Phil from Maine

Your right Oldtimr my mistake as I never noticed exactly how short his flight pen was going to be.. He really needs to cut back on the number of birds as well as install some roosts for them.. At least here you need to have roosts in your pen. I do not recall if he was going to or not.. The birds need to get off the ground at night..

pheasantshooter123

ok thanks phil. I was gonna put our Christmas tree in there for them to roost. also in the Sullivan raising tips and info, it said that for 5-8 weeks you only need 10 feet without blinders. also, I heard that pheasants survive better when they are 8 weeks old. so I figured that I should raise more 8 week old ones. so I did 12.5x25=312.5/10=30. so I guess that I am gonna do that. also, they take less feed. and if I put blinders on, I could put in 60. any other tips. because I sure could use 'em.

Topgun 3006

Do your own thing boy! Hey, here's an idea. Why not just raise them to 4 weeks and put 100 of em in that pen? I'm done here!

Oldtimr

Good Lord! 60 birds in a 12.5 by 25 foot pen. What a recipe for disaster. I tried and I am done after this post. I will say this and just perhaps it will get through. The size of a covered flight pen is so the birds can exercise their flight muscles so when they are released they can fly and elude predators as well as not putting birds that do not like to be close together, close together. When blinders are put on birds they have to be removed before they are released. Too many birds in a flight pen will discourage flight practice because of mid air collisions in addition to encouraging cannibalism and disease. I continue to wish the lad good luck but I wouldn't bet on his chances.

pheasantshooter123

ok, new plot change, 25x25 is what its gonna be. then I can put 25 birds in by your standards. and thanks for more of the tips. I'm done.

Oldtimr

That would be right on the money. it will benefit what you are trying to do.

pheasantshooter123

well I guess that's a good thing and I'm gonna release the 20 at 12 weeks and keep 5 to breed.

Topgun 3006

Atta boy!!!

pheasantshooter123

Yeah haha.

adamhunter

I really hope that boy does not pay attention to your posts because you have not a clue about what you are talking about, Period, what you posted here about rasing pheasants is nonsense, period. Maggots and meal worms, give me a break. It takes about 100 lbs of food to raise 50 chicks to 6 weeks old, 2 lbs a day of feed for the 1st 6 weeks of a pheasant chicks life and about 1 lb a day from 6 weeks forward. All those maggots and meal worms would break you. Game bird feed has all the proper nutrients they need to grow. Pheasant shooter, please for your sake, ignore whay this guy says.