Author Topic: Hens near dead pheasant (Read 2238 times)

Ben94 · « **on:** February 25, 2016, 08:12:11 pm »

I came home to the hens near a fresh dead pheasant should I be worried?

Sbom · « **Reply #1 on:** February 25, 2016, 08:15:08 pm »

Are you worried that now your hens have a taste for killing they may turn their attentions to you?

If so then an extra scoop of corn should sway them....

dr241000 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 25, 2016, 08:28:58 pm »

If the pheasant has got some sort of disease then it is a concern as it could pass the disease onto the chickens. I would not know of any advice to give though on how to treat diseases though.

Steph Hen · « **Reply #3 on:** February 25, 2016, 09:35:56 pm »

How did the pheasant look? Thin, injuries, discharges, flown into a wall..? Where was it? - tucked away under a hedge (because it was feeling ill) or in middle of lawn (dropped by fox?) Pile of feathers?

Basically no, I wouldn't be worried, but keep a eye for any symptoms in your birds and any more birdie bodies. (Although it's the sort of thing that if you start looking, you'll start seeing dead birds everywhere!)

Penninehillbilly · « **Reply #4 on:** February 25, 2016, 10:53:47 pm »

Quote from: Sbom on February 25, 2016, 08:15:08 pm

Are you worried that now your hens have a taste for killing they may turn their attentions to you?

If so then an extra scoop of corn should sway them....

Which way?