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Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: boneaddict on February 18, 2010, 04:24:06 PM

Title: White crested Kalij
Post by: boneaddict on February 18, 2010, 04:24:06 PM: Another one of my high fenced pheasants. :) You won't find this guess at NW trek though
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2FAntler%2520Images%2Fwhitecrestedhead.jpg&hash=7e8431b0016ca7aa8caa63165332eb54e3488f45)
Title: Re: White crested Kalij
Post by: PacificNWhunter on February 18, 2010, 04:26:48 PM: Good looking bird, how many different species you got running around there?
Title: Re: White crested Kalij
Post by: boneaddict on February 18, 2010, 04:35:16 PM: 25ish or so.
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on February 18, 2010, 05:17:20 PM: Cool, love to see the colors on them.
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Post by: superdown on February 18, 2010, 05:30:35 PM: do you eat them :drool: or are they just pets ?
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Post by: boneaddict on February 18, 2010, 06:25:57 PM: I raise them and enjoy them, and I sell them and ship them all over the country.
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Post by: PolarBear on February 18, 2010, 06:40:17 PM: Very Nice!
By the title I thought that your local convenience store owner just had his hair frosted. :dunno:
Title: Re: White crested Kalij
Post by: boneaddict on February 18, 2010, 06:43:31 PM: :chuckle:
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Post by: Birdguy on February 20, 2010, 07:08:59 PM: How are they for wild Doug? The Kalij we used to have were nutty wild. Good looking bird. Anything starting to lay with all this good weather yet? Nothing yet, but I suspect the ringnecks are only a week or two away if the weather stays like this.
Title: Re: White crested Kalij
Post by: boneaddict on February 23, 2010, 04:30:08 PM: They're horned up, but no eggs yet. I need to get my butt out there though and get some pens fixed up. Just picked up a spare Impeyan hen. Cost me an arm and a leg. I was actually looking at a chicken today that cost more though :yike: These were pretty wild at first, but I changed my strategy this winter. i went to hand feeding only, and it tamed them up a ton. I got tired of feeding the hoards of sparrows.