Lonely pheasant finds a friend

Our golden pheasant, Ming, has been lonely since Noel the turkey passed away.  They had been best friends and shared a pen together.   We’ve been looking for a friend for him and when we heard that there were some golden pheasants looking for a new home we went to fetch them.

The new trio are a male and two females, all are a year old.  The male does not have his brightly coloured feathers as yet but they will come this year as he gets mataure.   The two girls are fawn with striped feathers, they are much more drab in comparison.   The first day they hid but now they are coming out to explore.  Ming doesn’t know what to make of them!

The girls are identical – neat and sweet and much more adventurous than the boy.   Hopefully they’ll soon make friends.  Golden pheasants are ground living birds who originate in China.  They like to hide in the undergrowth and only roost at night.  Will they all get along?   We do hope so.