Is Raising Pheasants Profitable in 2018? Price, Prospects and Benefit Analysis
Pheasant, also known as common pheasant, rainbow pheasant, mountain pheasant, etc., is a precious wild game bird that combines meat, ornamental and medicinal uses. Sois raising pheasants profitable in 2018? How much is one? What about the farming prospects and benefits?It is understood that prices vary from place to place, ranging from tens to over a hundred, and the specific price should be based on the local market price.
What are the prospects and benefits of pheasant farming?
Raising pheasants has the following advantages:
1. Low investment, quick results: No need to build large sheds or buy mechanical equipment. Old houses, warehouses, pig pens and other spare rooms can be used for raising them. Adding nylon netting to doors and windows is enough for confinement rearing. Capital occupation is small and turnover is fast.
2. Strong adaptability, simple technology: Mountain pheasants were originally wild animals with strong vitality. They do not have high environmental requirements and can withstand high temperatures of 46°C and severe cold of -32°C. They have particularly strong disease resistance and low risk. They are easier to raise than domestic chickens, and the farming technology is similar to that for domestic chickens.
3. Wide feed sources, low cost: Pheasants mainly eat grains and miscellaneous cereals, and especially like tender leaves, tender grass, melon and fruit peels, and green vegetables. They have the advantages of small food intake, wide feeding habits, fast growth, easy raising and low cost. An adult chicken needs only one liang of daily ration. Raised from hatching for 100 days, it can reach 3 jin. The meat-to-feed ratio is 1:3.6, consuming 10.8 jin of feed, about 11 yuan in feed cost. In northern regions or when feed is self-mixed, the feed cost is even lower.
4. Huge market potential: According to market information feedback from various places, the demand for pheasants is increasing day by day, with supply falling short of demand. Foreign trade departments in Guangdong, Fujian and Hunan, Jiangxi, Hebei and other provinces have already purchased large quantities of pheasants for export. The export price of a pair of pheasants is as high as 20 US dollars. Hong Kong, China alone consumes 1.5 million pheasants each year, with each pheasant selling for 200 Hong Kong dollars. In the domestic market, pheasants have also become a hot commodity, with a purchase price of 30 to 60 yuan each. In addition, pheasants with colorful and gorgeous feathers have always been precious birds for people to admire. In particular, the tail feathers of male pheasants can also be used for feather crafts, with each feather valued at more than 5 yuan. If pheasant skins and feathers are processed into specimens, each sells for 100 to 120 yuan, and the demand is relatively large.
Cost and profit of raising pheasants:
1. The total investment for building chicken housing and equipment is about 6,500 yuan.
2. Income forecast for raising breeding chickens. Taking the introduction of 300 small wild chicks as an example, with a male-to-female ratio of 5:1, and calculating each hen's annual egg production at 90 eggs (actual egg production is much higher), 50 hens produce 4,500 eggs per year. Calculating the qualified rate of breeding eggs at 95%, and fertilization rate, hatching rate and survival rate all at 80%, the annual output of pheasants is 4,500×90%=4,000 eggs×80%=3,200 breeding eggs×0.8=2,500 chicks×80%=2,000 birds.
After more than 3 months of raising, commercial chickens can reach 1.5 kg. At present, the selling price is 40-60 yuan per bird. Even if sold at the price of free-range chicken, it can still sell for 34 yuan. Calculating at 30 yuan per bird, the annual gross income is: 2,000 birds×30 yuan/bird=60,000 yuan.
3. Selling specimens: Making pheasants into specimens, one pheasant specimen can sell for 200-300 yuan, and the profit is astonishing. Specimens can be placed at home or in the office, lifelike. They can also serve as superior gifts.
4. Income forecast for raising commercial chickens, calculated based on raising 1,000 rainbow pheasants.
① Cost analysis: The purchase price of each chick is 5 yuan, totaling 5,000 yuan for 1,000 birds. The feed cost per chicken is at most 14 yuan, totaling 14,000 yuan for 1,000 birds. The average medical cost per pheasant is 2 yuan, totaling 2,000 yuan for 1,000 birds. Total cost is 6,500 yuan+5,000 yuan+14,000 yuan+2,000 yuan=27,500 yuan.
② Total income analysis: Based on a conservative market price of 50 yuan per bird, 1,000 birds total 50,000 yuan.
③ Net profit analysis: 50,000 yuan-27,500 yuan=22,500 yuan.
The protein content of pheasant is as high as 30%, twice that of ordinary chicken, mountain pheasant and pork. Its fat content is only 0.9%, which is 1/39 of pork, 1/8 of beef and 1/10 of chicken. It basically contains no cholesterol and is a high-protein, low-fat wild game food. Therefore, raising pheasants in 2018 is still profitable.