Raising Pheasant (Day 1)

[sapiensproeliator]

where can you get them? i spose u dont find them in the forest

[The555robinhood]

day 2?

[datsChris1088]

There awsome

[Gapcoproductions1]

There cute

[AnimationNoobX]

NOT!!!!!!!

[AnimationNoobX]

i did this and i smashed one of bordom

[marksidea12]

@AnimationNoobX Well, you're a twat.

[AnimationNoobX]

@marksidea12 i was joking, i didnt do this or smash a pheasant so fuck you

[marksidea12]

@AnimationNoobX You dont joke about smashing pheasants you fucking sicko.

[redsnow737]

There good eating when there older

[TheXurol]

Soo cute.

[Codmonsta247]

No offense , but i dont think this will help anybody, ever

[deviantrage]

@Codmonsta247 who said its a tutorial?

[Daxter1591]

:epiccry:



[DarthNavillus124]

Make those Pheasants your peasants! >=D

[HatredMusicLover]

100 *F

Not *C.

[ilikechipsman]

sorry i was logged into my brothers account, yuhutoob so i posted that comment. :P

[Yuhutoob]

i had a baby chicken once and we had to feed it loads because it was weak, it was so cute!! it unfortunately died.

[ThirdPersonMC]

Do you ever keep em as pets? :3

[ahmedlama2]

do some chicks die occasionly??????

[Nighthawkinlight]

@ahmedlama2 Yeah you can expect to lose around 10%.

[ahmedlama2]

@Nighthawkinlight if 10 percent die then it will be when they are all grown up

[outdooresman75]

@ahmedlama2 my past hatching was bad and out of my 105 hatched by week 6 i only had about 70

[InYaSoul]

0:48 ooh yea thats the spot. lol

[davejohnson3]

umm ok, we have used shavings for over 15 years without a problem, we have also used 24% protein for that long and it actually reccomends it for pheasants right on the box, it is also what the game farm suggests. you cant even find 30% around here. its not chicken starter, its game bird starter. i have only ever heard you need wire for turkeys, not pheasants. so far i have had 180 for 2 days, and only lost one that came with a broken leg, so they are doing fine.

[davejohnson3]

i got mine from tractor supply, coarse shavings i beleive what they are called, i can see how it would turn ugly if you got fine shavings. do you release your birds from hunting? and where do you get them? the state gives us ours for free as long as we release them for hunting. i was thinking about buying some so i could keep and breed, and then hatch eggs and build up a flock so i could sell them.

[Nighthawkinlight]

@davejohnson3 I do release them. I buy them from a local store.

[UserTube013]

@Nighthawkinlight OK, NEVER use shavings, Pheasants should be raised on wire or chopped straw ONLY. This stops a malformity called spraddle leg. They slip around on paper far too much.  The wire is the best as you can put paper underneath the wire to keep clean. Also, you need at least 30% protein game bird starter for your feed. not 20%!!!! If you can't find gamebird starter you can use high protein turkey starter instead. NEVER chicken starter.

[XxWaterStreamxX]

@Nighthawkinlight How much do they cost and where can i buy them in canada?

[UserTube013]

@davejohnson3 OK, NEVER use shavings, Pheasants should be raised on wire or chopped straw ONLY. This stops a malformity called spraddle leg. The wire is the best as you can put paper underneath the wire to keep clean. Also, you need at least 30% protein game bird starter for your feed. not 20%!!!! If you can't find gamebird starter you can use high protein turkey starter instead. NEVER chicken starter.

[davejohnson3]

ok, i might get the 24 tomorrow, wood chips kill? i get the coarse ground, not the fine, i have seen birds eat the fine chips and it kills them, but have never had a problem in the past 6 years with chips, i usually get around 200 per year on average. i try to keep the temp around 100-102 first few days, then a week or 2 after i usually take out a light and raise the others a bit

[Nighthawkinlight]

@davejohnson3 I tried shavings this year as you can see in the video and they were fine enough that the birds were eating them and many died. If you're using actual chips from a wood chipper you may not have that problem, but these shavings have caused significant loss in numbers. In the past I have always used plain paper and had no problems but I switched to shavings on a recommendation from the feed store. I guess they had never raised pheasant themselves because it was a disaster.

