88 LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS 



LETTEE VI 



PHEASANT BEARING (PAET V) 



TREATMENT OF THE PHEASANT EGGS WHEN SET UNDER 

 THE FARM HENS HATCHING OUT PREPARATION OF 

 THE REARING FIELD, AND TRANSFER OF THE HENS 

 AND CHICKS TO IT 



As it is important that a keeper should have a good 

 many eggs hatched out together, we must arrange 

 this. 



I do not imply that all his eggs need hatch at 

 once, but that they should hatch in batches, and not 

 nest after nest. 



It is easier and safer to look after 300 young 

 chicks of one size than it is to superintend 100 of 

 varied ages that require separate food and individual 

 attention, according to the different dates on which 

 they were hatched. 



Every nesting box or coop used for hatching 

 should have a pencilled card tacked to its outside, 

 noting the day on which the eggs it contains were 

 set ; then, if an egg or two is broken in a nest, or 

 bad ones have to be removed, these can be replaced 



