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



grass, therefore this should be guarded against. 



This can only be done by small covered runs being 

 attached to the coop in wet weather, which comes rather 

 expensive. In wet weather the grass should be cut very 

 close, just round where the coop stands. Some of my 

 readers may say it would cost too much to provide these 

 covered runs, but we will suppose a person has five 

 hundred young pheasants and no shelter, except just the 

 ordinary coop, if it happens to come a wet week, at least 

 one hundred and fifty, as a rule, die in less than 

 seven days out of the five hundred. In all probability 

 the eggs, hens, labour, &c., would cost from ;^i2 to JQl^ 

 to produce one hundred and fifty pheasants, which amount 

 would be lost, whereas, if small covered runs were attached 

 to the coops, the probability is that the birds would be 

 saved. The cost of one coop and run attached would 

 be from 12/6 to 15/6, lasting at least from ten to fifteen 

 years if taken care of and put away when not required. 

 Make them according to drawing. Coops should always 



be made the same width, so that they fit, and half inch 

 mesh wire should be used in front, so that the pheasan ts 



