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When is the best time to catch bamboo chickens and birds?

Bamboo chickens and birds are best caught in165438+1October.

Bamboo chickens enter the breeding season in March every year, and at this time they change from social activities to scattered activities. Male bamboo chicken has a unique land occupation behavior, and other males of the same kind are not allowed to invade its territory, so fights often occur. Laying eggs in April-May, nesting in dense bushes, grasses and bamboo forests, feeding on leaves, hay, etc. Each nest lays 7- 12 eggs, weighing 15g. The eggs are dark milky white or light brown with brown spots and light gray spots. Female hatching lasts for 65,438+06-65,438+08 days, and the longest can reach 20 days. Young birds are early adults, and after hatching, they can run with the adults for food.