Are tailings good enough to feed to pheasants?

Most gamekeepers experience, if using tailings, is that it is harder to hold on to their birds. The lower calorific content and poorer palatability seems to be resented by the pheasants. Overall therefore we recommend a good feed grade wheat as the basic ration for adult pheasants during the winter. Also do not be tempted to dump tailings in the wood "to amuse" the pheasants, as this is bound to attract rats and grey squirrels if they are present in your area. The one time when good quality tailings may come in useful is for spring feeding of wild breeding pheasants to improve their productivity.