T&J Farms - Gamebird, Miniature Horse and Exotics farm located in Lubbock, Texas, the heart of West Texas. Specilizing in ringneck pheasant, bobwhite quail, and chukar. Offering eggs, chicks and flight conditioned adults to the West Texas area for stocking, training and hunting clubs.
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The Chukar is a resident breeder in dry, open, and often hilly country. It nests in a scantily lined ground scrape laying 8 to 20 eggs. Chukars will take a wide variety of seeds and some insects as food; however, Drooping Brome (Cheatgrass) is this species' strong food preference. When in captivity, they will lay 1 egg per day throughout the breeding season if the eggs are collected daily. The Chukar is a rotund 32-35 cm long bird, with a light brown back, grey breast, and buff belly. The face is white with a black gorget. It has rufous-streaked flanks and red legs. When disturbed, it prefers to run rather than fly, but if necessary it flies a short distance on rounded wings. This species is relatively unaffected by hunting or loss of habitat due to its remote and physically demanding terrain preferences. Its numbers from year to year are most largely affected by weather patterns during the breeding season. Source: wikipedia.org |
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