Pheasant.com Blog

The Farm Alarm Monitoring System is a wireless system with a master unit that gets hard wired into a phone line and several satellite units installed into our individual rooms or barns to monitor temperature, loss of water pressure, power loss, and lights. Read More »

Tell me about your family. Are you married? Do you have kids? Any pets? I am married to Jess, she is a third grade teacher in Stoughton, WI where we currently live. We do not have any children, except our dog, “Kipling”, an English Cocker Spaniel. Read More »

MacFarlane Pheasants has the distinct pleasure of being considered North America’s largest pheasant farm, but still retains status as a small business. How can this be? Read More »

Since the last update in May, we have raised all 8 hatches of Hungarians. All the birds are now adults with the 8th hatch – born in late April – at 13 weeks old. We have learned a lot about raising Huns through this process. Read More »

Once a week from now on I will be posting a profile of one of my employees. The first person you get to meet is Chris Theisen. Read More »

The cold wet spring certainly has been a challenge. Our pheasant breeders are in outdoor pens, and not only is egg production depressed from the conditions, but the eggs that are laid often are muddy. Our egg production hit 24,000 eggs a day this week, and that is a lot of eggs to wash. Read More »

Despite the coldest February and March any of us can recall, our Hun Building was set up and ready for our first hatch of huns this past Tuesday March 19th. The picture here is of our “table room” where the baby hun chicks start out on tables. Read More »

We are on a record pace for the number of times our pen crew staff have taken down and then put back up the pens in one season. Read More »