Bantams Wanted To Hatch Pheasants
About 500 pheasant eggs are arriving here next week for distribution in the Whakatane and Awakeri districts with a view to hatching young pheasants for liberation. Breeders are all lined up, but the weak link in the whole system just now is the shortage of broody hens —preferably Bantams—to get on with the job. Talking it over with the Beacon yesterday, the president of the Whakatane County Rod and Gun Club, Mr J. D. Rivett, said that Bantams had proved themselves the most consistent sitters and the best mothers of the young chicks, and he and the secretary, Mr Ray Morgan, are anxious to hear of any that are available for the job. Hatching and rearing pheasant chicks is quite profitable, as well as being an interesting hobby. A Bantam will handle about 14 eggs, so the call is for at least 35 potential “mothers” for next season’s young pheasants.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 53, 19 October 1949, Page 5
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155Bantams Wanted To Hatch Pheasants Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 53, 19 October 1949, Page 5
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