HOME ENGLISH WHO WE ARE FEED RESALE SERVICES LINKS ADVERTISING CONTACTS RESERVED AREA GAME Home / Animal feed / Breeding / Game The birds bred in Italy for hunting are all galliformes and belong to the grouse (francolin) and phasianidae (pheasant, partridge, partridge, quail) families. These wild animals are raised in farms located 90% in the north of our country. As for the breeding of meat game, also in Italy about 20 million quail are slaughtered annually and, only seasonally (on the occasion of the Christmas holidays), 20,000 pheasants. BREEDING GUIDELINES The pheasant, which is the most cultivated species, is mainly raised in a closed cycle. In fact, the reproducers necessary to satisfy the needs of eggs and therefore of animals are often present on the farm. The breeding of all game for hunting is seasonal. The pheasant are born from April to July, and the pheasant becomes an adult at the age of 5 months. Its breeding takes place in three phases: - Weaning of pheasants (from 1 to 30 days approximately), which always takes place in the shed; - Environment of the pheasant (from 30 to 60), period in which the animals can access the acclimatization aviaries outside the shed; - Aviary breeding (over 60 days), a phase in which the animals live almost exclusively outdoors in aviaries with a lot of vegetation. For the other species (gray partridge and red partridge) the rearing system is very similar for the first two phases, while the period in the aviary is shorter, being the earliest animal. The pheasant is used for hunting for the following purposes: Restocking in July with former breeding pheasants and pheasants aged 70-100 days; Ready to hunt from September to January with pheasants of 130-170 days of age; Restocking at the end of the hunting season in February. Are you a breeder ? Click here for more information. Back A.I.A. Agricola Italiana Alimentare S.p.A. - Unipersonale - Piazzale Apollinare Veronesi, 1 - 37036 S. Martino Buon Albergo (VR) Italia Reg.Imp.n° VR e C.F. e P. IVA 00233470236 - R.E.A. VR n. 110039 - Capitale Sociale € 5.000.000 i.v. Sede Amministrativa e Commerciale: Via Valpantena, 18/G - 37142 Verona (VR) Italia - Tel. +39 045 8097511 - Fax +39 045 551589 - credits - privacy - cookie - mappa del sito