local wildlife (fur,feathers and beasties)

[Stubby]

44 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

What do you mean by that?

Keepers term . Lets you know where your birds tend to wander . You know  what part of the shoot  you released  a batch of birds  and coz he stands out you know where they move to . More used back in the day when birds were " whistled up " to be hand fed .  Most shoots use hoppers now .

[David Cropper]

46 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

What do you mean by that?

I think Stubby is referring to the old adage that any bird/ deer with unusual colouration would indicate if poachers were about. Most would see something different and take a shot. We had a white sika stag for years, all of a sudden he had gone, poached. I assume that it what Mr Stubbs is saying.

[gary112]

4 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Keepers term . Lets you know where your birds tend to wander . You know  what part of the shoot  you released  a batch of birds  and coz he stands out you know where they move to . More used back in the day when birds were " whistled up " to be hand fed .  Most shoots use hoppers now .

We,ve had quite a few Melanistic this time aswell

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, gary112 said:

We,ve had quite a few Melanistic this time aswell

Yea . The dark ones work the same way 👍

Edited March 24, 2022 by Stubby

[Stubby]

2 minutes ago, gary112 said:

We,ve had quite a few Melanistic this time aswell

Most reared birds seem to be a cross between a Michigan blue back and a Chinese ring . Pure Michigan's  fly really well but are hard to keep . Chinese ring pheasants are easy to keep and fly sorta ok so the hybrid is a good compromise .

[gary112]

7 hours ago, Stubby said:

Most reared birds seem to be a cross between a Michigan blue back and a Chinese ring . Pure Michigan's  fly really well but are hard to keep . Chinese ring pheasants are easy to keep and fly sorta ok so the hybrid is a good compromise .

How about this fella Stubby,he’s running round at the minute 🤣

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, gary112 said:

How about this fella Stubby,he’s running round at the minute 🤣

Cross between a pheasant and a Wallaby 😁

[gary112]

3 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Cross between a pheasant and a Wallaby 😁

Not much pheasant in that thing😂but boy he can run

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, gary112 said:

Not much pheasant in that thing😂but boy he can run

Someone was farming them in Stoke village near me a couple of years ago but they seem to have given up . The "steaks " were sold in the local farm shop .

[Stubby]

9 minutes ago, gary112 said:

Not much pheasant in that thing😂but boy he can run

We also had a couple of Alpacas guarding the sheep . One black one and one white one . They could give you a serious stare ! 🙂