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



wet weather, unless she gCcS frightened or upset in any 

 way. In that case the old birds just give a call, and the 

 little things are underneath the grass hidden away 

 directly. 



A cock partridge will attend to the young just the 

 same as an old hen, not only that, but in wet weather 

 he will take the food to them, -and the old hen will take 

 great care they do not go far in the wet grass. Pheasants 

 are quite different to this. 



When pheasants are enclosed for the purpose of 

 breeding from them, care should always be taken to mate 

 them together as much unrelated as possible. The young 

 birds always grow out so much stronger and there are 

 less deaths among them, which is more satisfactory both 

 to the owner and the seller. 



Though 1 rear pheasants I always take care to breed 

 from unrelated birds, and as I have two farms I have 

 little difficulty in keeping the birds distinct. 



There is often a discussion amongst pheasant breeders 

 as to which are the best breeds to keep, as there are 

 so many various sorts. Our old English pheasants were 

 originally very handsome dark birds, but for many years 

 they have been crossed. Principally the Chinese have 

 been used for this purpose. They have a white ring 

 round the neck and are rather larger than our English 

 pheasants. The hens also are paler in colour, and the 

 cocks are not such a dark brilliant brown colour. At the 

 same time they are very handsome. 



When hens have a great deal of Chinese blood in 

 them, sometimes the progeny will come pied, and 



