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It was actually the main wiring harness under the center armrest.

@@CadeCrash checks out

After 6 weeks in the shop and them replacing every module and ecu… it turned out to be the main wiring harness under the center console. Only found it when the dealership called and asked us to come down and drive it for them. Once she got on the car and sat with her arm in the center armrest it started freaking out. Instead of tracing it to one wire or part, they replaced the whole harness.

Let me know how it goes for you, been looking to reintroduce pheasants on our land after a fire burned their habitat. Just trying to figure out the best way to go about it

look more like six to eight weeks to me.

Yes, it was the main wiring harness in the center console. When my fiancé would drive it she would lean on the console just the wrong way.

I love the idea tho. I like to keep them for about 1 year and then release them when theyre laying eggs in the spring so they can immediately begin nesting and have a chance at raiseing young in the wild as soon as they're released

Just curious, are those two quail still around?

They recommend 5 weeks but they will do fine if you have good warm temperatures for a week without any pounding rain...👍

@@sims3709 the male actually did very well in the wild! We are not quite sure what happened to the female, but we did find eggs that they hatched. We never saw the babies or mother after that, though.

Taylor Bahlman this was actually a wiring harness that ran through the center console. They replaced almost every major electrical component and still didn’t fix it. Then on a test drive the mechanic leaned on the console and it started freaking out.

​@jcade5432 jeez. I have the EXACT same issue on my my 2012 SX and they are fixing "whatever", seemingly. Got any more specifics on the part ?

I agree, too young

michael therrien it is for the heater. The temps this time of year are too cold. So we keep the surrogator heated.

Arthur Shortlidge we try to keep human interaction down with these birds. They are released and do an awesome job at surviving.

My dad raised pheasants. Has one male to two females no promblems.

I am just curious as to which part of CO? I live in the middle of Ne and am beginning a farm as well

Ko3n3k33 we do bi-annually. Honestly doing two releases a year for 2-4 years should do great. Two years after this Fish and Game decided they were going to trap birds from our immediate area to help reestablish a population in Salmon, ID.

Historically the survival rate of releasing birds at this age is over 75%. These birds are raised and released to keep them as wild as possible. The local population has thrived with these releases. The birds stay within 6 miles of where they were released. There is food and water around the area to support them. These are not pen raised birds and with pen raised birds you cannot just release them to the wild like you are suggesting.

D Walt you are wrong

@@CadeCrash I was thinking of raising some myself until I found this from Pheasants Forever: ‘On average, only 60 percent will survive the initial week of release. After one month, roughly 25 percent will remain. Winter survival has been documented as high as 10 percent but seldom exceeds 5 percent of the released birds.’

No you are right. The ones that survive the hawks foxes and coyotes the first 3 weeks will starve to death in winter without adult help to show them food sources. Been doing this for 40 plus years and have learned by trial and error. Good luck and good on ya for trying. Proud Canadian.

No studies have shown that this is the ideal age of release to keep them wild and have as little human interaction as possible with a decent survival rate.

clackamas2 here is a link to the mfg of these.... wildlifemanagementtechnologies.com/collections/surrogators-packages

It was the main computer. I'm not exactly sure it is the ecu or the dcu, they called it the "smart box"

its called ECU here in the U.K , it might have a different name in U.S , is the Computer which controls all functions, you got it right how is the car ? would you recommend the same to a friend ?

It happened again after the “smart module” ecu was replaced. Turned out to be the main wiring harness under the center console.

It ended up being the main computer.

mmmgdl I don’t have either feathers or eggs. These birds come at 1 day old.

It's called a surragator.

wildlifemanagementtechnologies.com/collections/surrogators-packages

coverblown21 wtf

Oh yeah, I'm sure that exactly what she's going to do!

Doesn't it say they are 4 weeks old?

twhite96ss oh ok sorry

James Willett yea i thought so to

@@conl1555 absolutely too young.

Not for a dryer climate like that. We had some once that escaped that age once. Normally we'd release them 2-3 weeks older than those. But we had a late hatch that we were going to hold over and release in the spring. When we were pheasant hunting 6 or 8 weeks after they escaped. We jumped 30-40 of those younger birds in one spot. They were still on our farm. But we had no heavy rains that year in the late summer early fall. If they can make it without getting hit with heavy rain they get smart quicker than the older released birds. But releasing hens in the spring works well too if you have good habitat. Get the Manchurian Cross Ringnecks from McFarlane in Wisconsin. They have about the wildest genetics you can find in my opinion...👌🏻

Thank you! They have done well. I believe the survival rate of the birds is around 78%. To this day without releasing any other birds we still have 5-6 roosters within a 20-30 acre area and numerous hens. I'm pretty sure that these birds have done awesome and continue to reproduce and expand the current pheasant population.

These birds have done well. We have a population of 5-6 roosters and about as many Jen's that stay in the area and breed. I'm sure there are more and that they have spread out but these are the ones we see.

shinglehillclimber88 explain!