. Pheasants in covert and aviary . ation each time, a supply of insect life and grit, andan absolute regard for cleanliness, constitute the fundamentalprinciples upon which successful Pheasant-rearing is based. Dirty coops, fouling of the ground, unsuitable food,irregular feeding, and stale food, constitute the surestchannels for provoking the onset of disease, which, whenonce established, is bound to end in disappointment. Another matter must not be overlooked, thoughquite beyond the control of the keeper, and that is theweather. A wet season is a bad one for Pheasant chicks,more especially i
. Pheasants in covert and aviary . ation each time, a supply of insect life and grit, andan absolute regard for cleanliness, constitute the fundamentalprinciples upon which successful Pheasant-rearing is based. Dirty coops, fouling of the ground, unsuitable food,irregular feeding, and stale food, constitute the surestchannels for provoking the onset of disease, which, whenonce established, is bound to end in disappointment. Another matter must not be overlooked, thoughquite beyond the control of the keeper, and that is theweather. A wet season is a bad one for Pheasant chicks,more especially if the rearing ground has been used insuccessive seasons, or grazed by calves or lambs affectedwith husk or hoose. It is on such a rearing-field that gapeswill most likely become prevalent, and every keeper whoknows anything about Pheasant-rearing does not givea very hearty welcome to a trouble of this kind. {SeeGapes.) The proper ventilation of the coops must not be over-looked, and the author considers that the keepers do not 160. <. oo H< ? FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT OF CHICKS pay sufficient attention to this matter. If a coop is shutup at night, it ought to be provided with proper ventilation,as no birds will ever thrive when they are compelled toinhale for hours air that has been practically poisoned bytheir own breathing. As previously stated, the open-aircoop, with covered-in run attached, if produced at a reason-able price, is the sort that ought to be used, provided thatit is made portable, light and easy of transference from onepart of the rearing-field to another. A fault with somegamekeepers is that they allow their coops to remain toolong on one site. Coops should be shifted daily. Healthy Pheasant chicks ought to grow like cucumbers,and, given sound stock to start with, and proper feeding,serious losses ought not to occur. Every Pheasant-reareris bound to have a certain number of weakly chicks as wellas a certain number of deaths, both being features inseparablef
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