CHAPTER VI. 



MOVING THE COOPS AND FUKTHER TREATMENT OF THE 

 YOUNG BIEDS. 



Let every eye negociate for itself, 

 And trust no agent. 



Much Ado about Nothing, Act ii., scene i. 



AVING now dealt pretty exhaustively with 

 the field for the young pheasants, and 

 described how it should best be chosen 

 and prepared for their reception, I may 

 proceed to touch upon the best methods of conveying 

 our little subjects thither, and providing for them on 

 their first arrival. The old hens must first be attended 

 to, and each placed in the coop she is to occupy in 

 the field before the arrival of her charges. Feed the 

 hens well, and let them empty themselves before 

 transportation from the hatching place to the meadow. 

 A sack is the best and easiest method of porterage 

 for the anxious mothers. A lot can be carried 

 together upon a man's back; the continuity keeps 

 them warm, they have no chance of hurting them- 

 selves or each other, and there can be no fighting, as 

 is possible in a crate. 



The hens being each duly located into her coop, 



