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Lady Amherst's Pheasant - Thrigby 2008

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Lady Amherst's Pheasant -- Thrigby 2008

That's a very good Amherst; no sign of Golden Pheasant blood
 
Are you sure about the species? Looks like a Blood Pheasant. I could be wrong, but this is what I remember a Blood Pheasant looking like.
 
Are you sure about the species? Looks like a Blood Pheasant. I could be wrong, but this is what I remember a Blood Pheasant looking like.
it is definitely a Lady Amherst's. Blood pheasants look nothing like this. (Try googling some photos and you'll see the difference).
 
Lady Amherst's

OK, I've been keeping the species for over 40 years, but I could be wrong. Actually it might be a Giraffe.
 
giraffes have ossicones on their heads. It's the easiest way to tell them apart from Lady Amherst's pheasants.
 
Lady Amherst's Pheasant

Unfortunately many Giraffe bloodlines have been spoiled by crossing with Golden Pheasants.
To effect this mating, the Golden Pheasant cock needs to wear high heels.
 
I believe (if I recall my source material correctly) the problem originally stemmed from breeders confusing Lady Amherst with Lady Rothschild
 

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