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Raising Gamebirds => Brooding and Raising => Topic started by: countrytweety2001 on February 08, 2010, 09:38:25 PM

Title: Using small game hens to set pheasant eggs
Post by: countrytweety2001 on February 08, 2010, 09:38:25 PM

I made a bid on some ruffed pheasant eggs. I havent perfected my use of the incubator yet. I had an old timer tell me, that he would use small game hens to hatch out pheasant eggs with and had almost a 100% hatch rate. The incubator I bought to hatch coturnix quail with and I still need to work on my skills. So who else has used small chickens to hatch eggs? s144

Title: Re: Using small game hens to set pheasant eggs
Post by: DoubleL911 on February 09, 2010, 08:43:52 AM

If i were going to have chickens on the some ground with my game birds they would be Silkies those girls will hatch a golf ball.
Have old timer neighbor using them.
Good luck
Larry Lain
www.doublelquailfarms.com

Title: Re: Using small game hens to set pheasant eggs
Post by: TENNESSERED on February 09, 2010, 11:21:53 AM

I also have some silkies.  Every year I let them sit and hatch a clutch of pheasant eggs.  They also make great mothers for their adoptive chicks.  I have had others tell me they use bb red hens and also sebrights, but I 've not tried them.

Title: Re: Using small game hens to set pheasant eggs
Post by: kingwolf on February 09, 2010, 06:17:32 PM

i have use regular sized fowl to hatch chukar eggs and of course some of the eggs got crushed because of their larger size but the eggs that did survive all hatched and i still have them to this day