National Poultry Day is March 19.  What about gamebirds?

Fine poultry can be pure poetry - especially when it comes to gamebirds. 

According to the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center, game birds are those birds that have traditionally been wild or hunted, but have been raised commercially for release in hunting reserves, for meat or for egg production. Commonly raised game birds include pheasants, partridges, guinea fowl, quail or squab (a young pigeon), wild turkeys, swans, pigeons and doves, peacocks, and some ducks, such as Mallards or wood ducks. Game birds are also raised for exhibit or for hobby purposes.

The production of game birds requires specialized housing, netting, or fencing systems; specific knowledge in the diseases common to game birds and an identified market. The key markets for meat game birds are whole birds, cut-up birds (in some instances), and specialized gourmet-type of products such as sausages. Eggs are sold in gourmet stores or direct to consumers as fresh or pickled. Game birds raised for flight are raised to be hunted or for wildlife re-stocking.

The game bird industry in the United States raises millions of birds for sale to restaurants and direct marketed to consumers.  It is estimated that the number of birds in the United States is around 10 million pheasants, 37 million quail, four million Chukar partridges, one million Mallard ducks, 200,000 wild turkeys and several other bird species.  

Winn Meat Company is proud to provide customers with the finest selection of game birds available.