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Beau Brummels of the Poultry World 
(Continued from page 45) 
Muscovy 
duckling s , 
hungry, 
healthy and 
growing 
like weeds 
Don't omit the 
silver, one of the 
handsomest of all 
the pheasant tribe 
The black neck 
and white collar 
of the Canada 
are distinctive 
An excellent model pheasant house, 18' x 6' on the floor, 
with covered double yard. The whole affair is portable 
and costs about $150 
noon, and it is a wise plan to keep 
everybody away from the aviary at 
that time of day. For if they are 
frightened or excited, the hens are 
likely to cease laying entirely. Nests 
are sometimes made in the sand, but 
often the eggs are dropped promiscu¬ 
ously, sometimes from the perches. 
It is often recommended that hiding 
places be made by throwing evergreen 
branches in the corner of the house, 
but the birds are more likely to ignore 
them than to lay their eggs there. As 
pheasants often develop the pernici¬ 
ous habit of eating their eggs, it is 
wise to gather them promptly each 
day. Laying commonly commences 
early in April and may be continued 
through July. 
The eggs may be kept safely for 
two weeks before they are set, and 
those laid by the ring-necks can be 
expected to hatch well after being 
shipped by express. This is not true 
of most other breeds, however. 
Pheasant eggs are best hatched under 
bantams or the funny little hens 
called Silkies. The latter are much 
liked because they are not much 
troubled with vermin. Incubators are 
sometimes used successfully and it is 
not a bad plan to take eggs from 
under a hen and put them in an in¬ 
cubator a week before hatching time. 
Then the poults can be raised in a 
brooder and there will be no lice to 
prey on them, at least for a time. 
The danger from lice must be em¬ 
phasized, because poults are not 
strong enough to resist the ravages 
of these pests, and quickly succumb 
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