24 w. cook's turkey, goose, and pheasant book. 



of the sound of her call, they get lost and have no idea of 

 theway back. In some cases they will go in search of flies 

 and insects before they are three days old and often get 

 lost. It is not so much their being frightened away as losing 

 their way, and when they are unable to find the way back 

 they get very frightened. 



When there are several hens sitting on pheasant eggs at 

 the same time, one or two may be quieter than the others, 

 especially if they are very docile. Here a little discretion 

 is needed. The quietest hen should be taken off the nest 

 first, and the pheasants which are hatched out first should 

 be given to her ; then the next quietest, and so on ; then 

 the wildest hen will be left till last, and in the meantime 

 those first hatched will be getting strong and should be 

 given to the hen which came off last. 



Some hens when they are put in a coop are restless and 

 walk about, but a good mother will settle down quietly and 

 the young pheasants will take protection under her wings. 

 Such hens should always be used as nurses, then when the 

 young birds get strong they can be given to a more restless 

 hen and other young ones can be put under the quiet hen 

 for a time while they require more care. If more attention 

 were bestowed upon the young pheasants when first hatched 

 a great deal of trouble would be saved, as the little things 

 often get trampled upon when they are very young. As 

 soon as the pheasants are hatched out they should have a 

 little frame made of small quartering and then boards put 

 before the coop from 3ft. to 4ft. long, the same width as the 

 coop, to fit close up, half-inch mesh wire should be put over 

 the top, boards from 12 to 18 inches high will do. These 



