1 6 Practical Game Preserving. 



then have a number of farmyard hens of the approved type 

 ready to sit, and as sittings of thirteen to fifteen are made 

 up, the hens can be set, and, as soon as the young birds 

 are sufficiently matured to turn down this can be done. 

 They are best placed for a fortnight or so in. the inclosure 

 in the covert before having entire range of the place. 

 The several hatchings of the penned hen pheasants are left 

 to the tender mercies of the mother to be reared, and are 

 also given full liberty as soon as their size and strength 

 warrant it. Of course, they will require feeding ; but of the 

 nature of this we shall treat later on in the chapter on Hand- 

 rearing Birds. 



