Birds Pheasants 
FOOD 
Pheasants are light feeders, and should not be over- 
fed. To guard against the over-feeding, sprinkle 
a little food on the ground and wait for that to be 
eaten; repeat this until the birds lose interest, 
then do not give any more. In this way may be 
estimated how much the birds really need. Wheat, 
buckwheat, Kaffir corn, a few oats and a little barley 
may be fed. During the winter a little hemp seed 
and cracked corn may be given. When in good 
condition in the summer, the birds should be fasted 
every other day; during the breeding and laying 
season the birds should be fed twice a day a mixture 
of alfalfa meal, middlings, meat scrap, a little corn 
meal and a little bran. A very good substitute for 
this is Spratt’s patent game food. Green food 
must be given each day, unless there is plenty of 
grass in the aviary. Cabbage, lettuce, small rape 
and beet roots may be suspended about the pens. 
Lawn mowings may be thrown in, or finely chopped 
onion tops, beet leaves or other succulent green food. 
The dishes in which the food is placed should be 
scalded, and plenty of fresh water must be furnished 
daily. A trough of running water is the most 
desirable arrangement, otherwise the drinking 
trough must be cleaned and replenished each 
day. 
CARE 
The same person should take care of the pheasants 
each day, and should wear the same clothes, for 
the pheasants are timid birds, and it is not desirable 
that they should be frightened. When the hens are 
laying, the eggs should be gathered every day, and 
placed in bran, and should be set as soon as possible. 
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