[davejohnson3]

what percent protein is your starter? i got 20 because they were out of 24, i might go get some 24 tomorrow though. i am getting 175 birds tomorrow, you only use one light? i have 3, 250 watt lights on my pen out in the shed. gotta keep em warm, are yours inside?

[Nighthawkinlight]

@davejohnson3 I haven't checked the starter protein, I've never had any problems using any wild game starter. One light is fine for 40 birds, but my bin is indoors at the moment. They need 95 drgrees the first week and around 90 after that. It's better that the lights are too close than too far away. If they're too close the birds will just move toward the edge and be fine, but if they're too far away they'll get cold and die. Also, don't use wood shavings, turns out they kill pheasant.

[meganmadnessxo]

we're getting 50! im kind of nervous we've never done it before. we live in maine so there is only a couple of farms state wide that do it and we want to start raising them. i know it can be tricky once they start laying eggs with the rotating and such later on. i'll be videoing them for sure!!! sub to me? ill sub and friend you back. this is a therapy for me, im chronically ill, and this is to help me lol. can you give me some advice on it via inbox? thank you SO MUCH! xo -megan.

[meganmadnessxo]

I'm getting babies on the 22cd and can't wait it's my first time raising!

[Nighthawkinlight]

@meganmadnessxo I hope to see a video response. I just got in another 40 of them yesterday.

[TheDutchDude1000]

1 GAY!!!! Ermm.. i mean guy IS CRAZY!!!!!

[Reptiledictionary225]

31- BWAM!!!

[TopOfTheLine3]

were you planing to release these out into the wild, or kill them to eat?

if you release them how would they know how to find food, or make a nest ?

[Nighthawkinlight]

@TopOfTheLine3 I bought them to release. Wild birds have it in their instincts to survive in the wild. It doesn't matter if they are raised in captivity.

[dA55assin117]

R u raising to eat?!?! If u r im unsubing

[pinetar100]

hey what ever happen to your pheasants?

[iiFizzYHD]

0:46 OMG thats the cutest thing ever!

[WambliPeta]

LOL I saw this vid in my recommendeds, watched it, and thought "I need to check out this guy's channel".... I'm already a subscriber LOL. All I watched were your fireworks vids. Gonna check out the outdoors section ;-) Very cool TY for share'n 8-)

[Nighthawkinlight]

@WambliPeta Well thank you for coming back for more, stay tuned

[MakkeSk8]

Soo cute! too bad theyre dead :(

Get some new and put a safe fence arround it or something xD

[cgspeeddemon1]

so it is my understanding the pheasant chicks died right? have you givin up or will you be trying again? i was really looking forward to seeing them to adulthood and gaining the valuable info about them. currently ia m drilling a water well in az for a guy that has a private pheasant hunting ranch but he wont tell me anything about them so as to stop future compition and im EXTREMELY interested in the process of raising them.

[Nighthawkinlight]

@cgspeeddemon1 Yes, a raccoon killed them. This would have been the third time I had raised pheasant to adults if they had survived. There isn't much to it, they simply need the proper feed, water, and the males need to be separated or released as they get older. Any feed store that sells the chicks in the spring should tell you all you need to know. Next summer my plans are to buy more.

[cgspeeddemon1]

@Nighthawkinlight yeah sorry bout most of that comment, i found the answer in another video.......and thats just it, all of my reserach is turning up nowhere i can get them here in arizona, i geusse cause they arent very popular, and the farmer im working for isnt talking so.........but im still researching and this looks very very doable in my area, plus i can make a pay to hunt lodge to make money off them

[bigbadblanch]

are you going to try and raise more?

