Pheasants Birds 
They will not hatch after more than two weeks old, 
and they must be turned daily. The eggs should 
be hatched by hens, preferably Bantams. The 
young chicks must be kept with their mother in a 
special pen, which must be kept very clean and dry. 
They should be fed first on hard boiled egg, grated 
fine and mixed with browned bread crumbs, cracked 
wheat, finely cut onion tops or lettuce. Canary, 
millet or hemp seed may be added for variety. 
After two or three weeks the following is a good 
ration: 
1 quart of milk 
x “of bone flour 
2 ‘* of corn meal. 
2 “ of wheat middlings 
1 pint of beef scrap ground fine 
After three weeks the coarser ground food may 
be given until the fifth week, when the grains given 
the adults may be fed. The chicks should not be 
fed for twenty-four hours after hatching, and then 
should be fed every two hours for the first and 
second weeks, every three hours for the third week, 
and every four hours until about the tenth week. 
The Ring-neck and English species require 24 
days, the Golden-pheasant only twenty-two or 
three days, and the Silver species twenty-seven or 
eight days, for incubating. 
REFERENCES 
Tue Pouttry Book, H. Weir. 
Outpoor Work, M. R. Miller. 
PHEASANT RAISING IN THE UNITED States, H. Oldys. Farm- 
er’s Bulletin No. 390, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
Pueasant Cutture, J. S. Niven (Spratt’s Co.) 
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