Update on keeping and breeding Bloadpheasants in Belgium
Young bloadpheasants can be raised together with grouse and tragopan chicks as can be seen from the photographs in the Grouse and Bloadpheasant fotopages.
One of the main mistakes aviculturists in the West have done in the past with the Bloadpheasants, was to consider and maintain them as "pheasants".
We do keep and breed from them in similar ways as grouse. However, their husbandry methods are entirely different from grouse and hence the necessary adaptations have to be made in terms of avairy design and maintenance.
Sexual dimorfism can already be seen at the age of 3/4 weeks. Juvenile bloadpheasants must be kept under close control as they may easily figth with one and an other. They are mature at the age of 12 months and can reproduce in their first year.
