Whether this is by design or by accident, can be difficult to figure out. Below are a few commonly asked questions about hatching pheasant eggs. Might be that no one ever tried to market pheasant eggs for eating or the production of eggs on a marketable scale never existed. To counteract that they lay a lot of eggs though! I'm suprised that quail eggs are considered a special treat when pheasant eggs are just as good if not better. You know, because pheasants. Feb 10, 2010 Our female laid her 1st egg early this March. Laying Eggs. Let him eat if he is really willing. The meat is white as that of chicken, lean and easy to butcher as well. The chickens I’ve hatched are all hand-held babies who love being loved on. For instance, if a robin was to lay in the nest of a greenfinch, the chick would not receive the correct food and would be unlikely to survive. I pitched 3 eggs at the 72 Hour mark because it looked like a bunch of ruptured air cells. They lay eggs in the summer, with each bird laying about one egg per day. Hi! I've so many here that when I did my RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch submission, it asked me to check I'd put in the right number. MacFarlane Pheasants Inc. prides itself on its impeccable customer service. Doing this can continue egg laying … So I was wonder when they will start laying since I havent got any eggs yet. Pheasant meat is very tasty and makes a nice dish to any meal. Yesterday when I was doing some gardening I found 18 pheasant eggs just randomly lying about the lawn. And yes, their eggs are TOTALLY different. Adult Pheasants: Breeding age pheasants require a 20% protein game bird feed, while non breeding pheasants only require a 12% game bird maintenance feed. Another reason when a lot of farmers decide to raise pleasants is for their delicious eggs. Hi late last july I bought a pair of pheasants and they were 10 wekks old. She began laying them all over the pen (about 10 eggs) and since she wasn't sitting on any of them, we decided to try and hatch … I feel awful because apparently that’s normal for pheasant eggs. After breeding in early spring, peahens start laying eggs. This is a little video of me getting my Pheasant and quail eggs leave a comment if you have any questions and please like And subscribe thank you. If you want more egg production, remove the eggs from their nest regularly. In addition to nests of their own kind, pheasants often deposit eggs into nests of other species, including partridge and mallard. Usually peahens start laying eggs daily for about 6 to 10 days and then sit on the eggs to hatch. We conducted an analysis to determine the influence of a range of factors on nest predation rates. In addition to these commercial feed recommendations, pheasants can eat grains, insects, worms, and leaves as they do naturally in the wild. These included habitat, the age of the hen, laying date, the level of predation control on the estate and the density of hen pheasants. Habitat type, laying date, hen … We have a pair of Lady Amherst pheasants that are just 2 years old. Any questions that you may have are important and we will do our best to answer them. Three pheasant eggs is equal to one large chicken egg.