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Lark Restaurant owners, Richard and Joan Neeno plan a special event once a month. The month-ly event is by reservation only and has a specific menu prepared by Chef Olivia Eckert. Novem-ber 14, 2018, is a celebration of local chicken, duck, and MacFarlane Pheasant, all served as part of a four-course meal! This dinner is $60 per person with wine pairings. Call Lark at 608.563.1801 or email [email protected] soon to reserve your seat for this opportunity to experience an evening of outstanding food and service. You won’t be disappointed! Read More »

Pheasant delivery times that are extremely accurate are a real advantage to our business and our customers. In 2017, MacFarlane Pheasants, Inc. began using GPS in our delivery trucks. The GPS system plugs directly into our trucks and allows our staff to track the trucks over the internet, in real time. This gives our office staff a means of knowing where our trucks are at all times. Read More »

Chef Joe, is the title students in the Blackhawk Technical College Culinary Program (BTC) have given to the instructor who prepares them to be line cooks, prep cooks, and executive chefs. Chef Joe Wollinger has been a culinary arts instructor at Blackhawk Tech for 30 years and during those years, in addition to teaching culinary arts skills, he has offered students experiences that are unique to his specific skills and interests. In addition to teaching culinary arts, Chef Joe owns and operates an organic farm and has a special interest in teaching students to prepare organic foods. Many of the foods used in the program come from Chef Joe’s farm. MacFarlane Pheasants, like other farms in the area, also donate fresh foods to the culinary program. Read More »

Game Bird Farms fall in love with the French Red-legged Partridges because they are beautiful, exciting, and easily acclimate to their surroundings. French Red-legs have light brown backs, gray breasts, buff bellies, and of course, red legs. Read More »

MacFarlane Pheasants donated pheasants for an event in Alberta, Canada at the Spruce Creek Upland Club on September 15, 2018. It was sponsored by the Inaugural Uni-versity of Calgary Firearms Association (UFCA) and Pheasants Forever Calgary (PFC). This event was called the “First-Time Mentored Pheasant Hunt.” What a beautiful day of learning for the 17 members of the UCFA who participated! Read More »

The Empty Bowls Fundraiser is a yearly event sponsored by ECHO, Inc. They have been around since 1969 and are a non-profit, faith-community sponsored charity. ECHO stands for Everyone Cooperating to Help Others. Their mission is to meet housing, food and other basic needs for those in need of a hand up to self-sufficiency. Read More »

We currently have jobs available at our family-owned business in Janesville, Wisconsin. Our game bird farm (specializing in pheasants) has been in business since 1929 and we attribute our success to the wonderful employees who have worked here over our long history. We are an equal opportunity employer and want to fill these jobs immediately. We look forward to hearing from you. Read More »

MacFarlane Pheasants Inc. produces approximately 1.8 million chicks each year. Nearly 500,000 of those chicks are raised to maturity and bought by clubs, governmental agencies and individuals. They are enjoyed for sport and their tasty meat! The rest of the chicks are sold as chicks or started birds. What some of you may not know is that we raise and sell three different types of partridges, also. Let’s take a look at all of these beautiful birds. It’s a good idea to look at all of your choices before deciding on which birds meet your needs. Enjoy the journey! Read More »