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there is also a quantity of salt which gets drawn from the 

 meat. The salt is very good for young pheasants and 

 chickens, and acts as a medicine, but care must 

 be taken not to give them too much, if so, it makes them 

 thirsty, which brings on diarrhoea. Whenever this occurs 

 give dry rice, that is the best thing they can have. 



Young pheasants should not have any water the first two 

 days, then it should be given quite fresh and not stagnant 

 from a pool. 



The water should always be tipped over at night, not left 

 till the morning, so that they can run to it directly they 

 come from the hen, if so, it will do them a great deal of 

 injury, as the water is very cold right up to the middle of 

 June, and is almost sure to upset the young pheasants when, 

 they are allowed to have it very early. They ought always 

 to be fed well before they are allowed to drink. Dari, 

 which is a splendid grain for young pheasants, can be 

 given them after they are two days old. 



When rearing these birds care must be taken not to have 

 some three weeks and some three days old in coops near 

 each other, if so, they are almost sure to go to .the wrong 

 coop. When they do that it usually means death, as the 

 hens will peck either smaller or larger young ones than their 

 own, therefore it is advisable, where it can be managed, to 

 have them all as near one age as possible. 



Strict observation has taught me there are hundreds of 

 young pheasants lost every year simply through the coops 

 standing within a few yards of each other. 



It is well to have a match-board about i8 in. wide and 

 2 ft. long, planed, nailed on to two small pieces of 



