Lady Amherst, Red Golden, Yellow Golden, and Salmon , Dark Throated Pheasants are what we have in our exotic pheasants.  Each of these birds are unique in their own way.  All these birds are differently colored to match their own names. The males are the most extravagantly colored out of all pheasants. It takes the males 2 full years to get the full colored plumage  The females are the plain Jane's. The modest demands of the Lady Amherst makes it an ideal species for the beginner to pheasant keeping. They are docile and can be kept with other bird species such as doves, small hook bills and finches
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Lady Amherst Pheasant Male:
Head & Neck - Crown: Short metallic green; Crest: Crimson, narrow, stiff elongated feathers; Face & Throat: Black with metallic green spots; Bare Facial Skin & Lappet: Bluish or bluish green; Ruff: White, rounded feathers with a blue or black border; Beak: Bluish gray Iris: Yellow. Body - Mantle: Metallic bluish green, rounded feathers with a black border edged with scintillate (sparkling) green; Upper & Middle Back: Black with a green bar and a wide buff yellow fringe; square, broad feathers; Rump: Black with a green bar and a vermilion fringe (like an irregular patch), square, broad feathers; Breast: Metallic bluish green, rounded feathers with a black border edged with scintillant green which is wider and brighter than mantle Lower Breast: White; Flanks: White, sometimes with a slight tinge of pale yellow over the white on the lower sides; Abdomen: White; Vent: White, barred with black and brownish gray. Wings - Scapulars: Metallic bluish green, with black border edged with scintillate green; rounded feathers; Wing Coverts: Dark metallic blue with black borders; Primaries: Blackish brown sparsely barred with buff. Tail - Central Rectrices: White, with curved unbroken crescent shaped blackish blue bars and wavy black lines on the interspaces; Other Rectrices: Similar on the narrow inner web, silver-gray passing to brown outside with curved black bars on the outer web; Upper Tail Coverts: Mottled black and white with long orange vermilion tips; Under Tail Coverts: Black and dark green more or less barred with white; Length: 33 7/8 to 45 inches. Legs & Feet - Thighs: Mottle white, black and brown; Tarsus & Feet: Bluish gray. Size - 50 to 66 1/2 inches.

Lady Amherst Female:
Head & Neck - Crown: Reddish chestnut with black barring; Sides of Head & Neck: Blackish brown, spotted with cinnamon buff strongly washed with reddish chestnut with dark blackish barring with a green sheen; Face: Buff, strongly tinged with reddish chestnut; Upper Throat: Pale buff, sometimes white; Lower Throat: Buff, strongly tinged with reddish chestnut; Lores, Cheeks, & Ear Coverts: Silvery gray spotted with black; Orbital Skin: Light slate blue; Beak: Bluish gray; Iris: Brown, sometimes pale yellow or gray in older hens. Body - Mantle: Rufous (rust) buff, strongly washed with reddish chestnut, with dark barring having a greenish sheen; Back: Chestnut, strongly vermiculated with black; Flanks: Buff with dark blackish barring; Breast: Buff with darkish brown barring with a green sheen; Abdomen: Pale buff, sometimes white. Wings - Wing Coverts, Tertiaries & Secondaries: Rufous buff, washed with reddish chestnut, black barring with a green sheen, bars courser that those on the mantle. Tail - Rufous brown, rounded feathers at the tip, strongly marked with broad irregular bars of black, buff and pale gray vermiculated with black; Length: 12 1/8 to 26 3/4 inches. Legs & Feet - Thighs: Buff, mottled black and brown; Legs & Feet: Bluish gray. Size - 26 to 26 3/4 inches.

Red Golden Pheasant Male:  The wild form of the Golden is often called the Red Golden in captivity, and the males are one of the most brilliantly colored of all birds. The adult males should have a full, silky golden yellow crest with perhaps a slight tinge of red at the tip. The face, throat, chin and the sides of the neck are rusty tan; the wattles and orbital skin are yellow. The ruff or cape is a pale fulvous to a light orange, with each feather with a bluish black border. The upper back is green and the rest of the back and rump is a golden yellow. The breast is scarlet; the flanks and under parts are scarlet changing into a light chestnut. The tertiaries of the wing are blue and the scapulars are dark red. The central tail feathers are black, spotted with cinnamon and the tip of the tail cinnamon buff. The upper tail coverts are the same color as the central tail feathers. Immature males resemble hens, but will have a spotted tail and varied patches of red throughout the plumage.  Both sexes have yellow legs and bill.

