Living with poultry means protecting them from predators, but it isn’t always possible.  The instinct to hunt and kill prey is stronger than most logic.  As I can attest, even the best prevention measures can sometimes fall short. My first attempt with releasing pheasants into (what I thought was) a secure fly pen ended in
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Raising pheasants is a challenge.
I began this year’s group on the 14th of June with 52 pheasants from McFarlane. Adjusting the heat in my brooder box proved to be more challenging that I expected and over the first two weeks, I lost about 16 chicks. Which is a much higher mortality rate than expected
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