergii).

[@jamesclaiborne1163]

How much roughly did it cost you to get started. I’m broke af but love pheasants.

[@schmitzfarmandoutdoors]

To build the pheasant pen, it costed a few hundred dollars worth of materials and a month's worth of weekends to build. Chicks can be bought online for a couple dollars a piece. Feed, heating lamps, and water containers are also a couple hundred dollars over the course of the raising season. All said and done, a $1000 might be a ballpark estimate for a few dozen birds.

[@jamesclaiborne1163]

@@schmitzfarmandoutdoors sweet thank you. I guess we’ll see what happens next year 😏

[@wynott5128]

If you release them. How hold should they be? And are they able to survive on there own? How far do they disperse

[@schmitzfarmandoutdoors]

I’d say the pheasants are able to survive on their own at 16 weeks old. Their feathers don’t fully develop until closer to 20 weeks. Pheasants have lots of predators so it’s rare that you encounter a 2 year old bird in the wild. They will disperse to the best habitat in the area and hang out there.

[@raprock5000]

I release them at 8 weeks with good success. But I also have good cover, food plots and swamp willow for cover.

[@jurodiko2388]

Where can i buy the blinders?

[@schmitzfarmandoutdoors]

Amazon is the easiest place to find them. I prefer the clip on style over the pin on ones.

[@ToschiReelLifeMedia]

How many birds did you lose?

[@luissalazar7183]

My question is why u put those red things on there mouth

[@stingingmetal9648]

To stop them from pecking.

[@naomidaum8277]

It's like a nose ring that clips onto the beak, and the blinders prevent them from seeing well. Without the blinders, the males would fight for dominance, territory, breeding rights, you name it. It keeps them fairly peaceful. They can eat, drink, and see everything except for what's right in front of them, thus preventing fighting and bickering.

[@raprock5000]

From being in a pen they pull feathers off each other, and will even cannibalize ..the blinders help them feather out nicely with full tail feathers..

[@derekrogers5858]

Where do you get all that driftwood?

[@schmitzfarmandoutdoors]

There’s a lot of natural driftwood around our backyard. Especially on the property and tree lines that divide all of the agriculture fields in the country.

[@klt2563]

What size pen as newborns and what size coop/run for older

[@schmitzfarmandoutdoors]

Once the chicks outgrow the box and have feathers, we put them into the pen. This usually happens around 3 weeks old. Our pen is 10 feet x 30 feet. The adult pheasants require about 10 square feet per bird to live comfortably but we add structure to our pen to give them perching areas. This helps us add a few more pheasants to the pen.

[@TUTTOFIGARO]

bonjour. désolé je n'ai pas compris la piece rouge que vous leur mettez au bec. ça sert a quoi ? merci.

[@WordsPhotos]

Le but du morceau de plastique rouge est de les empêcher de se voir. Le mâle attaque pour la domination et le territoire. De cette façon, ils ne voient que ce qu'ils mangent.

[@1ntwndrboy198]

Nice to see someone with the same last name 👍

[@rambothapa5578]

how can we stop bitting backyard each other

[@President.GeorgeWashington]

I am about to start raising pheasants here in Michigan to release into the wild for conservation efforts. I am wondering, how old were the chicks when you moved them from the cardboard box to the large outdoor pen? and what was the purpose of doing that?

[@schmitzfarmandoutdoors]

The pheasant chicks were about 3-4 weeks old when I moved them from the garage to the outdoor pen. They need to have their feathers starting to grow and outside temperatures needs to be warm enough. Heating lamps can help. Move them outside for more space to grow.

[@raprock5000]

You'll definitely want to get them in a outdoor pen if you're going to release them it's a huge difference in success. A bird raised inside a shed the whole time has very little success of making it.

[@danielleterry2331]

Where did you get these? I want to get a few and raise them in my leanto that I raise my meat chickens in it looks a lot like your pen 10x28 ft.

[@stingingmetal9648]

So what is the purpose of raising them? Is it mainly for meat? If you have a rooftop coop/enclosure, of a decent size, is it practical to be raising them for meat?

[@schmitzfarmandoutdoors]

I primarily raise the pheasants to be game birds and for training hunting dogs. Although they are good eating, I see chickens as a more practical option because they grow larger in a shorter amount of time.

[@dylanhansen5235]

where did you order them from?

[@foorlife632]

I seen them on the Murray McMurray website. You have to purchase a minimum of 30. I don't like that the game birds have to be purchased in such large numbers. I have never raised or eaten pheasant, so I don't know if I'd like it. I would rather start with 5. Jumping in on 30 is a huge commitment. I also live in ohio and was unaware of the game bird license. That is nice to know in case I do decide to raise them in the future.

[@raprock5000]

​@@foorlife632 I definitely wouldn't bother if you don't want to start with at least 20. I just don't think it's worth the investment. JMO

[@johnjude2685]

I shot a young male without the white ring but had colored in saddle and tail feather. It did definitely cackle when flush, and before I shot, I'm saying it's a male and legal game bird my buddy claimed it was a hen. Question does a hen cackle when flush I say they don't only males.

[@schmitzfarmandoutdoors]

Young roosters and hens look similar. A rooster will usually cackle when flushed. The hens are usually silent and I don’t think are able to cackle or at least it’s not a usual behavior.

[@1MrNimrod]

Do you ever raise any through the winter? I’m curious if you need to keep water that’s not froze? I’m in MN.

[@schmitzfarmandoutdoors]

Yes, I have raised pheasants throughout the winter and a bucket heater is necessary to keep the water from freezing. The main issue I run into is when the ground thaws in spring, the pen floods and the birds are unable to dry themselves,

[@thesilentanimator9409]

does anybody know where to get pheasant hatching eggs?

