36 Practical Game Preserving. 



As to how the food should be given, opinions differ ; some 

 throw it down in the run of the coops, others place it in 

 saucers, or similar vessels. The best way is to have some 

 shallow food tins made of thin galvanized iron, to measure 

 i2in. long, 4in. wide, and lin. deep. These keep the food 

 clean and sweet, and in order to protect it from the sun or 

 rain, a piece of board should be laid across the run above the 

 food tin. Absolute cleanliness with regard to the food is 

 necessary, and every tin should have been washed before 

 anything is put in it. In addition to this, every pen or 

 alternate pen should be provided with a similar tin to 

 contain a dusting bath, filled with fine gravel or clean road 

 grit, and containing in one corner a small piece of rock salt. 



Regarding the necessity of water for young pheasants, a 

 large amount of disputation has been and is always going on. 

 Some say it is indispensable, others that it is deleterious and 

 causes gapes. As a matter of fact, we consider young 

 pheasants thrive much better when they receive water, but 

 it must be the cleanest spring water, and not allowed to 

 stand in the runs. The only way to give it satisfactorily is 

 to carry a can of it at feeding times, and give each brood 

 a drink in a saucer when the food is put in, taking care to 

 remove it before leaving. If spring water cannot be got, 

 then we would give no dead water unless previously filtered. 



The place for a ground whereon to keep the coops for the 

 first week is generally difficult to determine. It should be 

 borne in mind that for the first week the chicks require 

 constant and assiduous attention, therefore they should not 

 be far from the keeper's house. Further, the site must be 

 dry and healthy, well open to the sun, and sheltered from 



