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Ringneck Pheasant – Sold as Baby Chicks Only
Minimum of 35.
Ringneck Pheasant orders need to be on a separate online order so your order can be processed properly. They cannot be shipped with any other fowl. No pick up orders.
These orders are manually scheduled and you will be sent a email with your ship date within 24 to 48 hours.
Missouri residents are required to have a permit to order. For online orders please call us with permit number.
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The Ringneck Pheasant is a gorgeous and elusive game bird known for impressive plumage, fast flight, and strong hunting appeal. If you want a colorful gamebird for hunting grounds, release projects, game farms, meat, eggs, feathers, or ornamental farm interest, this pheasant is one of the most recognizable choices.
Cackle Hatchery® offers Ringneck Pheasant chicks as straight-run, not-sexed game bird chicks. Cackle’s product page lists Ringneck Pheasant chicks as available for order May through August.
Ringneck Pheasant orders must be placed on a separate online order so they can be processed properly. They cannot be shipped with any other fowl.
Ringneck Pheasants are immediately recognizable by their dramatic feathering. Males display long striped tail feathers, a bronze chest, golden wings, colorful body plumage, facial wattles, and a crisp neck ring.
Their speckled and striped feathers create an array of jewel tones, making them beautiful birds for gamebird enthusiasts and outdoor properties. Cackle’s blog Bird Watching: A Look at Pheasants and Chukar notes that males feature copper and gold plumage, a red face, and a crisp white collar.
Because they are gamebirds, customers should provide secure housing, predator protection, proper feed, clean water, and enough space to move naturally.
Ringneck Pheasants are popular with hunters because they are exciting game birds and make impressive mounted trophies. Their color, long tail, quick movement, and elusive nature all add to their sporting appeal.
Customers may introduce Ringneck Pheasants to hunting grounds where legal and properly managed. They are also raised for game farms, release projects, meat, eggs, feathers, and beauty. Cackle’s Raising Ringneck Pheasants blog explains that ringnecks are traditionally raised to be released as game birds, but people also raise them for meat, eggs, feathers, and beauty.
Before owning or releasing gamebirds, customers should check with their state wildlife agency or conservation department for regulations or permits.
Ringnecks are active ground birds that spend much of their time scratching and foraging. They are known for short, fast flights and often prefer brushy cover, field edges, and habitat where they can hide and forage.
Cackle’s Game Bird Chicks for Sale category includes Ringneck Pheasants, Chukar Partridge, Pharaoh Coturnix Quail, Melanistic Pheasant, and ornamental pheasants. The category page notes that game birds typically hatch and ship during May through August, and customers can book orders as early as January.
For customers comparing gamebirds, the Ringneck Pheasant for Sale category page is also a helpful place to review availability and ordering expectations.
Missouri residents are required to have a permit to order Ringneck Pheasants.
This permit note should remain clear on the product page so Missouri customers understand the legal requirement before placing an order. Regulations can vary by state, so customers outside Missouri should also check with their local wildlife agency or conservation department before purchasing or releasing gamebirds.
Cackle’s Ringneck Pheasant category page reminds customers to check local wildlife agency or conservation department requirements before ordering.
Ringneck Pheasant chicks need proper brooder care, gamebird feed, clean water, dry bedding, and protection from drafts and predators.
Customers should prepare their brooder before the chicks arrive and use feed designed for gamebird growth. As they mature, pheasants need enough space to move, develop strength, and reduce stress or feather picking.
For care instructions, link customers to Cackle’s Raising Ringneck Pheasants blog. This is the best internal resource for customers new to pheasant care.
Ringneck and Melanistic Pheasant chicks are closely related gamebirds. The main difference is color and release preference.
Choose Ringneck Pheasants if you want the classic, colorful pheasant with bronze, gold, red, and striped plumage. Choose Melanistic Pheasants if you want a darker mutation of the common ringneck, often prized for strong survival instinct, adaptability, and release projects.
Both can be useful for gamebird farms, release programs, hunting grounds, meat, feathers, and gamebird hobby projects.
Ringneck Pheasants and Chukar Partridge are both popular gamebirds, but they are different species.
Choose Ringneck Pheasants if you want a larger, colorful upland game bird known for sporting hunts and trophy appeal. Choose Chukar Partridge if you want a smaller partridge-type gamebird that adapts well to captivity and is also popular with hunters.
Customers comparing both can read Cackle’s Bird Watching: A Look at Pheasants and Chukar for a helpful overview.
Ringneck Pheasant orders must be placed on a separate online order. They cannot be shipped with any other fowl.
