Pheasant Breeding & MarketingEditors' note: You will find the, ringneck pheasant, Golde
n Pheasants, and other popular pheasant and game birds available for sale from many reputable and reliable breeders in every exciting issue of the Game Bird Gazette -- the magazine for pheasant breeding and marketing pheasant Hatching eggs and chicks of pheasants, including the ringneck pheasant, and other pheasants and game birds are available in every issue of the magazine. Among these pheasants are the normal Golden Pheasant in the picture at right , the Yellow Golden pheasant mutation found on the next page. And, of course, thousands of ringneck pheasant eggs and chicks are always for sale in the magazine.
Also in every issue of the magazine are detailed "how to" articles and super pictures on the breeding and marketing of the ringne
ck pheasant, as well as the different exotic species of pheasant. There is also information on pheasant conservation and on releasing and stocking pheasants for hunting which is hugely popular in many countries around the world.
In the magazine appeared a fascinating interview with wildlife biologist, John Carroll (includes picture on page 2 of John with pheasant cock taken by Peter Frey, University of Georgia Communications). Other photos on these web pages are by the Gazette magazi
ne editor.
Many people may be surprised to learn that the Golden pheasant, which is one of the best known and easiest pheasants to keep and breed in a backyard aviary, is still not well understood in its natural homeland of China. This is because in nature the pheasant lives on mountainous slopes, ledges, and rocky hills, often impenetrably covered with dense scrub bamboo, bushes, and woods.
In the minds o
f many who breed
pheasants, the Golden is unsurpassed in brilliance,
beauty, and desirability as a pheasant for the game farm. This pheasant was first brought to Europe at least by the 18th Century, and George
Washington was the first American known to have kept and raised
Golden Pheasants, which he did at Mt. Vernon.
The Chinese have recognized golden pheasants for centuries in art, literature and mythology. Others have claimed that the pheasant is the Phoenix of Greek mythology ("History," Liv. 10 Caput 2. p. 5), which is a bird fabled to have lived for 500 years. The pheasants had a cyclical life, and at the end of each half millennium they supposedly burned themselves to ashes and then arose in renewed beauty and immortality. Whatever its actual role has been, few people would question that this pheasant is among the most intriguing creatures ever to enliven and beautify the earth.