Chickens and a pheasant?

[Laura]

Hello all,

I have been just reading emails for a long time, and haven’t written in a while. I followed this group a lot many years ago when I was just starting out. Since then years have passed and I now finally have a house and can have chickens where I live. No HOA, or CCR’s to worry about. For my city I can have only hens and was wondering could I keep just one rooster pheasant since they are much quieter in with some chickens. I am looking at getting a 8x4 walk in size pen and putting them all together and maybe adding a run. I am thinking about 6 hens, and then one rooster pheasant. Does anyone think that will work? And if so what breed of pheasant, and what breeds of chickens would get along. I also don’t want either to spread diseases to each other. I used Silkies years ago to raise pheasant but separated them as soon as the pheasant feathered out. For chickens I am thinking of silkies, maybe a Easter Egger or two, maybe a Jersey Giant, not sure yet, but the gentler non- flighty breeds. If this won’t work I will be perfectly happy to just have chickens. Just wondering if I could have a different male bird since they won’t let me have a rooster.

 

Thanks for any and all input,

 

Laura

[K M Edgar]

Pheasant roosters are not classified as the kind of offending poultry in the city ordinances that ban rooster.  No one is going to complain about a pheasant.

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[Margo]

Hi Laura,

               I can't help with pheasants, but why do you want to add a male? The hens won't care as long as they're safe...

Margo

[Michele Bee]

Seems to me that people will complain about many things that we would think are relatively innocuous because we're accustomed to living with poultry. I can easily imagine wording of city ordinances that would prohibit pheasants altogether.

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[Sigo]

Everyone hates Roosters.  It's terrible.   They crow during the day sometimes and crow in the morning and get tons of complains, and sometimes a citation so I had to make something sound proof to store them until 9 am.

As for Easter Eggers I always have a few chicks around...and hens if you are so interested, but now in summer, shipping for large fowl is tough, so chicks is best.

www.hoffmanhatchery.com  

has good prices too.

[Cock-A-Doodle-Do]

One thought is to get a bantam rooster.  They are much less loud.  Guinea roosters do not crow, but you have the occasional alarm sounding off and occasional chattering if they are unhappy about something.  

I have four Orpington roosters.  Two Blue, two Buff.  They are very gentle and friendly.  Having grown up in Vermont and often on a farm, the crowing is a symbol of freedom, of wonderful country living.

Heritage Hens
herita...@aol.com

[Barry Koffler]

>Just wondering if I could have a different male bird since they
>won't let me have a rooster.

Sounds great to me. You'll get the pretty without breaking the law!
I'd go for a Ringneck if you also get the Jersey Giant hen. If you
stick with the smaller breeds, EEs and bantams, you might enjoy a
Golden.
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-Barry

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