species pay little attention to one another. During the breeding 
season, however, junglefowl cocks are pugnacious, fighting freely 
among themselves, sometimes to the death. There is one record 
of a junglecock killing a male kalij pheasant in combat. 
Black or gray francolin are occasionally found in the same 
covert in the lower part of the range of the red junglefowl. In 
such situations there is no indication that these species are incompatible. 
Breeding and Raising 
Junglefowl are rather easy to breed and raise on a game 
farm. Both adults and young can be handled and fed much as are ring- 
necked pheasants, though cocks are more pugnacious and should be penned 
singly with three to four hens at breeding time. Wild-trapped adults 
and hand-raised youngsters are seldom as tame as ring-necks in 
captivity and are considerably quicker and more nervous when disturbed. 
Delacour indicates that birds long in confinement may become fat and 
sluggish. Adults and young kept in the pens at New Delhi, India, for 
three to six months remained sleek and wary with a surprising amount 
of jump and struggle, often resulting in scalped heads when confined 
in shipping boxes unless the top was covered with stout burlap. Of 
107 hatched from wild eggs or picked up as day-old chicks, only five 
birds were lost in rearing up to 10 and 12 weeks of age. 

Figure 8 -- Three months old red junglefowl raised in pens in 
New Delhi, India, from wild-gathered eggs. 
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