Need help with Ringnecks or Turkey's.

[SteamboatAngler]

I think i want some pet's!
Does anyone know if anyone localy raised phesants, or wild turkeys for purchase? preferably rio grande turkeys. other's might work though.

[BrianMaguire]

Try Strombergs.

[Erich_870]

Originally Posted by BrianMaguire

It is illegal to release Wild Turkey's in Oregon. Not sure about Pheasants.

Techincally he said he wanted some pets

But I jumped to that assumption too

Steamboat, How many of each are you looking to purchase?

You may want to look at hatcheries like Stromberg or Murry McMurry.

Erich

[canes_venatici]

His profile says that he lives in Vancouver. Last time I checked, that was in Washington.

You may want to check the laws in the great state of WA about this...

If it is Wild Turkey you are looking for, i would suggest the liquor store.

[BrianMaguire]

You can hatch your own, its not hard. Strombergs sells chicks for $12 each. strombergschickens

[Erich_870]

One thing to consider when purchasing poultry is what kind and how many you want. Typically you can find the basic breeds of mediocre quality at the local feed store, but you can buy as few as you want.

If you want a good blood line of a specific breed you need to go to a hatchery (typically mailorder), but then the minimum orders come into play. You'll notice from Brian's link that the turkey poults are $12 each, but you have to by a minimum of 15

That's fine if you want 15 birds, but if you only want 3 for instance, you might have to go in on an order with someone, or settle for the feed store variety

Erich

[SteamboatAngler]

I'm not really looking for the wiskey right now
besides i dont have enough chest hair to handle wild turkey

Im only looking for 15-20 birds, see i have some property out above hockinson that i would like to put some bird's on. (fenced for the most part) i have seen some hen phesant's up there before, but turkey's up there would be a great bird. from my understanding there use to be quite a few phesant up there untill all of the houses starting being build, and all the house cat's cause a decrease in the phesants. Now a turkey could hold it's own on most predtors. there tuff like grouse, So i think thats what id like to go with.

[Erich_870]

Originally Posted by SteamboatAngler

I'm not really looking for the whiskey right now
besides i don't have enough chest hair to handle wild turkey

I'm only looking for 15-20 birds, see i have some property out above hockinson that i would like to put some bird's on. (fenced for the most part) i have seen some hen pheasants up there before, but turkey's up there would be a great bird. from my understanding there use to be quite a few pheasant up there until all of the houses starting being build, and all the house cat's cause a decrease in the pheasants. Now a turkey could hold it's own on most predators. there tuff like grouse, So i think that's what id like to go with.

It still sounds like we're walking a fine line between pet turkeys and releasing turkeys.

Would these birds be farm yard turkeys free to roam, but fed each day and given water?

If not, your asking for trouble from Fish and Game and it's not a responsible thing to do

Erich

[SteamboatAngler]

These turkeys would be on private property, and they would absolutly not be malnourished. food soure would be plentyful.

[dpdub]

There is a place up in Battle ground that sells all kinds of birds and bird mixes. I don't think that you can breed them though, I am pretty sure they give them some kind of shot so you can take them into the wild, release them, and shoot them. I have his card somewhere around here and will see if I can find it.

I'm sure that if you search on google you might find him or maybe someone on this board has bought birds from him in the past.

[awsglazer]

Won't Work!!!!!! they don't know how to get food or shelter, have raised lots of both!!!!!!!

[SteamboatAngler]

Okay then.