[KillerNomNomz]

I actually thought that one was dead until 1:20 or so it got kicked by another pheasent and jumped up.

[legorune3]

pheasant attack!!!!!!

[gamemeister27]

Lousy raccoon. Reminds me of this story of a woman in the city raising chickens. She found a possum that killed one at night. In her fury, she proceeded to bludgeon the possum to death with a shovel. Can't say I blame her.

[ADY18K]

wow great man :) they are little pretty cute birds lol :) 5* \m/

[airjumper1234]

aww the one at 0:52 likes you

[JimboJitsu]

pretty cool thanks for sharing! I am getting some chicks early next year can you raise the two together?

[jetstreek]

i love pheasents cute fun to hunt and better than chicken

[truongluu53]

where do u live?

[Nighthawkinlight]

@truongluu53 Southern Michigan

[TheScienceTestTV]

how mutch did those bird's pay?

[0XSpartaX0]

there dead? are you getting new ones?

[DarkEcho419]

Wow they are incredibly cute at that young of an age, too bad the raccoon killed them before they could mature. I would actually like to raise pheasants, it sounds really interesting. And since my father is buying 40 some acres of farmland (not to use for actual farming though) it would be a good idea to raise pheasants there since i never see them when i walk through there. How much do pheasants cost per chick? And how long do they take to mature and live on their own? Thanks

[Nighthawkinlight]

@DarkEcho419 A good deal on pheasant would be $2.50 per bird. They take about 6 months to fully mature, but they are old enough to be released in about half that time.

[bRadicalmagic1]

They are TOW TWEET, yet they sound like a herd of cattle in their little pen.  LOL.

[Berryice1]

one word: AWWWWW

[motocrossgurl18]

me and my dad hunt Pheasants deer and elk. yummy.

[WaffleFox96]

was it a bloodE mess when you found everylast 1 of them dead?

[Nighthawkinlight]

@WaffleFox96 Yeah it wasn't pretty.

[ninja6kid]

they look delicious

[WebHelperxx]

were do you buy them from?

[Nighthawkinlight]

@WebHelperxx Feed supply stores.

[Returacan]

aw...why is everything cute when small?

[balisticsrooster]

Thats to bad, hope you catch that asshole raccoon!!

[Head5h07]

@balisticsrooster its a part of life man

[maxpower14843]

so all of these were killed by raccoons did you buy them or is there a program that gives you them to raise either way sorry man

[Nighthawkinlight]

@maxpower14843 I bought them.

[ty015ty]

R.I.P pore things

[SuperPeNat]

i think there is only one word appropriate for this video. AWWWWWWWWWWW!

[themidnightdaylight]

lol funny how they peck at everything they see :P

[klitefix]

blow em up....

[surplusdriller]

@klitefix hahahahahahahahaha yaaa

[nordretoppe45]

nice fugler;)

[MrPyrojunkie]

cutest furry lil basterds evar

[elvensbane]

These are the only birds i like are pheasants all types of chickens owls, any other ones need to get out of my trees, lawn >:(

[ninja6kid]

you only like the tasty ones? lol

[elvensbane]

@ninja6kid yup :D! the others make to much noise crap to much and eat my dang worms -.- also they all carry westniles

[MrPontiacking]

I helped mg grandpow rase wild birds win I was a kide. I hope to rase thim myself some day. It is a lot of work but you get a lot mor enjoment out of thim I know I did

[lazyairsoft]

aww

[sskv2]

cute ^_^

[brokenbylaw2]

im starting to raise some chickens p

[SadOlympist]

aww, pee-el-zee dont kill em, they are too cute :.(

[fabrizio128]

why you raise em? for hunting?

