Pheasant Chicks Available Again to 4-Hers
Sign-Up by March 19th!
The Day-Old Pheasant Chick Program provides a great educational experience involving aspects of wildlife management and ecology to broaden the environmental awareness of 4-H youth ages 8-19. Day-old pheasant chicks are provided free from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to qualified enrolled 4-H youth applicants only.
4-H members must have or are willing to provide a brooding facility, a covered outdoor rearing pen, appropriate food, water, and other needs for approximately 8-10 weeks until the birds are released into the wild. Daily care is necessary to monitor the health of the birds and ensure there is adequate feed and water for the rapidly growing chicks. The pheasants may be released when they are eight weeks old or older and no later than the end of the pheasant-hunting season, which varies for different regions of New York State. All release sites must be open for public hunting and the number of pheasants released is recorded at the end of the project.
Why should you raise pheasants?Rearing pheasants is enjoyable, challenging and teaches youth responsible behavior.Released pheasants offer fall hunting opportunities.People enjoy seeing and hearing pheasants.To become involved and receive more information, please call the 4-H office at 518-853-2135. The 4-H Pheasant Agreement must be returned to the 4-H office no later than March 19th. We must let the DEC Reynolds Game Farm know the quantity of chicks needed by Fulton/Montgomery 4-Hers by March 21st. All pheasant chicks will be hatched and delivered from the game farm in Ithaca, New York to the CCEFM Office in Fonda in early May. The 2020 Pheasant Rearing Contract Agreement is available on our website athttp://www.ccefm.com/viewprogram.asp?progID=3
