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cold and roup. They get a cold and sore throat, and the 

 nostrils get stuffed up, and they open their little mouth, as 

 they have to breathe out of it instead of their nostrils. 

 Many people when they see them doing this put it down to 

 gapes, but it is merely a cold or roup. Pheasants are often 

 sent to me for post-mortem examination, the owners 

 sajing they believe it to be a case of "gapes," when- 

 there has not even been a sign of gapes, it has more often 

 been roup, brought on through the bird taking cold.. 

 This will be dealt with more fully in a later chapter. 



AVhen stock pheasants are confined in small pens their 

 treatment in the way of diet should be as near tMure as 

 possible, not only in the breeding season, but all mrough 

 the winter. What I mean to say is, that when thei birds 

 are kept in confinement they should have sometBing in. 

 the place of insect life during the winter. { 



A little granulated meat or crissel mixed in thair soft 

 food during the winter is a good thing. ' 



It is quite unnatural to feed them upon all grain and 

 nothing else, as when they have their liberty their 

 principal food is soft insect life, and as a rule, when they 

 are fed on all grain it shortens their lives. It is not 

 necessary to give pheasants warm soft food in the 

 morning, the same as we give fowls during the cold 

 weather, but if they have it given them warm after March 

 comes in, it often brings them on to lay a little earlier 

 than they otherwise would do. 



There is nothing like changing the grain for pheasants 

 as much as possible when they are kept in confinement. 

 French buckwheat, barley, wheat and occasionally a few 



