Capture and domestication of wild hazel pheasant

The history of artificial breeding of wild hazel pheasant is less than 10 years, so capture and domestication is an effective way to solve the shortage of provenances.

1. The appropriate capture time is from September to November of each year. Laying eggs in May and hatching in June, the hazel pheasant in this period is in full condition, which is the peak of weight in the whole year. 2. Capture methods set up some self-made capture tools, such as condoms, capture cages, etc., in areas where hazel chickens are often active. If there are conditions, we can make full use of the herding characteristics of the hazel pheasant, continuously imitate the sound of the hazel pheasant, make the hazel pheasant close together and catch with the net.

3. Domestication of wild hazel pheasants the wild hazel pheasants caught in the wild are immediately transported back into soft net cages with vents obscured by cloth or gunny bags. Practice has proved that from capture to domestication, the main cause of death of wild hazel pheasant is caused by continuous intense panic stimulation. Therefore, the first wild hazel pheasant must be raised in small groups (preferably 1 male and 1 female). Wild hazel pheasant is afraid of people, see people have fear or hostility, desperately want to escape, hit the cage, therefore require the first wild hazel pheasant, must be placed in a soft net cage. In order to ensure the survival of the wild hazel pheasant, we must try our best to imitate the wild environment at the initial stage of capture, keep the cage quiet, avoid sudden noise stimulation, do not need to carry out too many checks, and reduce unnecessary interference. Place hazel pheasant's favorite food in the cage to provide clean drinking water. When the hazel chicken is familiar with the environment, or when people are close to the environment, people can lead and feed the hazel chicken's favorite food in hand, and gradually increase the frequency of introduction and feeding, so as to achieve human-bird affinity.

The secret of domesticating wild adult hazel pheasant is to require people to be patient and persevere on the basis of mastering the habits of wild hazel pheasant.

The most effective way to domesticate wild hazel pheasants is to hatch the eggs laid by wild hazel pheasants. Because of the great plasticity of hazel chickens, they come into contact with people from an early age without timidity and fear, so the domestication conditions given to people are the most acceptable and the domestication effect is the best.