[bloodtrack12]

lol they are so cute :p

[22whatado]

ok thanks they are beautiful creatures i would love to raise some sometime

[Trillios]

these remainds me of when i i was a kid and we got to raise a chicken each but they all got chicken paralazis sorry for my english

[Santrielus]

You should raise magpies, they're fun and one of the few social birds that adapt and actually develop ties with humans much like dogs or cats :)

[tothpickman]

my uncel go such birds to their eggs is realy good and funny becuase their so small

[junior420909]

i like turtles

[manith415]

My chicks poo to damn much

[panzuman]

THEY ARE SOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!! i want 12 then i can make more and let em go in the wild just like you this seems like an awesome thing to do for the evironment

[22whatado]

is it possible to overfeed them?

[Nighthawkinlight]

@22whatado No, they need as much food as they can get while they're growing.

[Nighthawkinlight]

@MrAirgunlover Neither, they are to increase the local population.

[MacsCanfly]

cute

[metallover3]

That'll be some good eatin! What do you plan to do as they get bigger?

My neighbor (in town) has chickens,, for pets. They used to have a 19-pound rooster that attacked everybody it didn't know. Thank god it's dead,,, now there are only hens.

[PeasyAirsoft93]

hehehe

[suchiya006]

lol fireworks to Pheasant they look pretty cool

[xxlastpkxxmony459]

make a video daily this is so cool man i want to get some when im older are you going to release or keep 2 and breed or what?

[Nighthawkinlight]

@xxlastpkxxmony459 I'll make a video every few days, every day could get pretty old. I will release many, and keep some for their eggs.

[fmeriqui]

they are really cute ...

good luck with them

[shinydialga123]

haha that's nice =) how long is it gonna take untill they are grown. like 2 months? I have no clue actually, that's why I ask it =P

This is some great variation by the way. we can't light fireworks all year =)

[Nighthawkinlight]

@shinydialga123 About 3 months until they are completely mature if I remember correctly from the last time.

[BulgarianBoy92]

aww those cute little bastards ^^

[MijnWet]

what do you do with them if they're fully grown?

[ZZZhiloZZZ]

cute!!

[TheBombBros]

do you release them to hunt? i love nature so its not easy for me to kill things.

thanks for the upload!

[Nighthawkinlight]

@TheBombBros I do hunt pheasant, but likely not these. I would just like more of them around the area.

[TheBombBros]

@Nighthawkinlight Im a nature kind of guy so I dont hunt alot.

but I have before. If I eat anything wild, its going to most likely be Catfish or Crappie.

Im really big into fishing.

[TheJoePaul]

you are multi talented, you do so many different things,awesome to watch whats next

[Reflaction96]

It sounds like you are making popcorn ! XD

[darkwiiplayer]

cuuute :)

I want 4 or 5.

I haved a bird one time,hes name was modshahade

[SnipzTV]

cuteeee :)

[ZomfgLOLlipop]

listening to the temperature as a european, it sounds like you want to cook them xD

i mean 100 degrees fahrenheit is not warm (i believe), but 100 degrees Celcius makes water boil, and that should not be a comfortable place for a bird...

they are birds, aren't they?

[Thebuhable]

@ZomfgLOLlipop yes they are birds? It is around 30 degrees celcius :)

[Konsolenrocker08]

is that cave not a little bit small?

[Nighthawkinlight]

@Konsolenrocker08 It's plenty large until they grow more. They need to keep together for heat at this age.

[SinnesterSorrow]

At :50 seconds, you're petting that one pheasant and he closes his eyes like a big smile. SO cute. x)

[TheRolemodel1337]

100dgrees celsius and you got chicken mc nuggets XD

[FOATE]

What are you going to do with them when they're grown up?

i heard you say they're wild birds so im wondering.

[Nighthawkinlight]

@FOATE Release many of them, keep some of the others for eggs.

[FOATE]

@Nighthawkinlight Thats cool :) I do that with frogs :p I keep a couple through the winter so i get new eggs the next spring.

They're tadpoles now, but it wont be long untill they'll start growing legs. I do this because most of them get run over by cars.

