w. cook's turkey, goose, and pheasant book. 9 



and it is possible to get some fine birds. Some breeders 

 will have nothing else. I mention mating the old hens 

 with the young cocks, and the old cocks with the young 

 liens, especially when they are kept in close confinement, 

 because in that way the germs are stronger, and as young 

 pheasants are always rather delicate it is best to breed the 

 way they come strongest. 



