The Artificial Propagation of Ring-necked Pheasants

Studies on the Nutrition of Pheasant Chicks

“…(Received for publication October 4, 1948) T HE results of Callenback and Hiller (1933) and of Norris, Elmore, Ringrose, and Bump (1936) on the protein requirements of Ringnecked pheasants showed that the young of this species require a level of protein in the diet of about 28 to 30 percent, which indicates that the nutritional requirements of the pheasant resemble those of the turkey poult (Scott, Heuser, and Norris, 1948) more than they do those of the domestic chick.…”

The Protein Requirement of Ring-necked Pheasant Chicks

“…The studies were limited to the first eight weeks of life, since the nutrition of pheasant chicks during this period of growth was of more immediate interest. Five experiments were conducted, two in the summer of 1932, one in 1933, and two in 1934. At the time these experiments were begun, the only work reported on the protein requirement of Ringnecked pheasant chicks was that of Callenback, Murphy, and Hiller (1932). These investigators concluded that Ringnecked pheasant chicks made better growth on a higher level of protein than the protein level suitable for chicks of the domestic fowl.…”

“…Later Callenback and Hiller (1933) reported that pheasant chicks fed a ration containing 28 percent protein attained significantly better growth at 12 weeks of age than chicks fed a 24 percent ration. In neither one of these studies, however, was care taken to exclude the possibility that the better growth might be due to the in-creased vitamin G content of the rations brought about by the increase in the amount of the protein supplements used.…”