Oregon: Flora and Fauna

We have been very busy taking care of 400 eggs and many new little chicks. We also are the proud owners of a male Wood Duck, with 4 new females on the way from MN. We have constructed a 32'x32' pen with a 8'x8' pond that is self draining for easy cleaning.

Pecking by pheasants is an ongoing problem. There really isn't a clearcut answer to the problem but there are several ways to stop pheasants pecking. There are many suggestion and I will try to help with a few ideas.

Red Goldens were the first pheasants I raised. They are an excellent bird for the beginner. I bought my first birds as chicks, and have since bought more adults, and traded for more bloodlines. Currently there is a quartet (1 male and 3 females) and a quintet (1 male and 4 females) of four different bloodlines on the ranch.

Well the hatching season is here again, and we have gotten our first Chukar, Ring necks and Goldens brooding right now. Also have a surplus of fertile Ringneck eggs. Available local pickup only.

A Federal Waterfowl Permit is required for resale of Wood Ducks. Considered to be the most beautiful duck in North America, Oregon, the Wood Duck can be pinioned or wing clipped to prevent flight.

The Ring-neck pheasant in Oregon and mutations is so well known as a game bird that a description isn't needed. These birds are easy to care for and breed, but aren't too suited to a small aviary.

Listed as a endangered species, the white eared pheasants endangered may have been saved from certain extinction thanks to the work of private aviculturists. They are quite different from other Crossoptilon species.

As of 1999, due to captive populations throughout the world, the breathtaking Swinhoe Pheasant has been removed from the endangered species list and now outnumbers the wild population.

This 5-7 lb. bird is dark red to brown in color. The < Island> is well known for it’s heavy production of large brown eggs, laying up to 290 eggs per season. Rhode Island Red in Oregon needs no rooster to lay eggs.

The Blue Eared Pheasant gets it name from the blue-grey plumage and tufts of white “ears” on its head. Cocks as well as hens display the same coloration, therefore are difficult to sex.