Facts about pheasants
The existence of poultry farms and breeding pheasants has long been considered not a novelty in Europe and other continents. Every year this industry is gaining more and more turnover and is instantly spreading around the world. Since agriculture does not stand still, but is constantly in motion, people are simply interested in uprooting forests, draining swamps, thereby expanding the space of this industry. This naturally has a strong effect on environmental change. If you think that humanity does not do anything about it, then you are mistaken. Due to the fact that in the activity of people the number of some species of birds is reduced, the farms are just interested in offering them new birds that will not be so whimsical, they will easily and without stress carry any changes in the climate and will be easy Adapt to a new habitat.
Among such new products the championship belongs, of course, to pheasants. He pretty easily adapts to any environment, not afraid of people. By the way, initially only the pheasant was known in Ancient Greece. They discovered an unusual bird long before the invasion of Troy, near the Fazis River, from where the name of the bird actually took place.
How did the pheasant get to Europe? There is a legend that the discoverer was Jason, who traveled in search of the golden fleece. Going back, his attention was pinned by the plumage plumage of a bird. He could not resist such beauty and decided to take a miracle pheasant with him. Over time, the birds began to spread fairly quickly in the grounds, which brought them fame and committed the sympathy of people. It really was so, you just have to guess.
Artificially to breed pheasants in Europe became in the beginning of the XVI century. At the end of the century, the development of these birds became quite popular in England. These birds lived not only in the grounds that were intended for hunting, but also in public parks where they were kept for decorative purposes.
In Russia, pheasant breeding spread in the beginning of the XIX century. At that time, large nurseries were established in the country near St. Petersburg, Moscow and Orel province. Then the bird was not so widespread, but despite this the nursery gave 13% of net profit. To date, interest in pheasants has not disappeared, but has intensified. Farmers plant the most popular and popular species of these birds – hunting pheasant and Japanese quail. This pheasant is advantageous in that it can be kept for fascinating hunting, as well as for surrender to meat, because the pheasant is quite valuable and also dietary meat.
In countries abroad, pheasants only use for meat, because it is a game, after all, and the poultry already loses its taste qualities due to the growth of industrial production. Therefore, in countries such as the United States, Great Britain, Canada, France, the markets are over-saturated with broiler and turkey meat, diluted with some dietary and delicious meats.
These wonderful birds you can get not only for breeding and creating a farm, but for them to live in your farm. They quickly reproduce and grow rapidly. By the way, he does not need any special care. These birds are not very fastidious, so the content of a pair of pheasants in your home will be almost invisible to you. Also, the pheasant does not carry any changes in the fauna, which is very beneficial for the environment. And even if you suddenly want to buy pheasants for the park and please other people, this issue should be resolved through administrative structures that must give consent.