REARING AND BREEDING PHEASANTS. 25$ 



away as soon as they are thoroughly dry, other- 

 wise they may get trampled upon, or the hen 

 may wish to go off with them before all are 

 out; she may leave the weaker ones, or not 

 finish hatching, and desert the rest. 



If any of the hatches should be small, or 

 weak, distribute the chicks amongst the other 

 hens at night, and set her again. 



Never set any eggs that are chipped, cracked,, 

 small, or misshapen they are worthless, and 

 will produce no chicks. 



Your coops should be placed in a dry, warm 

 situation, and well sheltered from the north 

 and west. 



In clover lays or mowing grass a swarth 

 should be cut for each row of coops to stand in ;. 

 it is also a path for the feeder to walk down, 

 and he can see his birds, but the coops should 

 never be placed where the clover or grass is too 

 thick, or with too heavy a bottom. The coops 

 must not be placed too close together, for if the 

 young birds stray into a wrong one, the strange 

 hen will frequently kill them. I like to see the- 

 coops twenty or thirty paces apart. 



On no account allow any of your wild bird a 



