. Pheasants in covert and aviary . contained inthe food. Earlier on in this chapter the author recommended thatthe chicks be fed four times per day, but where trouble andadditional expense have not to be troubled about, it will befound advantageous to feed the chicks every two hours forthe first fortnight. A few split groats added to the foodwill be found beneficial, or crushed hemp-seed can besubstituted. Up to the period named, there need be noalteration, either in the composition of the food or thefrequency of the feeding, the only matter being to increasethe quantities of food. Immediately
. Pheasants in covert and aviary . contained inthe food. Earlier on in this chapter the author recommended thatthe chicks be fed four times per day, but where trouble andadditional expense have not to be troubled about, it will befound advantageous to feed the chicks every two hours forthe first fortnight. A few split groats added to the foodwill be found beneficial, or crushed hemp-seed can besubstituted. Up to the period named, there need be noalteration, either in the composition of the food or thefrequency of the feeding, the only matter being to increasethe quantities of food. Immediately after the chicks arefed, any food that remains behind should be removed, andmake a practice not to prepare more food than is neces-sary each time. Whatever surplus there is let the broodyhens clear it off. Scald the dishes each time before theyare used again. A supply of grit and water should be allowed, and if thewater is not absolutely necessary, finely divided grit is,and the older the chicks become the more the necessity 164. FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT OF CHICKS for grit. Invaluable adjuncts to Pheasant chicks food iscanary seed and white millet seed. The cost of the firstnamed is usually about fifteen shillings per bushel, and thelatter twelve shillings, but in giving these seeds it is notadvisable to mix them with the other food, but scatter themfreely around the coops, so as to give the chickens employ-ment, in other words to forage for their food. If no eggsare used, the foregoing seeds along with ants eggs andbiscuit-meal, or some other form of meal, must be usedinstead. After the first fortnight there will be no necessity to givethe food in such a finely divided state, and the eggs can begradually withdrawn, as every keeper knows that these area most expensive item in connection with Pheasant-rearing,therefore they ought to be dispensed with as soon as eversuch can be economically done. Biscuit-meal or other mealcan be of a coarser character, and a little more green food
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