Can you keep pheasants with chickens

Feb 17, 2, 31 The Blue Mountains of Pa. I wouldnt recommend it, however if you hatched the pheasants and chickens togeather and brood them togeather you might be alright I know a fella that has a few ringneck and chickens that live togeather with no problems, he does free range them everyday, its funny to see them free ranging together.

They all go into his small barn but the pheasants do not roost on the same roost as the chickens do. One other thing, pheasant can get sick easyly from being with chickens, but if brooded togeather they may build up better to them May 2, 41 0 22 Northern California. I just found out that someone at my daughter's preschool is hatching pheasants not sure what kind.

She is planning to release them into the wild here. I suddenly wanted to bring one or two home BUT I have three hens already about a year old. Is it a super bad idea to entertain the thought of bringing home these pheasants? Is disease and picking inevitable? If so, then I will let the opportunity pass. But I get excited about bringing home new birds! Please share your thoughts Feb 12, 1, 24 Agawam , Ma. They share nestboxes and perch together just fine.

I have some pheasant eggs under a broody oegb hen and some of her eggs. Hi Poultry Keeper! Did you introduce the pheasants to established hens or were they raised together? This is potentially exciting news. I want a pheasant!!! Jan 20, 1 How do you all keep the pheasant from flying away? Clip their wings or what? Mar 17, 1, 26 Cranbrook, BC, Canada. I currently keep a trio of chinese Ringnecks and a pair of red goldens with my large chicken group.

They get along great. The yellow golden pheasant male does not distinguish between his hen and brown chickens and the ringneck girls the ringneck male is cool about it tho , so he runs around all day flirting with everything.

So cute to watch him run around puffed up, chirping and chattering with all the female members of the flock. My chickens enclosure is netted, since the ravens tend to just walk into the coop and clean out the nest boxes. So I do not really need to worry about anyone flying away. My Ringnecks are pinioned anyhow, the goldens are clipped, one can never be too careful.

My ringnecks do not roost at night, they sleep on the ground, the Goldens sleep inbetween the chickens. TonySorrento Songster 8 Years. Poultry are actually descendants of the Red Junglefowl which belongs to the pheasant family.

As such there can be territorial disputes but sometimes the pecking order will be quickly sorted and they will live fairly amicably, pheasants and poultry, side by side. Unfortunately however this can't be guaranteed. If you wish to mix Ornamental Pheasants with other bird species it is usually best to house them with birds which will not be direct competitors for food and roosts.

Birds which have a tendency to stay perched in the top half of the aviary more than on the ground are best. I have seen pheasants mixed successfully with budgies, cockatiels, starlings, pigeons, parrots and waterfowl. I have also heard from other breeders who have kept quail, turacos and finches with them without problems.

The list I'm sure could be much longer than this but these are only the species I can say I have definitely seen or had conversations about with other breeders housing them together. We have reared a few silkie and guineafowl chicks alongside our pheasants in the past and they were ok together although we did have to move both the Guineafowl and Chickens in with older pheasants after a while as they grew at a much faster rate than the pheasants we originally kept with them.

I cannot say how they were as adults as we only kept them together when they were still poults. Although we keep our Ornamental Pheasants on their own they are joined on a regular basis by some of the smaller wild birds that fly in through our roof netting. These are mainly sparrows, chaffinches and dunnocks with the occasional great tit, blue tit or robin.

The pheasants very rarely bother the smaller birds even when they steal a meal worm from just under a pheasants beak. The story can be completely different when trying to mix pheasant species. We have a good number of pens with more than a pair of birds in them during the Autumn but as the days start to stretch in early spring many pheasants will suddenly become much more aggressive so it can be much riskier to have numerous birds together by this time.

We usually sort out our breeding pairs early in the year and keep them on their own. There are however a few cock pheasants which have to stay completely separated from any other birds and will only be allowed into their mates once laying has begun.

We have an article about starting up chickens here. Yes, chickens and pheasants can eat the same things. It is recommended to use a higher protein feed with pheasants. Good quality scratch grains and mash are helpful when raising chicks. Ideally you can feed the pheasants game bird feed. As mentioned above, game bird feed is becoming more and more available as the popularity of raising exotic and game birds grows.

I have my chickens free ranging around the farm. Free ranging pheasants would be very beneficial from a diet point of view. The pheasants can eat bugs, worms, grass, alfalfa, the overlooked tomato, seeds, and weeds. The greater the variety of their diet, the better. Sprouted grain and corn also work well, and pheasants and chickens both love it. Also fodder from sprouted grains and corn are a good source of food for both pheasants and chickens.

In the wild pheasants are long ranging birds. You will need to plan for a lot more room for pheasants to roam than chickens do. A larger farm, or ranch with plenty of room would be ideal. In their natural habitat, pheasants seek shelter under bushes, in tall grass, on ditch banks, etc.

When raising pheasants, you need to provide low to the ground shelters for the birds to hide and take refuge in. These shelters can be rather simple but are a necessity for the pheasants. You will create essentially an aviary for the birds. Without the netting the pheasants can just fly over fences and escape. One method is to brail one wing of the pheasant, this is where tape is wrapped on one wing keeping the wing from opening up. You will need to switch off to the other wing every other month to four months.

You will need to repeat clipping the feathers as feather grow back. Commercially available pheasants used to be pretty rare. As the popularity of raising pheasants has increased so has the availability. Many commercial hatcheries and specialty hatcheries have pheasant chicks available. I have seen game birds such as quail and pheasant, becoming available at farm and ranch stores when they get their chicken chicks in the spring.

Pheasants are much wilder than chickens and can be aggressive. One way to prevent this aggression and aid in the peace with the flock is to raise pheasant chicks with the chicken chicks. Being raised together they see the chickens as a normal part of their flock and are less prone to aggression. The male pheasants are just as loud as male chickens and crow loudly like roosters. If you are zoned where roosters are allowed you should be fine. If you are not zoned where roosters can be kept, you may find some neighbors upset with you and the loud pheasants.

Both chickens and pheasants need to have predator prevention considered. Pheasants are susceptible to the same predators as chickens. You need to account for foxes, coyotes, racoons, hawks, dogs, ferrets, mink, over active neighbors, etc. Take into account what the predatory threats could be, and plan ahead for them.