Efficient golden pheasant farming requires attention to three-stage management

The golden pheasant farm should be located in a flat, sunny, wind-sheltered, well-drained, dry and quiet place. Generally, a combination of indoor housing and an outdoor exercise yard is used for rearing, which is conducive to the growth and reproduction of golden pheasants, and the plumage color is also more brilliant. Perches should be set up in the exercise yard and on the indoor racks, so that the golden pheasants can adapt to perching on the racks. The floor inside the shed should be covered with sand or sandy loam. During the breeding period, nest boxes should be provided, and the nest boxes should be concealed with coverings to ensure that the golden pheasants are not startled when laying eggs. In addition, feed buckets and drinkers need to be placed. Besides this, attention should also be paid to the feeding management during the three growth stages.

Feeding and management of golden pheasants at different growth stages during farming

1. Strengthen the rearing of young golden pheasant chicks during farming

Fine sand or chopped short rice straw or stalks should be spread outside the brooding room. Before the young golden pheasant chicks are moved into the brooding room, both the outside of the brooding room and the equipment must be disinfected. The brooding room should be sprayed with a 0.5% benzalkonium bromide solution, and the feeding utensils and equipment should be soaked and scrubbed with a 0.5% potassium permanganate solution. When multiple clutches of young golden pheasant chicks are moved into the brooding room at the same time, the brooding room can be divided into several compartments with cardboard, with one clutch placed in each compartment. Machine-incubated young golden pheasant chicks and those hatched by broody hens must not be mixed together, otherwise the broody hens can recognize chicks that they did not hatch themselves. Young golden pheasant chicks hatched by an electric incubator or chicks collected in the wild need to be reared in artificial brooding boxes. The bottom of the box should be covered with fine sand or short grass, and feeding troughs and water troughs should be placed inside. One to two thermometers should be installed on the walls of the box, and a small piece of glass should be installed on the top as an observation window. When the chicks are 1 to 3 days old, the box temperature should be 32°C; at 4 to 7 days old, 30°C; at 8 to 12 days old, 28°C; at 13 to 20 days old, 25°C; after 20 days old, they can be raised under normal room temperature conditions. For the feed of young golden pheasant chicks, cooked egg yolk and breadworms are used in the first few days, fed 5 to 6 times a day, and the amount fed each time should not be too much. After 3 days old, add terramycin 5% to 10% glucose water solution as appropriate to prevent intestinal infections; after 7 days old, feed can be given in the ratio of 40% commercially sold chick feed, 25% cooked egg yolk, 25% breadworms and 10% green feed; at 30 to 60 days old, feed can be prepared and given in the ratio of 50% commercially sold chick feed, 10% cooked egg yolk, 10% breadworms, 5% peanut powder and 5% soybean powder each, and 20% green feed; after 60 days old, feed as for growing chickens.

2. Strengthen feeding during the growing stage of golden pheasant farming

After 60 days old, the plumage color of golden pheasants is similar to that of adult females, only slightly smaller in size. Their adaptability to climate changes and resistance to diseases are significantly enhanced compared with chicks, and at this time they should be transferred to cages for rearing. The rearing density is suitably 2 to 3 birds per sq m of cage. Perches, water troughs and feeding troughs can be appropriately added inside the cage to ensure that every bird can eat and drink. The feed for young golden pheasants is mainly commercially sold chicken feed, with an appropriate amount of crushed peanut kernels, breadworms and green feed given as appropriate. When changing from chick feed to growing chicken feed, the amount of concentrated feed should be gradually reduced. One-year-old male golden pheasants can be completely fed with commercially sold chicken feed. One-year-old female golden pheasants already have reproductive capacity, and at this time it is best to raise males and females separately. The feathers of male birds at 90 days old have already changed, and plumes grow on the nape, making them very easy to distinguish from female birds.

3. During golden pheasant farming, great attention must be paid to the feeding and management of breeding golden pheasants

The feed for breeding birds is mainly commercially sold breeding chicken feed, but in the early breeding period and the breeding period, more oily feed and animal-based food should be given, such as peanuts, sunflower seeds, breadworms, locusts, etc., and special attention should be paid to providing sufficient green feed. During the breeding season, nest boxes should be placed inside the cages, or artificial nests should be set up in the roosting houses of the cages. From the early egg-laying stage of golden pheasants, lighting should be gradually increased by half an hour each week to 16 hours, breeding chicken feed can be used, and egg-type multivitamins, VE, choline chloride, etc. should be appropriately added. Keepers should not disturb them intentionally or unintentionally, reduce the number of entries and exits, and also ensure the dietary protein level of golden pheasants during the egg-laying period, pay attention to supplementing green feed, increase some berries as much as possible, use a small amount of seed feed, and provide more oily and animal-based feed. During the breeding period, the breeding groups should have their rearing density adjusted to avoid fighting among male birds over mating, which reduces the fertilization rate and causes feather damage. Every evening, keepers should check the egg-laying situation and collect the eggs in time.

Through the above:

You have mastered the management points of golden pheasant farming at different growth stages. In addition, golden pheasant rearing techniques and disease prevention knowledge should also be strengthened to improve the reproduction rate of golden pheasants and increase economic benefits.