Off Highway 11 in Janesville sit one of MacFarlane Pheasants facilities that comprise 150 acres of land. Here, pheasants will be raised until around 6 months of age and then be moved here for over-wintering where lighting will trick the pheasants internal clocks into creating eggs in March instead of April.
Photo By: Mark Kauzlarich
Some of MacFarlane Pheasants' 40 acres of pens outside of Afton are reflected in the mirror of owner Bill MacFarlane's truck as he drives past inspecting the birds.
Photo By: Mark Kauzlarich
A number of pheasants sit on a truck waiting for transport to Oregon. The majority of MacFarlane Pheasants' birds are raised to adulthood and then sold live to game farms across North America.
Photo By: Mark Kauzlarich
A number of MacFarlane's ringneck pheasants, including cocks and hens, wander a pen on the company's farm in Janesville.
Photo By: Mark Kauzlarich
Bill MacFarlane looks in on pheasant eggs in an incubator in their hatching facilities in Janesville. The eggs will spend time in cooling until a large enough number can be moved to an incubator and then a high humidity hatching chamber.
