How long does it take to raise pheasants to buy them?

Overview of pheasant, pheasant, also known as pheasant pheasant.

1. Wide adaptability, cold resistance and coarse resistance. The living environment ranges from plains to mountains, from rivers to canyons, and inhabits various ecological environments on land at an altitude of 300-3000 meters. It can tolerate high temperature above 32℃ in summer and -35℃ in winter. It can also move in the ice and snow and feed and drink pheasants with ice ballast.

Water is not afraid of rain

Sales of pheasants

Pheasant production is seasonal production, the production cycle is longer than that of broilers, and the price is higher. The processing and sales of pheasants are also seasonal and batch.

1. After 4-5 months of feeding, the weight of female pheasant reached 1 kg, and that of male pheasant reached 1.3- 1.4 kg, which was the mature weight. The delicacy of pheasant is related to temperature. When the cold weather lasts more than 1 week after winter, the pheasant tastes delicious after a series of changes in its body fat. Therefore, the processing and sales of pheasants are mostly carried out in winter. The peak season for the sale of edible pheasants in China is from New Year's Day to Spring Festival. Mainly used as gifts to give to each other. The export of pheasants is not restricted by season. April to July is the peak season for planting eggs and young pheasants every year. In order to improve the survival rate of brooding, most people are willing to buy pheasants or eggs in May-June. Most of the sales of adult pheasants are concentrated in 10 to February of the following year.

2. Listing specifications At present, there is no unified listing specification in China. Only the unwritten norms formed by market production and operation activities are as follows:

(1) A live pheasant requires no accumulated food in the crop, good subcutaneous fat, perfect development, complete feathers and beautiful and bright colors. The live weight of male pheasant 1.3kg and that of female pheasant 1kg. The tailless pheasants caused by the pecking of live pheasants are mostly degraded and sold. Commercial live pheasants are usually sold in pairs. The sales department made barbed wire and cardboard gift boxes with the words "rare game birds" and "give live pheasants" printed on them, which are convenient for shoppers and can also be used as sales advertisements.

(2) The white striped chicken is mainly exported to Japan, which requires a semi-clean chamber, and the female pheasant is over 900g and the male pheasant 1. 1 kg. Full appearance, thick leg circumference, a certain degree of fat under the skin of the carcass, no scars, no green spots, no red and purple spots, complete skin, no feathers and feather cone residue on the surface.

(3) Breeding eggs is suitable for pheasant eggs. The color of eggshell is olive brown, the egg shape index is between 1.25- 1.35, and the egg weight is 25-35g.

(4) The young pheasants have strong physique, flat toes and claws, shiny beaks and feet, good umbilical contraction, loud calls and clear pedigree, and come from pheasant flocks with no history of dysentery, tuberculosis, Marek's disease, coccidiosis and hepatitis.

Processing and utilization of pheasant and comprehensive utilization of by-products

1. Processing of white striped chicken At present, the slaughter and processing of white striped chicken are mostly manual or semi-mechanical, and the oral bloodletting method is adopted, with beautiful and complete appearance, thorough bloodletting and no knife marks on the surface. Bleeding in the mouth → scald → depilation → crop removal → chamber cleaning → carcass cooling → storage (-20-30℃).

2. Processing, storage and processing of all-feather frozen pheasant. All-feather frozen pheasants require complete feathers, no back feathers falling off, complete tail feathers, shiny feathers and no pollution. By-products of pheasants include feathers, skins, feces, blood, intestines and bones. 1. Feather pheasant feathers are light, soft, elastic, moisture-proof and warm. Can be processed into down jacket, mattress, cushion, sleeping bag, quilt cover, etc. Feathers can be processed into exquisite craft decorations. Generally, each pheasant can produce 130-200 grams of feathers. 2. Specimen making pheasant specimens mainly uses pheasant skin, and improves the utilization value of pheasant through processing. 3. Utilization of feces Pheasants are rich in nutrients, which can be used as feed for cattle, sheep, pigs and other domestic animals after fermentation, or as farmyard manure after composting and fermentation.