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patbbb

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Group of us out today and got into some birds. One was dark blue with no ring around the neck. Is it an exotic raised bird? I have never seen such a pretty bird.
 
Yes most likely. But they can and do survive out there. I have a couple in my pen now. A gal we buy birds from used to haul birds to a so called "wild" bird hunting place in SD, she had to deliver them in the dark, go figure. But any way she always has these mixed in. After intermixing, some will have no rings, some will. They are cool looking. The hens are dark brown.I had some of the training hens get away months ago. And still see them from time to time. They get more jumpy each time. So there is a chance as well this could be a wild bird raised from released birds in the past.
 
Pheasants are so scarce in SE Washington State this year that I've taken to referring to every bird I see as "exotic." Sounds like FC's assessment is spot-on relative to the question.
 
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We had a great time in NW Kansas... The birds are there, and we walked plenty for the birds we got. 3.5 days 10 people 4 dogs 24 birds

Here is the picture of the exotic. I will post better pictures when I get them.
The guy that shot it is going to get it mounted.
 
I dont know how to spell it but I think it a Schezuan Phez. Dig in the other threads and you will find it. Or some one will speak up.
 
1Pheas4 would be the guy to ask about the exact species. Or you could just search for his posts and probably come across one. I know he made several posts about exotic species in the past.
 
patbbb said:
We had a great time in NW Kansas... The birds are there, and we walked plenty for the birds we got. 3.5 days 10 people 4 dogs 24 birds

Here is the picture of the exotic. I will post better pictures when I get them.
The guy that shot it is going to get it mounted.
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Those pheasants in the pictures are Melanestic Mutant Pheasant. They are frequently called "exotic" but they came from the regular ringneck pheasant family.

They came from European and North American pen-raised pheasant stock. After years or many many generations of living in a pen and inbreeding causes a change in the color phase (a mutation) will start to show up, this happens in both quail and pheasants. The melanistic mutant did not exist in the natural wild world 200 years ago.

Look at the photos below of a melanistic rooster and two hens:
http://pacawijetechickens.weebly.com/uploads/4/0/7/7/4077052/3275827_orig.jpg?522

The Sichuan or Strauchi pheasant in the photo below in not a mutation but an authentic subspecie of the True Pheasant the lack of a full ring around the neck is natural some have partial rings, this subspecie have been around for thousands and thousands of years, see photo below:

http://www.birdforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=228616&=1258346624

The Bianchi Pheasant (aka afghan whitewing pheasant ) is also an authentic sub-specie of the ringneck see photo below:

http://www.pbase.com/silverbowff/image/38925285

Note the yellow iris (a sign of a true wild gene) of both the wild Sichuan (photo taken in the Sichuan province of China) and the wild Bianchi pheasant photo taken along the predator loaded Rio Grande river valley in New Mexico.
 
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patbbb said:
Group of us out today and got into some birds. One was dark blue with no ring around the neck. Is it an exotic raised bird? I have never seen such a pretty bird.
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patbbb, sorry i didn't answer your pm sooner. life's a bit crazy this time of year.

Anyway our friend preston1 has your answer;)
 
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