. The Sportsman's cabinet, and town and country magazine. e bird hassat but for a short period, are much moreliable to destruction by removal, than when they are near hatching : if, at theformer period, they are shook, they aredestroyed : a good plan, therefore is toplace them in bran or saw-dust, by whichmeans they may be safely conveyedfrom one place to another. I needscarcely observe, that as little time asmay be should be wasted in the busi-ness ; though, when the eggs are nearhatching, they appear to sustain littleor no injury even if a considerable pe-riod should elapse from the time of
. The Sportsman's cabinet, and town and country magazine. e bird hassat but for a short period, are much moreliable to destruction by removal, than when they are near hatching : if, at theformer period, they are shook, they aredestroyed : a good plan, therefore is toplace them in bran or saw-dust, by whichmeans they may be safely conveyedfrom one place to another. I needscarcely observe, that as little time asmay be should be wasted in the busi-ness ; though, when the eggs are nearhatching, they appear to sustain littleor no injury even if a considerable pe-riod should elapse from the time of theirexposition till they are again placed ina state of incubation. The eggs, thusremoved, shoidd be put under a domes-tic hen or tame pheasant, and the henand eggs covered with a hutch, which,while it protects the foster mother fromthe inclemencies of the weather, willadmit of the egress and regress of theyoung birds— From the annexed wood engraving,the reader will be enabled to form an The Hutch, Frame, ^ Rearing Young Partridges and Town and Country Magazine, 259 idea of the Imtcli. It should be suffi-ciently large for the hen to turn andmove, and from it should proceed aframe about a foot high (as seen in theengraving) to prevent the young birdsfrom rambling away before they acquiresufficient strength, though by this meansthey will be able to exercise themselvesin the little area formed by the net should be covered over the whole,if any danger be apprehended frombirds of prey. However, when the birdsbecome strong, both net and frame maybe taken away. It may be said, that the hen is notin the humour to sit upon them, thoughit generally hapjiens at this period ofthe year that little difficulty is experi-enced in this respect: however, shouldit so happen that a hen willing to sitcannot be found, by pulling a few fea-thers from her belly, and stinging herbare skin with nettles, she will be in-duced to seat herself on the eggs with-out further trouble.
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