Red Golden Female:
The hen, as in most pheasants, has a much duller coloration than the male. At first site, she is an overall rufous brown with dark barring and a buff face and throat. The breast and sides are a barred buff and blackish brown. Her abdomen is a plain buff which varies from hen to hen. Both sexes have yellow legs and bill.

Yellow Golden Male:  Has a beautiful yellow underbelly.  A golden cape that is striped with black.  On its head it is a brilliant yellow.  Below its cape it has blue that have a bit of black on the edges.  Following that it has yellow feathers while underneath those are more blue feathers.  His tail feathers are white with black on them. The Yellow Golden, also known as the Ghigi's Golden, is a popular color mutation of the Golden Pheasant occurring in captivity.   In my opinion, this is the most striking of the mutations. The obvious difference between the Yellow Golden and the Red golden is the color, with yellow replacing the red. The male has retained the dark green mantle from the original form. The blue of the wings has been replaced with brown while the crest and ruff are the same as the normal golden. The tail is pale brown spotted with light yellow.

Yellow Golden Female:
The hen is pale yellow all over with gray barring.

Salmon Pheasant Male:

Has a set of  yellowish feathers on his head. His cape is oranges golden with black stripes.  The under belly is a reddish golden.  Underneath his cape and down along the back is a dark set of feathers followed by some more golden yellow feathers.  His tail is almost completely black with a few white tips/stripes on them .  He is a mix between a yellow golden and a dark golden.

Salmon Pheasant Female:  Looks like a yellow golden hen but the ring around the eye is a slightly different color.

Dark Throated Male: Crest, similar to the regular golden, but darker.
Lores, Face, Chin, and Throat: smoky black, with no trace of metallic green which would indicate Amherst blood. Some throat feathers have faint light shafts.
Ear Coverts: silvery.  Bill: Dark Yellow. Back and Rump: same as a regular golden except darker.  Upper Breast: smoky black, with no trace of metallic green
which would indicate Amherst blood.  In the zone between the black and dark scarlet there are glints of impure yellow.  Lower Breast: Dark scarlet.
Coverts, same as regular golden, but darker.  Primaries and Secondaries : same as regular golden, but the outer pale buff and chestnut markings are lacking or
reduced to an indistinct mottling.  Central Rectrices:  Black, barred with dark cinnamon.  Other Rectrices:  same as golden, but darker
Primaries and Secondaries, same as regular golden, but the outer pale buff and chestnut markings are lacking or reduced to an indistinct mottling.
Upper Tail Coverts: dark red to scarlet
Legs: dark yellow.
Feet: dark yellow, sometimes blackish
Length: 39 - 43 inches.

Dark Throated Female:
Lores, Face, and Ear Coverts, black.
Chin, and Throat, almost black, slightly tipped with brownish.
Ruff, slightly elongated with a gray powdering.
Bill, dark yellow
.Entire Body, is generally much darker than the normal Golden with the ground color dark rufous brown, with black bars and mottling'ss.
Abdomen, is as deep in color and as barred as the rest of plumage.
 Tail markings are like those of the normal Golden, the lateral feathers being predominately a very rich dark rufous brown
Legs, dark yellow.
Feet, dark yellow, sometimes blackish
Length: 25-26 inches

Hatching eggs are collected several times each day. Each egg is hand inspected for shape, size, color, and cracks. We ship eggs wrapped and protected from impact often experienced during shipment. Eggs are sold per dozen.
Please note:  Because of conditions beyond our control during shipment we are unable to guarantee the hatchability of any eggs. All of our eggs will ship fresh and
in good condition.
 
 

These pairs and trio's are proven breeders. One male with 2 female birds. Hens will be proven to have a high egg lay rate of fertile eggs. Please note however that after shipping pheasants it may take up to 4 weeks before the hens start laying again. Pheasants are carefully packed in adult approved shipping boxes with pieces of fruit to help ensure live arrival at their destination. Please contact us with your zip code for an estimate on shipping and box fee.

These trio's are proven breeders. One male with 2 female birds. Hens will be proven to have a high egg lay rate of fertile eggs. Please note however that after shipping pheasants it may take up to 4 weeks before the hens start laying again. Pheasants are carefully packed in adult approved shipping boxes with pieces of fruit to help ensure live arrival at their destination. Please contact us with your zip code for an estimate on shipping and box fee.
 

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