FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT 

 OF YOUNG PHEASANTS. 



Youns Pheasants : the cai-e of them after hatching -The care of hens 

 when sitting— The feeding of young pheasants— Suns, etc.. for 

 i'oung pheasants— How to place young pheasants in the best 

 positions to lit them for sport. 



"^ ?^ 7"HEX young pheasants are first hatched, they are 



" " very small. This is easily accounted for, 



because the eggs are so small in proportion to the size of 



the birds. The young pheasants have not much stamina in 



them the first few days of their existence, therefore they 



\rant dealing with very carefully. 



A novice often makes great mistakes in hatching 



pheasants. 



To begin with, they take them and set them in the open 



with the hen in a coop before they are one day old, the 



result is they find several missing and wonder where they 



have got to. When first hatched it is their nature to be shy 



and timid. When a hen is cooped up, if they once get out 



