Detailed Explanation of the Key Points of Chinese Partridge Incubation Technology

The Chinese partridge is a relatively common wild bird, rich in high nutritional value and possessing certain medicinal value. Because everyone's awareness of wildlife protection has been continuously strengthening, many are now artificially bred. Let's take a look below at what are the key points of Chinese partridge incubation technology?

I. Introduction to the Chinese Partridge

1. Morphology

The morphology of the male and female Chinese partridge differs. In the male, the feathers on the top of the head, the nape, and the back of the neck are all blackish brown, with a slight yellowish brown edge. The forehead, both sides of the head, and the back of the neck are chestnut yellow, arranged in a long broad band shape that extends all the way around to the back. In the female, the black eye stripe and jaw stripe are often broken and discontinuous.

2. Habitat Environment

Partridges like to live in places with relatively sparse trees, and often appear in valleys, hills, and hillside areas, especially in barren hills and among shrubs. Bamboo forests near farmland and other such places are also sites of their activity, because they do not like high mountains and do not like forests. The Chinese partridge generally forages for food in the valleys in the morning and evening, and spends the night in the shrubs.

3. Diet

The Chinese partridge is an omnivorous creature; crickets, ants, locusts, and grasshoppers are all foods they like. Of course, they also eat some herbaceous plants in the shrubs, such as tender shoots, leaves, seeds, and berries. In addition, rice grains, peanuts, rapeseed flowers, and so on scattered in farmland are also their food.

4. Distribution Range

The countries where the Chinese partridge is mainly distributed include China, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. In our country, it is mainly distributed in Zhejiang, southern Anhui, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Hong Kong, China, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and other places south of the Yangtze River.

II. What Are the Key Points of Chinese Partridge Incubation Technology?

1. Selecting Breeding Eggs

The breeding period of the Chinese partridge is usually in April and May each year, and March is the courtship season for partridges; generally each partridge can lay about 5 eggs. When incubating partridges, the breeding eggs must be well selected, and the time must not exceed half a month. For the breeding eggs, try to choose eggs that are not deformed, and do not take double-yolked ones. After selecting the good breeding eggs, soak them in warm water at 30 degrees for five minutes, then add a certain amount of potassium permanganate. Remove the eggs and dry them in preparation for incubation.

2. Incubation Work

After doing the breeding egg processing work well, proceed with incubation. Pay attention to controlling the orientation of the breeding eggs well, place the large end in the tray, and be careful not to break them. After arranging them, put them into the incubator, and fix the egg tray well to prevent it from falling.

3. Turning the Eggs

When incubating the breeding eggs, the egg-turning work must be done well, so as to avoid the phenomenon of embryos sticking together in the breeding eggs. If the eggs are not turned in time in the early stage, the phenomenon of the yolk and the eggshell connecting together will occur, which will reduce the hatching rate. If the eggs are not turned in the middle stage, it will lead to the phenomenon of the yolk sac and the allantois connecting together, causing the death of the embryo.