PHEASANT RUNS. 



The peculiarities of Pheasants and their preference fop the open- 

 Pheasant puns, how to make and appange— Dust foP Pheasants 

 and weathep boards for pens. 



I IHEASANTS are quite different in one respect from 

 fowls, as they usually prefer sitting out in the open 

 air. Indeed, if a nice house or shed is provided for them 

 they will seldom go into it. If it happens to be raining and 

 there is an open shed handy, they will occasionally use it 

 during the daytime. When pheasants arrive at the age of 

 two months they are like turkeys, very hardy. 



There is really no stated size for a pheasant run. 

 Many people have them made square, and in the 

 midland counties there are what they call pheasant 

 hurdles, which are made with battens about two inches 

 wide and half-inch thick, sawn out of half-inch boards. They 

 should be about six or seven feet high. The bottom of the 

 hurdles and battens are nailed close to each other, that is 



