192 Pheasant Rcariii(r Under ''Broodies.'" 



These were set in one of a four rompartment sitting l)ox placed 



in a islable with stone or colihlcd floor. Tiiirteen chicks duly hatched, 



one died ir shell and another was cruslicd by broody when emerging from 



shell, The remaining dozen w>.'re put out in a coop and one disappeared 

 the same day. 



One of the chief difficulties I have found in dealing witli 

 ' pheasant chicks, as indeed those of CJuinea Fowl, and all game 

 bii'ds, is the fact that they seem very prone to wander away 

 and get lost during tho first two or three days after hatch- 

 ing, and I a-ln stronglv of opinion that all coops should have 

 a wire run fixed on to them of very small (half-inch) mesh 

 wire for at least three or four days after hatching, otherwise 

 losses are almost bound to ocmr. I fancy that the reason of 

 this wandering is due to the fact that the chicks fail at first 

 to recognise the "clucks" of the broody. The remaining 

 chicks were fully reared to be independent of the broody, 

 ■ which had left them, but I allowed them to remain at large too 

 long, I suppose, for all except one, and two more which I 

 have just caught up, have now vanished. Whether they have 

 wandered off or have fallen a victim to some marauding beast 

 of prey 1 do not know, but I still entertain a " slight " hope 

 that they may turn up later on. And now disaster follows 

 disaster with tiresome monotony. 



Venture No. 3.— (Set in Stable). 

 Broody purchased from farm. Sitting (my own), 16 Goldens, 5 

 Kaliges 



Four Goldens a nd i Kaligc mfertile. 

 ."Vine Goiriens and a Kalisre died in shell. 



3 Sickly Goldens hatched, two of wliich were crushed same day 

 by broody. 



Venture No. 4.- (Set in Srable). 

 1-arm Broody. Sitting (my own I 13 Goldens; 4 Ciuinea Fowl; 4 

 Kalige. 



Broody deserted eggs the morning they were due to hatch ;ind 

 though two eggs actually did hatch out in <.\)\xc of this ; having no incuba- 

 tor or artificial foster-mother to put them into, I was unable to save them. 

 Nearly all the remaining eggs contained fully developed chicks. 



Venture No. 5. - 'Stable ). 

 Broody: White Silky cross. Sitting 13 white Guinea Fowl 'pur- 

 chased). Only one egg proved fertile, which duly hatched out, the chick, 

 however, wandered off on being put out and died of exposure. 

 Venture No. 6.— (Set in Stable). 

 Broody : White Silky. Sitting, dozen Silver Pheasants (purchased 



