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If your car was purchased in the early 1990’s and had hundreds of thousands of miles on it, you’d most likely be looking for a new car! Read More »

flight pens are one of the biggest investments you make on a game bird farm. If you are buying birds from MacFarlane's Farms, we’ve got a vested interest in you succeeding, so we’re not shy about sharing our flight pen plans. Read More »

At MacFarlane Pheasant Farm, we take our protein very seriously. Years of work and study and hands-on research has shown us the optimum diet for raising healthy gamebirds on a farm. Learn more about pheasant food here. Read More »

Making sure pheasants and the other gamebirds have a ready supply of food unfortunately means vermin try and take advantage of that food supply. At MacFarlane Pheasant Farm we take the issue of pest control very seriously. Read More »

There’s always a lot of activity outside at MacFarlane’s. The pheasant pens are full now that the weather has evened out, there’s always something that needs to be mowed and it just seems people and birds just do a lot more moving around at the start of the summer. Read More »

As many of you know the poultry industry has just experienced the largest Avian Influenza outbreak in the history of the United States. Read More »

When pheasants are going out to customers, we generally do the catching and crating in the morning. The crates are set up in a catch pen and we put straw in them the night before. Birds are herded into a lane between the main pen and catch pen and provided with food and water. Read More »

That plump, meaty pheasant breast on your dinner plate at home or at the restaurant actually came from a white pheasant. No, not an albino, but a pheasant with no pigment in its feathers – a genetic variation. Read More »