Im really looking forward to your next vid :P

[jamesVSP]

omg they are sooo cuteeeeee

[Ricokey]

So when are you going make fireworks out of them?? lol

[poprocz]

You really need a hobby man, that's right you have one or ten. lol

Fun video, pretty cool stuff.

[Hellafireleli]

naww cute good work

[TechCuber]

I've got them from the factory today #LOL

[mattmatt369]

what r u gonna do with all them birds when they grow lol

[shinz5969]

omg at 0:53 the most asianest face in the world

[napalmonfire]

it is funny when they fall a sleep because when their beaks hit the ground they wake up then fall a sleep again

[fireworkgalore]

I raise chickens from little babies, but never have i raised a pheasant. I think it would be the same. Also, expect a few to die. And why forty?

[Nighthawkinlight]

@fireworkgalore I split an order of 100 with another individual and the hatchery was 10 short on shipping. One died in transit making 89, split in two I took the 44. I would like to replenish the local population, as well as keep some for their eggs.

[BronzeOrwin]

THAY"RE ALL SOOO FREAKIN CUTE!!! :D

[wiifire8]

what do you do with them once there gorw up?

[fireworkgalore]

@wiifire8 Eat them, sell them, let them go and hunt them down, anything you want.

[41Zman]

Pretty cool.

[1Benzy]

haha thats really cute

[PersonguydudeWB]

Very cool. My brother is doing a turkey(along with a lamb) for 4-H. Don't know about pheasants, but his turkey is growing super fast! Nice vid.

[wetpussydoll]

thats cute!

[dropdead329]

what do you do with pheasants?

[jacktheripped]

@dropdead329 dinner  :)

[spenfisher2]

what are you going to do with theme

[berger1980]

One dead there in the corner Ben...

[Nighthawkinlight]

@berger1980 Not dead. It's fine.

[keylockkid]

how long have u been raising birds

[Nighthawkinlight]

@keylockkid I raised birds for about 5 years.

[keylockkid]

@Nighthawkinlight dude thats freaken cute NO HOMO but r they fun to raise ?? u got them from a factory used how does that work ?

[Nighthawkinlight]

@keylockkid The hatchery hatches the eggs then ships them out a day or two later to local feed suppliers. I ordered them a month ago.

[keylockkid]

@Nighthawkinlight is it kind of hard to raise these cuz i think i might b intrested umm let me know if they r n also how many can they ship u if u only like wanted 1 ?

[Nighthawkinlight]

@keylockkid They are fairly simple to raise. You will not be able to find a supplier that will order you just one, but you may be able to find another buyer who would sell you a few from their larger order.

[keylockkid]

@Nighthawkinlight o ok umm do u think u can give me a site or something ??

[keylockkid]

ha ha ha ha dude thats sweet

[Hissatsu5]

i heard that its imposable to tame pheasants

[Nighthawkinlight]

@Hissatsu5 Nope, it's possible to tame just about anything. Tame meaning that they are not shy nor aggressive towards humans. You can 'tame' a cat, but lets see one that plays fetch.

[Hissatsu5]

@Nighthawkinlight  lol i see

[FourEightZero]

that is so fuckin cute :)

[melikeit23]

what are you going to do with these pheasants when they grow older?

[Nighthawkinlight]

@melikeit23 Most of them will be released to replenish the local population. A few will be kept for their eggs.

[neddy17]

what do you plan to do with these birds?

[Nighthawkinlight]

@neddy17 Most of them will be released to replenish the local population. A few will be kept for their eggs.

[Budskee420]

@Nighthawkinlight What a noble thing to do man, that's really cool.

[krnboi337]

:27 seconds top right corner you one of the pheasants is dead..

[Nighthawkinlight]

@krnboi337 Just asleep. They are all moving around and healthy.

[trooperx666]

@krnboi337 when you get chicks in the mail they are extremely stressed out and need rest