A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



main with the little ones just as long as she does 

 not peck or fight them. A gentle biddy we 

 keep in the brood coop until the babies are 

 about six weeks old, when the whole family is 

 removed to the large enclosure intended for 

 the permanent home; and it is seldom that 

 the hen is removed until late in the fall. 



There is a general idea that pheasants are 

 delicate and hard to rear, originating, doubt- 

 less, from the fact that all game birds possess 

 the dainty pride which necessitates hygienic 

 surroundings for the breeding quarters. Sub- 

 jected to the slovenly inattention accorded 

 to the hen on ordinary farms, the pheas- 

 ant pines and dies. Constitutionally they 

 are hardy, healthy birds, exempt from most of 

 the diseases common to poultry. Dry, sandy 

 soil, sloping slightly to the south to insure 

 natural drainage, and well shaded by vines 

 or low-growing brush, is the most desirable 

 site for their captivity. Failing such natural 

 conditions, select the most favorable situa- 

 tion, comparatively near the house. Have 



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