Oven-ready Pheasant

Pheasant has been a game staple since medieval times.  Introduced to the British Isles from Asia sometime around the C10th, it became popular as a game bird once again in the 1830s.  Since then, its popularity has increased today until an estimated 30 million birds are released on shooting estates each year.  Come the autumn pheasant is plentiful and makes for an inexpensive alternative to chicken or turkey in the winter months.

Our birds come from estates in the north west of England where they are an intrinsic part of the economy.  Without this money coming into the estates, large tracts of land would not be managed in the same manner.  Investment in sustainable and ecological methods to maintain the landscape is costly and the income from the annual pheasant shoots is very important.

From a Paleo and Primal point of view, pheasant is more semi-domesticated than any of the products we sell and their natural diet is often supplemented by grain feeders. However, we feel that our pheasant is a good alternative to chicken (usually predominantly grain fed) so feel that pheasant is a good primal eating option. The pheasant we source live wild, foraging in woodland and on pasture, scratching out their natural diet of nuts, seeds, invertebrates and occasional vertebrates – with the possible visits to grain feeders.

And as it sits on your plate, tantalising your taste buds, you can consider how the pheasant is doing good for the environment as well as your own nutritional well-being.  It is high in B vitamins and niacin as well as vitamin K which is great for building strong bones.  All the benefits of a tasty Paleo meal!

You need to know…

Wild Game has many benefits but we feel it’s important to let you know that our game, like most, is shot with lead.

About Primal Meats

We aim to offer you nutrient dense meat from Farms who rear their animals to very high standards of welfare and manage their land in harmony with nature.
Our meats are perfect for those following diets based on ancestral wisdom as they are as close as possible to meats from the wild.

The beef, lamb, mutton and hogget are 100% grass fed and carry the “Pasture for life” logo, providing reassurance of nutrient quality and traceability amongst a world of misleading “grass fed meat” products. We offer certified organic or free-range chicken and our pork is free range, pasture reared (not just outdoor bred) and sourced from the highest quality farms we can find. Our wild game comes from estates across Scotland, the North of England and the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire.

View our full Wild Game department here.