Scientific Information

Class: Aves

Order: Galliformes

Family: Phasianidae

Subfamily: Phasianinae

Genus: Chrysolophus

Species: pictus

Species English name:  Red Golden Pheasant 

a brightly coloured red golden pheasant

Red Golden pheasants(chrysolophus pictus)

The red golden pheasants(chrysolophus pictus) are one

of the finest breed of pheasants which belongs to the family of chrysolophus. The lady amherst pheasants,red golden pheasants and yellow golden pheasants constitutes up the chrysolophus family.Red golden pheasants are popularly known around the world for their metalic and bright colour. 

Description:Description

• Male - Red body, bright yellow crest, yellowish-orange cape with black barring, blue wings, dark green metallic mantel, bright yellow rump, golden-brown tail with brownish-black speckling, pale yellow legs & beak, yellowish-green eyes

• Male colour fades quickly and substantially with sunlight exposure.  Some lines are more tolerant to sun exposure and retain their bright yellow colour for most of the year.

• Female - Tannish-brown body with brown barring , brown cape with darker bars, barred tail, pale yellow legs & beak, brown eyes

a young male red golden

Breeding

• Done in pairs or trios.

• Goldens are first year birds. Males have not obtained their adult plumage, but are fertile.  Females lay many eggs in their first year.

• They start laying eggs around mid April and will lay every day or every second day until they lay approximately 30+ eggs.

• They lay a small sized pale creamish egg.

. One male can fertile 4 females easily.

as the breeding season starts, the males start their courtship displays by expanding their capes, hissing and blocking the females by standing upon their toes

Avicultural Data:

Full adult plumpage:2nd year in first year

Incubation periods:22-24 days

Clutch ratio: 8 to 12 eggs

Breeding season: March to May

Captivity: numerous

Mutations: cinnamon, dark throated, flame golden,

Length:90cm to 105cm

Feeding habits: green vegs,fruits,seeds, typical pheasant's feed, worms

Scientific info:

class:aves

Order: GalliformesFamily: PhasianidaeSubfamily: PhasianinaeGenus: ChrysolophusSpecies: pictusSpecies English name:  Red Golden Pheasant CITES Status: CITIES I - not listed

Distribution: Central China

Chicks

• Chicks are reddish brown with a pale yellow face , throat, and stomach.

• They start out in our round 18" brooder pen with a mixed assortment of chicks. After a few days they are separated into a 2' x 4' baby pen for about a week. They are then transferred to a Golden-Amherst 2' x 6' pen for the next 7-9 weeks. They stay with this grouping until they go outside. All of these brooding pens have wire bottoms with a heat lamp at one end and feed & water at the other end. The heat lamp is attached to a dimmer switch so we can turn down the amount of heat as the chicks get older until it is turned off completely.

• After they are off of the heat for a few weeks, they are moved outside to the pheasant house (has outside grassy pens and a heated inside house part where they are blocked in for the night). After they are toughened up, they are moved to an outside chick pen.  In the late summer/early fall they are separated into Yellow, Red, and Amherst pens.

• Chicks are very easy to raise together with their own kind and other ruffed