Pheasant.com Blog

This is a “no picture” entry. I haven’t written my blog for two weeks. Read More »

Our new season is upon us. We collected 16,000+ eggs yesterday, we’ve started 20,000 pheasant chicks and the pen crew is mowing and rotovating pens – in preparation for the new season. Read More »

Our breeders are laying great. Our egg collection crew gathered 14,366 eggs on Thursday (3/18). Our egg production percentages are about 1 week ahead of last year – i.e. the percentage of lay on the 18th was about where we were at percentage wise on 3/25 of last year. Read More »

I have mixed feelings today. I am relieved the seminar is over, but at the same time it’s been such an exciting week, I have some feelings of kind of a let down. Read More »

My father was Donald James MacFarlane. He was born on July 3rd, 1903 in the same farmhouse his father (William Daniel MacFarlane) was born in 30 years earlier. The farmhouse is about 10 miles east of Janesville, where my great grandfather emigrated from Scotland in 1849. Read More »

The days are rapidly getting longer and yet there doesn’t seem to be enough time to get everything done. Read More »

I flew to San Antonio last week and spend three days at the NAGA (North American Gamebird Association) annual convention. Read More »

It’s hard to believe, but we’re in the final preparation stage for our new season (producing ringnecks for sale as mature birds for the fall of 2010). Read More »

Wayne Wendorf is a good friend of mine. He owned Garver Feed in Madison, Wisconsin for years. Read More »

Years ago there was a wide variance in mature pheasant feathering quality between growers. Read More »