[@schmitzfarmandoutdoors]

You can have pheasant eggs or chicks delivered to your local post office. A quick web search can help you find a breeder closest to your location.

[@raprock5000]

MacFarlane Pheasant Farm in Wisconsin. Or eBay sells eggs during the right season for them.

[@uwedirksen5946]

Well Don good job 👍🇩🇰

[@Matt-du9ez]

ive been considering getting pheasants but after witnessing how flighty they can be i might have to reconsider... super nice birds though.

[@Ieatpaste23]

You might try other species. ring necks are raised to be as wild as possible. They are used for hunting. Goldens and such are decorative and more mellow.

[@Michaelxxy]

Thank you guys. Nice to see from chick to adult.

[@jimmiemeeks9795]

Thank u for sharing very interesting

[@luzgarcia9499]

What happened to The rest

[@alirezanegari-yx8wi]

So nice❤

[@haroldcrook4055]

Thanks for the view.

[@serresaschrock2359]

My family favorite is mountain pride and giant oxheart

[@ShadowGKCP]

Looking at this video I get the impression that handling them is a big problem for both the owner and the birds. I feel like there should be a better way to do it. May be gas them all at once with something that makes them painlessly fall asleep? Or soak their food in the said tranquilizer and feed it to them before a big move?

[@dylanhansen5235]

I don't think there's a single person in their right mind that would do that. If you are going move them all a once you just go in and catch them at night its a lot easier because they can't see in the dark.

[@garymanuel4710]

Very interesting, i have been thinking of getting a few Pheasant eggs & hatching them releasing them in the wild, seeing there are none in the province of newfoundland, a guy in my area released i think it was only 4 or 5 but i think they were to young when he released them, they could fly only few feet & was caught by predators, But for a couple of yrs after there was 1 hen that used to be spotted, & to be honest maybe they were all hens that was released, But i think if they were kept until they could fly & old enough to know the rooster from the hen & let them go in different areas, maybe 3 hens to 1 rooster they could surive to breed

[@robertfaucher3750]

I wouldn't recommend doing that could be bad for the environment to release

[@marlaseegerstein3158]

That's illegal

[@garymanuel4710]

@@marlaseegerstein3158 that is what makes it exciting, it"s illegal to shit in the woods too but i love doing that too, i might be looked at has a animal, But i am no sheep

[@HiddenBlessingsHomestead]

@@marlaseegerstein3158 I believe if you have a small game hunting license it is perfectly legal.

[@29erallday]

​@@robertfaucher3750they are the environment dumbass

[@bradybiddix4738]

How big is your Pen? I’m building one in March

[@schmitzfarmandoutdoors]

The inside dimensions of the pen are 10 ft by 30 ft. The height is about 7 ft. Each bird needs about 10 square feet to be comfortable. I try to add logs to give them cubic feet area so I can put about 50 birds in my pen.

[@mwwhatup]

I'm pretty sure I probably could have caught them a little different. Maybe put the whole transport box in there, with this side cut out but not all the way cut. Put the heat lamp above the transport box and waited for night time. But I don't raise birds

[@Grimdarkog]

what do you do with them? Just eat em?

[@schmitzfarmandoutdoors]

The pheasants that I have raised usually are used for training hunting dogs. Afterwards, the pheasants can be used for making pheasant alfredo pizza and several other delicious recipes. Also, I have sold some to local people looking to raise birds for themselves.

[@stingingmetal9648]

@@schmitzfarmandoutdoors As local/personal meat/food production becomes more popular and in demand, do you think you will see an increase in people raising them for meat?

[@raprock5000]

​@@stingingmetal9648They actually have a jumbo strain of pheasant for meat and a white strain similar to a white turkey for meat. They get larger than the wild strain of pheasant.

[@michaelkamradt4700]

Feeding them hamburger occasionally will greatly lesson the problem of cannibalism. After doing that I never again had an issue.

[@RagamTopik]

Saya Suka Ayam hias. I love you. From Indonesian.

[@montana4939]

Good job !

[@tther3873]

Do you sale the baby

[@anthonyresto8596]

What are the blinders for?

[@gatortater1853]

Prevent pecking others

[@archangel20031]

@@gatortater1853 How long do the blinders stay on the birds?

[@gatortater1853]

@@archangel20031 until butcher or release

[@scottgoldsberry2730]

Do you all sell birds online?

[@schmitzfarmandoutdoors]

In the past I’ve sold birds to local dog owners for training or people just looking to raise a flock of their own. Haven’t sold them online though.

[@scottgoldsberry2730]

@@schmitzfarmandoutdoors I'm looking for a couple of wings, so I can put the feathers on some arrows. They are beautiful birds👍

[@schmitzfarmandoutdoors]

@@scottgoldsberry2730 What state are you located in? I can see what I have for pheasant wings.

[@UyenHara]

They can eat, drink, and see everything except for what's right in front of them, thus preventing fighting and bickering

[@AndrewGilpatric662]

Take the feeder of the box a piece of cardboard the width of the box then move all of the chicks to one side and take them out one-by-one without chasing them

[@gregorysagegreene]

Interesting, thank you.

[@tadcoder2848]

Dude get a poultry hook. Catch'em in a flash.

[@DonGladwin]

I have raised them escape artist.

[@marcusaetius9309]

Oh, I’m a bit disappointed, I thought this was going to be about raising peasants…😂 Just kidding, interesting stuff👍🏻

[@amorpets949]

Nice

[@larrykraft4994]

The hawks and other predators will eat them in a week

[@chirinetahir2749]

You are cruel

[@chriskeim5699]

What are the blinders for?

[@plainandsimple1]

theyre extremely aggressive towards each other, so the blinders help stop the pecking.