Second batch in

[nytrapper23]

85 ring neck eggs , 25 bobwhite eggs.moving the first batch outside on Sunday,they are 4wks old.I will get pics when I get them moved.

[patricimo54]

Looking forward to the pics.

[Admin]

You must have quite the operation going on. What part of NY are you in?

[nytrapper23]

Western ny.about 50 miles south of buffalo

[determinator]

Bring on the birds! ;D

[nytrapper23]

Well I put out the pheasants today.takes them awhile to adjust.I keep a light in there for nights and if it gets cold and damp.only for about a week .then they get weaned off the heat.that leaves them about three weeks to adjust before I release them.

[nytrapper23]

Another photo of the same run.

[nytrapper23]

Jun 8, 2013 7:37:44 GMT -5 Admin said:

You must have quite the operation going on. What part of NY are you in?

funny you ask where I'm from.I live right in town.its on a dead end street but still in town.no one even knows I have quail,chickens,and raise pheasants.here is a pic of how I hid the outside pens.this is the view from my driveway.

[nytrapper23]

Then a pic from behind the fence.

[determinator]

Good setup there. I'm sure if your neighbors knew about it, someone would complain for whatever reason. Where I'm at, I think there's some city ordinance against raising them, inside the city limits, but I'm not positive. ;D

[paddyg441]

;D ;D

Extraordinary Setup "NYTrapper23", I am sending you a KARMA on the FLY for your Undertaking.

I am sure you are aware of your Local Ordnance's, and need Know reminding, from what I have Observed in your Photos, your Setup and Pens appear to very Neat and Clean. The Birds are well Maintained, Fed, Watered, and Exercised. So in my Opinion, there should be No Reason for anyone to be Nosing Around and/or Interfering in your well Managed Venture.

[Ipostbulls**t]

Awesome love it! I have thought and planned out many times of doing the same our whole backyard is fenced in with a 6 foot privacy fence no one would ever know but I don't feel like the hassle of dealing with the village if I was caught.

[nytrapper23]

The neighbor right behind me knows I have them but she doesn't say anything because her dogs chain was way to long and it destroyed one of my pens years ago and all my young quail got out.we caught half of them but she felt really bad.she offered to pay for them but I said it was ok ,so she been cool ever since.

[nytrapper23]

Jun 9, 2013 18:58:24 GMT -5 paddyg441 said:

;D ;D

Extraordinary Setup "NYTrapper23", I am sending you a KARMA on the FLY for your Undertaking.

I am sure you are aware of your Local Ordnance's, and need Know reminding, from what I have Observed in your Photos, your Setup and Pens appear to very Neat and Clean. The Birds are well Maintained, Fed, Watered, and Exercised. So in my Opinion, there should be No Reason for anyone to be Nosing Around and/or Interfering in your well Managed Venture.

Im not sure how the ordinance would be with birds you are releasing,because you are not really keeping them .but I don't really need the b.s.

[patricimo54]

Looks like ya got it going on ;D

[determinator]

Forgot to toss you a kharma for your conservation efforts, and I assume on your dime. ;D

Good luck with your bird-raisin' venture.

[nytrapper23]

On my dime,but well worth it when I see them walking around the following spring.

[BJN35]

That's awesome! We raise ringnecks up here also. i'm actually on my third batch hatching as we speak! we are up too over 100 birds with 2 more hatches to go. We have fun and my daughter loves helping move the chicks into brooder and pens.

[nytrapper23]

Jun 11, 2013 17:17:26 GMT -5 BJN35 said:

That's awesome! We raise ringnecks up here also. i'm actually on my third batch hatching as we speak! we are up too over 100 birds with 2 more hatches to go. We have fun and my daughter loves helping move the chicks into brooder and pens.

do you guys just release them all?I love raising them,I wish I had more room,well maybe not.I don't know what I would get myself into.

[trapper12953]

Thats a great set up you got there and heres some karma for all your hard work and showing us the pics. ;D

[nytrapper23]

Second batch hatching now . I will post pics in the am ,they should be out by then.

[nytrapper23]

Boy something going on.had nine bobwhites hatch.but none of the 85 ring necks have hatched? Will leave them for a couple more days just in case.

[Ipostbulls**t]

Hope all goes well!

[nytrapper23]

Here are 4 of the nine bobwhites.still no ring necks yet?

[patricimo54]

Hatching birds are great ;D

[nytrapper23]

Well I took the eggs out today.broke everyone open , not a single egg was fertile? Must be the ole boy is all used up!

[determinator]

Better luck next time. I was thinking that the eggs weren't fertile, but I'm no expert.

[nytrapper23]

I have a homemade candler I use for the quail and chickens,it's just to hard to tell those dark ring neck eggs.but that's the way it goes .I have 25 more bobwhites ,and some red golden , yellow golden and lady Amherst eggs to go in.

[determinator]

Cool about the Golden's, and Lady Amherst's. I'm curious about where the birds eventually end up, since I don't normally think of them as being released in the wild. Cool operation that you have going. Good luck!

[nytrapper23]

The only ones I release are the ring necks.the others I raise to sell at a bird auction we have in the area.