Hatchlings
The pheasants started hatching the day before the chukars. We hatched 39 pheasants and 34 chukars. This was a hatch rate over 70%, I am thrilled with the shipped eggs.
Category Archives: Phesants
Pheasant Chicks Arrived
Just in case my eggs don’t hatch, I ordered a backup set of 25 chicks. They arrived safe and sound two days after hatching. They are now in my brooder, […]
Introducing Huey, Duey, and Louey
It is oppressively humid tonight, and I can see lighting flashing across the Western sky. Anyways, I wax poetic from time to time, but things are humming along on the […]
Pheasant and Chukar Eggs
I put 80 eggs into the Styrofoam incubator, and 30 eggs into my cooler incubator. 50% ring neck pheasant, and 50% chukar partridge. The bobwhite quail eggs were candled, and […]
End of Camp Acres
Another one of the baby Californians died this week. They had plenty of food and water, and were slowly added on to grass. I think we may have introduced them […]
Camp Acres – Week 13
After the incident of bunny heatstroke last week, baby bunny made it through a week of oppressive humidity and heat before succumbing. I was honestly crushed, since I was on […]
Camp Acres – Week 9 and 10
So, I have had back to back weekends with Agility Trials, so I haven’t gotten to update as planned. Every year at camp, the state health inspector comes. My boss […]
Camp Acres, Week 8
The chickens have moved permanently to a new home. The 12 of them are snug inside the coop at night (as it is only 0.7 square feet per chicken); however, […]
Camp Acres! Week 7
After returning from Harvard/MIT, I had discovered that one of the chickens died during the storm that knocked out power. They did not have access to water, or light (to […]
Camp Acres… Week 6
As I previously stated, the experiment at apartment acres is now over because of smell, and North Carolina summer heat. However, the five rabbits, 13 chickens, and 8 button quail […]
Final Week at Apartment Acres
I don’t know if anyone had read my last post. But, because of the smell and humidity, the experiment at apartment acres is officially ending this week. I want to […]
Return to Wicked Chicken
Last Sunday (5/26), I went back to the Wicked Chicken Auction. I went majorly overboard… I brought home button quails, blonde and pharaoh quails, a fully grown Muscovy drake (14 […]
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