Hybrid Pheasant Project Update

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  • Опубліковано 15 чер 2023

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  • @NATURALBEEKEEPERSCOLLECTIVE
    @NATURALBEEKEEPERSCOLLECTIVE 6 місяців тому +1

    It looks like your awesome Golden Pheasant has Lady AmHerst Pheasants in is genes. Some of the crosses look totaly amazing.

    • @newrivertroll1553
      @newrivertroll1553  6 місяців тому

      You could be right. I bought the golden pheasants at a feed store as chicks, and wasn't I wasn't able to see the parents like I would have if purchased from a private breeder. I am actively looking to find and buy a few more Goldens as well as some Amherst to continue my hybrid project with my various Ringnecks.
      Believe it or not, creating a ringneck golden hybrid is not as easy as one would think. I've been trying to do this over 5 years, and so far, I only had 1 out of about 6 chicks survive. All the previous hybrid chicks appeared to be strong and healthy on outside appearances, but died several weeks later, for reasons unknown to me. I suspect maybe they died from some non visible internal defects in their chromosomes from hybridization, because all the non hybrid or pure chicks we hatch do just fine.
      I'm definitely not a expert at this lol, but after marking all the eggs I've gathered and keeping detailed notes, I've noticed that to get any success or fertile eggs, it has only worked using ringneck roosters with the golden hens and not the other way around. Also, it seems to be like only 1 out of 30 eggs shows to be fertile during the candling process, and most only continue to develop about a week before dying in incubation.
      I'm waiting a few more months or until next spring for our hybrid rooster to show his adult colors and appearance before I do another hybrid update vid.
      Thank You so much for having an interest and stopping by for a look. I'll also check out your 🐝 vids as well 😎👍

    • @NATURALBEEKEEPERSCOLLECTIVE
      @NATURALBEEKEEPERSCOLLECTIVE 6 місяців тому

      @@newrivertroll1553 It would be intersting to to what happens if you put hime with a pure Golden female and see what happens with the color. I think its totally awesome what you are doing with teh crosses.

  • @dinkohrvat344
    @dinkohrvat344 5 місяців тому +1

    Old English Game bantams cross well with Ringneck Pheasant

    • @newrivertroll1553
      @newrivertroll1553  5 місяців тому

      Thanks for the info. I have seen other types of chickens used for the hybrids, but the game bantams sound more like what I'd like to try next 😎👍

  • @primitivebulliestony9090
    @primitivebulliestony9090 Рік тому +1

    New to your channel great video and beautiful pheasants

    • @newrivertroll1553
      @newrivertroll1553  Рік тому +1

      New to yours as well, and like what your doing, similar interest I'm guessing, n subbed to ur channel now 🤠👍

    • @primitivebulliestony9090
      @primitivebulliestony9090 Рік тому

      @@newrivertroll1553 thankyou

  • @dinkohrvat344
    @dinkohrvat344 5 місяців тому +1

    There was a project to breed a super table pheasant as a meat bird .The birds were really massive Does any one know what happened and is there a specific super large ringneck meat variety/breed ?? Love poultry breeding !!

    • @newrivertroll1553
      @newrivertroll1553  5 місяців тому +1

      Yrs ago, I purchased some junior white rinecks and jumbo regular ringnecks from McFarlane pheasant farm. Both varieties were way bigger than the other ringsnecks types, with the white jumbos being slightly larger than the normal Jimbo's. Both types were bred for the table, but they don't breed those anymore if I remember correctly

    • @newrivertroll1553
      @newrivertroll1553  5 місяців тому +1

      Below is a link to MacFarlane pheasants. Their melanistic mutant and extra large varieties get pretty big, roosters between 3.5 and 4 lbs. Nice ppl and maybe give them a call.
      chicksquote.pheasant.com/all-breeds.html

    • @dinkohrvat344
      @dinkohrvat344 5 місяців тому +1

      thanks so much @@newrivertroll1553

    • @newrivertroll1553
      @newrivertroll1553  5 місяців тому

      @dinkohrvat344 You're welcome, and if I find anymore info or other breeders, I'll definitely let you know

  • @morticus7650
    @morticus7650 Рік тому +1

    Very cool.

  • @Iemand-q826
    @Iemand-q826 10 місяців тому +1

    I have a pehasant that is 10 weeks old i raised him with chickens but now i have a new chicken floc with him also 10 weeks and now he is agresive to the chickens so i seperated him but do you think that he wil become nice with time??

    • @newrivertroll1553
      @newrivertroll1553  10 місяців тому

      That sounds interesting. I'm not sure if I could evan give you an answer with any degree of certainty. It might depend on what species of pheasant you have, or if it's a male or female. 10 weeks old on a pheasant can be hard to tell the difference tho. I'd look for spurs developing on the back of legs, above ankle for males. Male pheasants and chickens are aggressive enough already and often won't get along with other males, regardless of species. They do seem to get along better if their enclosure is large and with larger being better.
      I do have a couple of enclosures that have more than 1 male, and so far, they all seem to be getting along fine. 1 enclosure has a male Ringneck pheasant, 2 female Chinese golden pheasants, and 1 male chicken with 2 hens. The chickens are only in there temporarily, tho until a new enclosure becomes available. I'll show them on my next hybrid pheasant update vid, coming soon.
      Back to your question, you just might end up having to separate the pheasant from the chickens and keep it with other pheasants. But I guess that depends on how much you like that pheasant. Either way, I wish you the best of luck and success with your birds 😎👍

  • @terryb4655
    @terryb4655 Рік тому +1

    and the lil ones ....😁

  • @247liveazskies6
    @247liveazskies6 Рік тому +1

    I am expecting next few videos on ur lions, tigers and bears..

    • @newrivertroll1553
      @newrivertroll1553  Рік тому

      Lions, Tigers and Bears, ohhh my 😆 gtcy again Gary n thanks for watching 😎👍

  • @leepatton1180
    @leepatton1180 Рік тому +1

    This is very cool do you sell birds or just for fun

    • @newrivertroll1553
      @newrivertroll1553  Рік тому +1

      Nope, no sales n just for fun. We do eat some when the ringneck flock gets big. n their eggs are good too