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for a portion being shedded. This applies only to localities where 
there is considerable rainfall. In drier sections of the country, 
this shed might be supplanted by a small evergreen tree or two in 
the pen. 
The larger the pens in which your pheasants are kept the better. 
They are polygamous, and four hens and a cock may be kept in a 
pen sixteen feet square. This is a very convenient size, but in any 
event the birds should each have at least fifty square feet of ground. 
It is of advantage to have the pens so arranged that the pheasants 
may be changed from one pen to the other occasionally. This per- 
mits the ground to freshen and it is a good plan to spade up the 
ground frequently. A very satisfactory permanent pen for a trio 
(two hens and a cock) would be sixteen feet by thirty-two feet, 
divided lengthwise with a partition and shedded for eight feet along 
one end, the shedded end being arranged to ward off as much of the 
storm as possible. Conyenient entrances may be arranged and pro- 
vision should be made that the birds may pass from one pen to an- 
other at the keeper’s pleasure. For the beginner with a few birds, 
[ should recommend this pen, and the changing from one division to 
the other every month or so. 
Where it is desirable to raise full-winged birds under covered 
pens, twine netting, similar to fish netting, possesses advantages 
7 over wire netting for overhead covering. Aside from 
ses sete being much cheaper, the twine netting requires fewer 
Birds posts and braces and can be put up in much less 
time and taken down and stored away when not in 
use. Wire covered pens, especially if the wire be of one inch mesh, 
in a locality subject to snow storms, is always a source of annoy- 
ance and frequently much damage may 
be done. Its advantage is its durability. 
But perhaps the greatest advantage in 
using twine netting will be found in 
the fact that birds cannot injure them- 
selves by flying against the netting, as 
is frequently the case with wire covered 
pens. 
If you cover your pens with wire 
netting, stretch it loosely. It may not 
look so well, but it will save the birds. 
It is much easier to raise pinioned 
Reeves Pheasant Chick birds for market purposes than to raise 
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