Mature Pheasants & Partridges

At MacFarlane Pheasants, we don’t raise the same old pheasants as other farms, and we don’t build all our outdoor pens the same. We used to raise Hungarian partridges and [...]

After three weeks in the “A” room and four weeks in the “B” room, the former MacFarlane Pheasant chicks are now juveniles and ready to be transferred to outdoor pens. [...]

Once a chick hatches, it is vital to get them to begin feeding as soon as possible. Not only does it give their bodies the proper nutrients required, but it [...]

Temperatures here have been colder the past 2 days than we have had for 20 years. It’s been as low as -18 F (that is the actual temperature, not the [...]

Hungarian Partridge The Hungarian partridge is more commonly known as a Grey Partridge, familarly called "huns". It can grow up to 28-32 cm long and has a brown back, grey [...]

We know what management protocols generally work for the top quality of raising pheasants. We know the density (sq. ft. per bird), the feeder space and waterer space per bird. We [...]

At MacFarlane Pheasants, Inc. we strive to be the most progressive and innovative pheasant farm in the world. Our success in market birds throughout the world has been tied to [...]

At MacFarlane Pheasants, Inc. we strive to produce the best pheasant chicks in the industry. This task would be a lot easier if our customers were all looking for birds [...]

Over the years I’ve heard lots of stories and rationalizations why pheasants pick.   I am going to just lay out all the things I’ve heard and then give you my [...]

Trudy DeRemer, MacFarlane Pheasants, Inc Center Farm Manager, brought these adorable goats to the Center Farm on May 18, 2019. They were born on April 1, 2019. Trudy got these [...]

Transitioning pheasants from the brooder barn to the flight pen can be a difficult and frustrating experience. We have come up with a recipe, if you will, on how to [...]

It is with pride that we have followed the success of our Manchurian Cross pheasants across the United States, Canada and in Europe. We hatched approximately three hundred thousand (300,000) Manchurian Cross [...]

At six to seven weeks of age, pheasants are moved from the brooder barn into flight pens. They live in these flight pens until they are shipped, around twenty-two weeks of [...]

Years ago there was a wide variance in mature pheasant feathering quality between growers. It was common for some pheasant raisers to over-crowd their birds and therefore produce birds with [...]

The red-legged partridge is a game bird in the partridge family sometimes known as French Partridge or simply as Redleg Partridges. Bred for centuries on gamebird farms in France and [...]

November has been very kind to us – weather wise.  We have over 100,000 pheasants on the farm – outside in the pens.  Once we reach late October and then [...]