How to Fatten Pheasants? Detailed Methods and Key Technical Points

The pheasant is an omnivorous bird that likes various insects, small amphibians, grains, beans, grass seeds, tender green leaves, and so on. Artificially raised pheasants can be suited to large-group rearing environments. Pheasants have high economic value; their meat is tender and delicious with a strong game flavor, and their protein content is high. The male pheasant's feathers are brightly colored and have ornamental value; specimens can be provided for teaching, scientific research, and exhibitions, and can also serve as elegant and precious decorations. Because pheasants have very high economic benefits, market demand is great, so rapid fattening of pheasants has become key. So how should pheasants be fattened?

Reasonable feeding: For those using raw grain feeding, the proportion of energy feeds such as corn and sorghum can be appropriately increased (recommended formula: wheat 15%, corn 40%, rapeseed cake 15%, wheat bran 5%, rice bran 4%, roasted peas 20%, bone meal 1%, plus 2.5 kg of salt and an appropriate amount of trace elements per ton of feed); for those buying domestic chicken feed, broiler grower feed can be purchased for feeding. Ensure sufficient drinking water; in addition, 10%-20% green feed can be added. Carry out a sand bath at least once a week, spraying a 2% trichlorfon solution into river sand to kill external parasites.

Control density: In the early stage (5-11 weeks of age), raise 10-12 birds per square meter; afterward, they can be grouped by strength, sex, and size, gradually reducing the density to 6-8 birds per square meter. At the same time, enough troughs should be set up so that feeding is even and growth is uniform.

Set up perches and prevent pecking vice: Perches should be placed inside and outside the fattening pheasant house for the pheasants to rest on; this not only makes full use of the rearing space but also helps reduce pecking vice. In high-density rearing, pheasants easily develop feather pecking, vent pecking, and so on. If injured pheasants are found from pecking, they should be taken out, and the wounds should be coated with gentian violet or camphor ointment, then kept isolated for rearing. When necessary, regulate the pheasant flock:

1) Hang green grass or green vegetables in the house to lure the pheasants into pecking the vegetables and distract their energy from feather pecking, while also supplementing cellulose and vitamins;

2) At 9-11 weeks of age, 1% feather meal can be added to the feed;

3) Increase the salt in the feed to 2.5%, or add salt to the drinking water, and ensure sufficient water supply. Of course, to avoid pecking injuries, timely beak trimming during the chick stage is also very important.

Prevent startling and flying: Keep the site as quiet as possible and decline visitors, so as to reduce the influence of external factors. To prevent pheasants from flying up in alarm and injuring or killing themselves by collision, the primary flight feathers on one side of the pheasant can be clipped; net housing should not be built too high.

Do a good job of disease prevention: The pheasant house should be cleaned every day, and the pen should be disinfected once a week with disinfectants such as Baidusha. At 8-9 weeks of age, carry out drinking-water vaccination with Newcastle disease strain II vaccine (at 2 times the injection dosage). If continuous rainy weather occurs during the fattening period, add 0.04% oxytetracycline or other antibiotics to the feed to prevent the occurrence of fowl cholera or coccidiosis. Generally, administer the drug for 1 week, stop for 1 week, and then administer it for another 1 week to achieve the purpose of prevention.