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I have many young pheasants sent to me for post-mortem 

 examination from different parts of the country, and I find 

 there are more die between the age of two and fourteen 

 days from congested lungs than from any other cause. 

 They appear to be in good health, only failingfora few hours, 

 before death. 



Early hatched pheasants should always be protected by 

 small covered runs, which will be found more fully described 

 in the chapter on coops. The small runs protect them 

 from the wet as well as the cold weather. 



Several good pheasant meals have been advertised during 

 the last few years. Spratts' Patent have brought out an 

 excellent game meal for this purpose, which I can 

 strongly recommend, but very little meal of any 

 kind should be given till the birds are at least seven days- 

 old. Crissel, or granulated meat, mixed with the meals is 

 splendid for young pheasants, but it should never be put in 

 the [jheasant meal by the manufacturer, as these birds are 

 brought up under such different circumstances. So much 

 depends upon whether they are kept thick upon the ground 

 or have a large range. Then again, some ground is so much 

 fuller of grub and insect life than others, therefore it would 

 not do to lay down any hard and fast rule as to the quantity 

 of ' Crissel ' which should be given, or whether any should 

 be given at all, it must be left to the attendant's judgment. 



The ' Crissel ' answers well for grub and insect life. In all 

 cases it should be scalded, that is, have boiling water poured 

 upon it, then the meal mixed with it. Some people put a lot of 

 water on, then squeeze it out, but this is wrong, as it takes 

 a great deal of nutriment from the meat, not only that, but 



