. The Eastern poultryman . TEE ARGV3 PHEASANT DISPLAYING US PLUMAGE of the feathers to the salmon fishermen The adult cock's crest is of orange color, the tippet of deep orange lined with blue black, breast deep crimson red, shoulder green, wing coverts steel blue and tail brown, with yellow legs. The hen is a quiet brown, and lays from thirty-five to forty eggs in a season. The eggs can be hatched with common chickens or ban- lams. The young are very hardy, easy to rear, stand any climate, are readily tamed, and always in demand at good prices if you wish to sell. It has been stated that the
. The Eastern poultryman . TEE ARGV3 PHEASANT DISPLAYING US PLUMAGE of the feathers to the salmon fishermen The adult cock's crest is of orange color, the tippet of deep orange lined with blue black, breast deep crimson red, shoulder green, wing coverts steel blue and tail brown, with yellow legs. The hen is a quiet brown, and lays from thirty-five to forty eggs in a season. The eggs can be hatched with common chickens or ban- lams. The young are very hardy, easy to rear, stand any climate, are readily tamed, and always in demand at good prices if you wish to sell. It has been stated that the young pheasants do not breed the first year. From my experience I have hatched eleven eggs out of thir- teen and repeatedly proved this statement to be an error. The golden pheasant requires far less care and room than chickens. An aviary 8x16 feet, 6 feet high, top covered with two inch mesh poultry wire, with an open shed to the north 8x5 feet for shelter is all they require. The cockbird is a very merry creature and dances up and down his cage from morning till night displaying his tippet, first on one then the other side. Some- times he will drop his wings and spread his rich golden feathers all over his back as he turns from side to side, whistling a song, or he will spread his tail, which is twenty-eight inches long, sweeping it gracefully as he walks to and fro. The more I see of these pheasants the more I admire them. 1 can not imagine anything more attractive or ornamental than a cage of golden pheasants. They are extreme- ly neat and fastidious in their habits, graceful and happy looking.—Ferd. Sudoiv, Amityville, N. Y. Breeding-, Mating-, and Preparing Buff Leghorns for the Show Room. The most important thing to the breeder of thoroughbred poultry to have who intends breeding exhibition stock and showing it, is good, strong, vigorous stock birds for a foundation. Buff Leg- horns are an industrious breed that are excelled by none, and we know that in- dustry is heal
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