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We raise over 20,000birds each year.

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Let’s begin the journey of raising game birds….

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Collecting Eggs!

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We collect and wash hundreds

of eggs each day.

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The eggs are then stored until

its time to incubate.

This incubator will

hold up to 5,000

pheasant eggs at one

time.

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After the eggs incubate for approximately 3 weeks,

they hatch into…

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Our little babies at 5 weeks old

All young pheasants are this dusty brown color to help camouflage them from

predators in the wild.

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At 6 to 7 weeks old all our pheasants are equipped

with blinders.

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They are already beginning to show their colored

plumage.

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At 16 weeks they are almost

fully feathered.

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Adolescent birds are moved

outside to a flight pen where

they are flight – conditioned.

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A pheasant is considered fully grown at 18-20 weeks

of age.Now they’re ready to hunt!

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We also raise…

Bob-White Quail Red-Legged Chukar

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