Elkhorn Farms & Hatchery

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Text Box: Shipping Starting in May through July, we ship our day-old chicks "per box" of 125, our minimum order to ship. Smaller orders may be picked up at the farm. The price is reduced for over 1000 pheasant chicks, further reduced for orders 5000+. Shipping is additional and increased as of May 14th, 2007. There may also be a slight increase in June of 2008. We will keep you posted on this change. Our shipping prices have been updated to reflect this change. This is one of the reasons why we would like to arrange truck deliveries on larger orders, or combined orders within 750 miles of Elkhorn Farms. Also consider ringneck pheasant adult- or partially-adult birds. Delivery prices vary on quantity, distance and the relative cost of fuel (!) but generally is priced per mile, round trip. Please remember that our shipping/ pickup days for pheasant chicks are Wednesdays, except for holidays like the 4th of July. We strongly recommend Express Mail for day-old chicks with its one- or two-day delivery guarantee. We DO NOT recommend Priority Mail for pheasant chick deliveries to any but our neighboring states. We will only ship Priority with the understanding that we cannot guarantee the timeliness of arrival, or the viability of the pheasant chicks. The choice, responsibility and liability are totally yours.

Elkhorn Farms & Hatchery, Inc.

4154 Klopfenstein Road, Bucyrus, Ohio 44820

Raising and hunting game birds since 1962

Hatching pheasants since 1986

Have you heard anything about Avian Influenza lately? Probably not as the media feeding frenzy has died down as predicted by gamebird experts at the 2007 NAGA convention in Orlando.

On the other hand, “What are feed prices going to do?” is still a hot item and was a point of discussion at the NAGA convention in Reno, NV this past January. Those who attended got a wider view of the industry as a whole, and gamebird raising practices in particular.

“How do we fight the antis?” will continue to be an issue as long as the anti-hunters and anti-animal use activists work to close us down. They use buzzwords that paint us in a dreadful light. Who wouldn’t want to oppose “puppy mills”, “live target practice” or “high fence hunting?” But honestly, would you want elk or wild boar running through your back yard? Or have your dog reproduction regulated? Or have your business mandated out of existence by the emotional connotations suggested by these terms?

Word usage and image control is crucial today. We need to be as alert as possible concerning how our practices affect the uneducated public and portray the whole industry to voters.

It came to our attention that the Humane Society of the US misquoted us concerning Priority Mail shipments and mortality in their recent publication about gamebird release. Please note that we encourage timely shipment of our birds through the use of Express Mail, and we have had very few claims using this method—only TWO claims in 2007! Unfortunately, anything you say can and will be used against you by unethical anti-gunners, showing once again how we need to bond together to continue our hunting heritage and game bird industry. So few understand the radical nature of the HSUS who fund NO animal shelters, but instead use their political deception to seek legislation against those of us who raise animals for their intended use.

This is a pivotal time to be involved in the North American Gamebird Association. If you are not already, please consider becoming an NAGA member. NAGA produces a game bird growers directory, a newsletter and represents us with legal and political clout in issues like postal shipping, range and right-to-operate issues. You really can’t afford NOT to be a member. Please join and plan on attending NAGA events like the annual convention in 2009. Visit www.naga.org for additional information.

Text Box: Elkhorn pheasant mounted by Capt. Steve Swaisgood, Elkhorn guide and Lake Erie Fishing Charter boat captain with Island Fever Fishing Charters . Most mounts sell for $145– 165.

Thank you for your interest in our ringneck pheasants or day-old chicks. Our pheasants are a Chinese Ringneck with a slight Mongolian Cross, coloring up as adults with blue-green backs, white rings and dark burgundy body feathers. Some darker variations in coloration (“blacks”) appear infrequently, and are in great demand. We do not actively breed for that strain, and cannot predict how many we can provide. Since the process is time-intensive, we charge a surcharge of .05 per chick to sort these out.

Elkhorn hens dress out as adults at about 2 to 2¹/₂ pounds, the roosters at 3 pounds, providing enough for the pot, while being highly flighty for good hunting. They are used regularly on our own and nearby hunt clubs, as well as shipped across the country with similar results, depending on feeding practices. See our Basic Care & Keeping page for additional information regarding raising your birds. While we are willing to advise, you alone can care for your birds the way they should be tended. Educate yourself now about raising birds with Gamebird Propagation by late author John Mullin, or Dr. Swartz’ book Grower’s Reference on Gamebird Health.

Now taking tentative orders for 2008 chicks.

Text Box: Printable Directions to Elkhorn

Shipping adult–

or partially-adult birds

We cannot truck deliver adult or partially adult birds longer than 16 hours away, so delivery west of the Mississippi is not available. We would be glad to refer you to one of our chick customers near you.

This does not apply to our chicks which travel by Express Mail in a shorter time.

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From chick…

...to adult

Peg and Sam Ballou and the

Elkhorn Farms & Hatchery, Inc. staff

Updated January 10, 2008.

Elkhorn Farms

Photo credit: Jay E. Gregory

Elkhorn Farms consists of three farms and surrounding properties in the Bucyrus area. See the “About Us” page.

Photocredit: Clear Skies Aerial Photography, December, 2007