Thread: pheasant eegs

Originally Posted by Gibo

Clip their wings

Wishfull thinking Gibo... We all know most of those species probably won't make it in NZ....

Hungarian partridge being from the Phasianidae family they'd probably do good in NZ if looked after properly. They live similar life to the pheasants, quite territorial in breeding too.
I'd think they'd do good in Northland, south island open fields that Pointer is talking about and they'd do good in corn maize.

They feed in open fields but need scrubby cover on the edges which we have plenty of around waterways, to keep the birds of pray away...
Good thing is they breed like quail and keep in coveys, which makes them a good game bird over a pointing dog....

But hey, I'm sure there are pros and cons with competition of food against native birdlife, which is why I respect NZ a bit for. They do look after their native goods closely. But its a sword with two blades.... We all want what we can't have....


In saying that I'm quite disappointed with the use of 1080....