. Pheasants in covert and aviary . the majority of game-rearers are somewhatconservative in their views, as it has yet to be shown in anincontrovertible manner that the artificial foster-mother canbe utilised as a satisfactory substitute for rearing good deal of care must be exercised in purchasing broodyhens, otherwise subsequent events will in all probability showany indiscretion that has been committed. On some estates a sufficiency of fowls are kept for sit-ting purposes, from which the keeper draws his supplies, asthe occasion demands ; whereas other keepers are entirelydepend
. Pheasants in covert and aviary . the majority of game-rearers are somewhatconservative in their views, as it has yet to be shown in anincontrovertible manner that the artificial foster-mother canbe utilised as a satisfactory substitute for rearing good deal of care must be exercised in purchasing broodyhens, otherwise subsequent events will in all probability showany indiscretion that has been committed. On some estates a sufficiency of fowls are kept for sit-ting purposes, from which the keeper draws his supplies, asthe occasion demands ; whereas other keepers are entirelydependent upon birds they purchase from cottages and farmersin the locality. Or again some keepers merely hire the birds,paying is. 6d. or 2s. for the hire during the rearing a large head of Pheasants has to be reared, it neces-sitates a good deal of resourcefulness on the part of thekeeper to obtain a sufficiency of broody hens to meet thedemands imposed upon him, though some hens will rear ISO THE SELECTION OF BROODY HENS. three broods in a single season, but commonly two. Amatter that has often given rise to a considerable amount ofdiscussion in connection with broody hens for sitting purposesis that respecting the different variety of fowls for sittingpurposes, and every man is entitled to his^own opinion, somekeepers preferring one, others another variety, but there isa consensus of opinion that the cross-bred or barn-door fowlis one of the best for suchuses, provided that thebird contains a proportionof the Brahma , Orpingtons,Indian Game and Ply-mouth Rocks are all goodsitters as well as goodmothers, whilst Brahmas,Cochins and Lanofshansare early brooders, and sit well, but they are inclined to be clumsy, consequently liableto injure the young birds. A variety of fowl that can with every confidence berecommended is the Silkie, a native of the Far East, and itwould be profitable for Pheasant-rearers to cultivate more ofthese birds. A Silkie will bec
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