This is an important order-processing requirement. Customers should not add Ringneck Pheasants to an order with chickens, ducks, turkeys, guineas, peafowl, chukar, quail, ornamental pheasants, or other birds.
Cackle’s Ringneck Pheasant feed listing also notes that these orders are manually scheduled, that no pickup orders are available, and that customers are sent an email with the ship date within 24 to 48 hours.
Cackle Hatchery® cannot ship Ringneck Pheasants to:
Alaska
Wyoming
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Customers in these locations should not place orders for this product. Availability can change by season and hatch date, so customers should check the Ringneck Pheasant product page and Cackle’s Availability Chart before ordering.
Choose Ringneck Pheasants if you want:
A classic upland game bird
A colorful pheasant for hunting grounds
A bird known for impressive plumage
A pheasant that can make a beautiful mounted trophy
A gamebird for release projects
A bird raised for meat, eggs, feathers, or beauty
A separate-order gamebird product
A May through August seasonal chick option
A species to compare with Chukar and Melanistic Pheasant
A gamebird order from Cackle Hatchery®
Overall, this is a strong choice for customers who want a classic pheasant for gamebird projects, hunting grounds, farm interest, release programs, or ornamental value. It is not the best choice for customers who need birds shipped with other poultry, live in restricted shipping locations, or need to order in Missouri without the required permit.
Cackle Hatchery® sells Ringneck Pheasant chicks as straight-run, not-sexed game birds. Cackle’s Ringneck category page notes that Ringneck chicks are available for sale May through August and ship at 1 day old.
Customers can also compare Melanistic Pheasant, Chukar Partridge, Pharaoh Coturnix Quail, and Ornamental Pheasants for Sale.
If you like this product, you may also want to compare Melanistic Pheasant, Chukar Partridge, Chukar Partridge Hatching Eggs, Pharaoh Coturnix Quail, Game Bird Chicks for Sale, and Ornamental Pheasants for Sale.
Helpful Cackle resources include Raising Ringneck Pheasants, Bird Watching: A Look at Pheasants and Chukar, Availability Chart, and Yearly Chicken Shipping Calendar.
It is a colorful, elusive game bird known for its impressive plumage, hunting appeal, and use in release projects.
They are commonly raised for hunting grounds, release projects, game farms, meat, eggs, feathers, trophies, and beauty.
Males are known for colorful plumage, long striped tail feathers, a bronze chest, golden wings, a red face, and a neck ring.
Yes. They are popular sporting birds and are often introduced to hunting grounds where legal and properly managed.
Yes. Their colorful plumage and long tail feathers make them one of the most recognizable mounted gamebird trophies.
No. Cackle lists Ringneck Pheasant chicks as straight run and not sexed.
Cackle lists Ringneck Pheasant chicks as available for order May through August.
Yes. Ringneck Pheasant orders must be placed on a separate online order and cannot be shipped with any other fowl.
No. They cannot be shipped with any other fowl, poultry, or gamebirds.
Yes. Missouri residents are required to have a permit to order Ringneck Pheasants.
Cackle cannot ship Ringneck Pheasants to Alaska, Wyoming, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands.
Yes. Customers should check with their state wildlife agency or conservation department before ordering, owning, or releasing gamebirds.
Ringneck Pheasants have the classic colorful pheasant appearance. Melanistic Pheasants are a darker mutation of the Ringneck and are often valued for release projects and survival ability.
Ringneck Pheasants are larger, colorful pheasant-type gamebirds. Chukar Partridges are smaller partridge-type gamebirds with a different appearance and behavior.
Yes. Customers can read Cackle’s Raising Ringneck Pheasants and Bird Watching: A Look at Pheasants and Chukar blogs.
Check the Ringneck Pheasant product page and Cackle’s Availability Chart for current hatch and shipping options.
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BitterZiong (verified owner) –
The baby pheasant are cute and healthy. Total of 37 baby 2 free. Shipping was super fast. Ship out Monday and pick up Tuesday at the post office. Right now they are in my sunroom until they’re all old enough to be taken to the farm. Thank you so much for these beautiful baby pheasant.
A&S chicken –
the birds were great
The birds arrived in great shape grew like weeds.
Yosmany –
Septiembre
Very good
Rusty West Virginia July 2010 –
Attn: cackle, customer question
Just a compliment to you and your staff we ordered 15 ringneck pheasants and all arrived live and great shape 5 weeks ago. We actually have 17 given the 2 extra with the shipment we have had nothing compliments on the health and looks of the birds even the runt seems to be catching up with the rest. So again thank you guys for making this a great project for my family and supplying us with top quality birds.