American colorful pheasants hatched successfully in the 81 regiment farm.

On the afternoon of May 29th, at the Liangfan Station of the 81 Division of the Fifth Agricultural Division of the production and Construction Corps, the author saw the successful hatching of colorful pheasants imported from the United States in the farm of Wu Yuping, a female gardener.

The author saw in the farm that these more than 1000 colorful American pheasants were brightly colored and alive, and still retained a bit of wildness. Wu Yuping said: "at present, pheasant farming is a blank in Bole area. After many inspections and contacts last year, I finally got it back.

According to the China Economic Network reporter, the colorful pheasants in the United States are also known as ring-necked pheasants, pheasants, dragons and Phoenix birds. Introduced from Nevada in the United States, it has beautiful feathers and a large body. after three and a half months of raising, the weight can reach 3.5 jin for rooster and 2.5 jin for hen. The meat of American pheasant is thicker and the content of protein is higher than that of ordinary broilers, but the content of cholesterol is lower than that of ordinary broilers. Contains a variety of amino acids, trace elements and vitamins needed by the human body, high protein and low fat. Colorful pheasant also has high temperature resistance, cold resistance and other characteristics, especially suitable for this kind of climate breeding, is a small investment, effective breeding industry.

"first of all, this pheasant is better than a domestic chicken in terms of meat and taste, and it is very rich in nutrition. At present, I am still in the stage of groping for breeding technology, and the amount of breeding is not large. After the breeding technology is mature, the scale will be expanded. Through our market research, the market price of colorful pheasants in the United States is about 150 yuan each, and the market prospect is still quite considerable. " Wu Yuping told the reporter

It is reported that the number of colorful pheasants introduced into the United States by this farm in July last year has grown to more than 1000, with an average daily laying of more than 30 eggs. The retail market price of each hatched wild pheasant is 10 yuan, and the wholesale price is 7 or 8 yuan. At present, more than 1000 pheasant seedlings have been ordered and sold at home.