Table 2. Complete rations for pheasants and other game birds.
Pounds per ton
Ingredients Startera Growera Maint.a Breedera 
Corn, yellow   725.5 1082 1035   970.5
Soybean meal, 44%   935   548     48   312
Alfalfa meal, 17%     60     60     60     60
Wheat std. middlings   100   100   500   420
Oats    —   100   250    —
Meat and bonemeal, 50%     50    50     50     50
Dried whey     60    —    —     60
Limestone     25     25     25     90
Dicalcium phosphate     25     20     17     20
Salt       5       5       5       5
Methionine, Dl       2    —    —    —
Premixb     12.5     10     10     12.5
   TOTAL 2000 2000 2000 2000
Calculated analysis
   Crude protein, %      27.00      20.00      13.00      17.00
   Crude fat, %        2.27         2.97        3.90        3.23 
   Crude fiber, %         5.35        4.87        5.19        4.47 
   Calcium, %        1.23        1.10        1.01        2.35 
   Phosphorus, avail. %          .55          .45          .40           .47
   Metabolizable energy, kcal/lb 1135 1240 1220 1150
aTo be fed: starter, 0 to 6 weeks; grower 7 to 12 weeks; maintenance, 13 weeks to release or one month before breeding; breeder, one month before collecting eggs for hatching.
bSee Table 3 for description of vitamin-trace mineral premixes.