Ringnecked Pheasant Hybrids
Male cross between a Ringneck cock and an Old English
Game bantam hen
Photos courtesy of Ruth Renner
A cross between a Ringneck cock and a Pekin bantam
hen -- her legs, which can't be seen, were feathered
Photo courtesy of Ruth Renner
The Ringneck male had been raised by a chicken after the mother and nest were destroyed during hay-making. He was released but returned as a young adult. The above birds looked like bantams as chicks but were reported to sound a bit different. More were hatched but they weren't very thrifty and most died as adolescents.
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