. Pheasants; their natural history and practical management. Pheasants. Sitting Boxes. ll;i sitting houses. Under these conditions the nests swarm •with vermin, the sitting hens become irritable and break their eggs; and when the young pheasants come out they are infested with fleas and Hce, and are nearly devoured alive. Moreover, the dry, stifling air of these places is destructive to the vitality of the unhatched birds, numbers of which die in the shell either before or at the period of hatching. Every poultry keeper knows that no nests are so prohfic of strong healthy chickens as those tha
. Pheasants; their natural history and practical management. Pheasants. Sitting Boxes. ll;i sitting houses. Under these conditions the nests swarm •with vermin, the sitting hens become irritable and break their eggs; and when the young pheasants come out they are infested with fleas and Hce, and are nearly devoured alive. Moreover, the dry, stifling air of these places is destructive to the vitality of the unhatched birds, numbers of which die in the shell either before or at the period of hatching. Every poultry keeper knows that no nests are so prohfic of strong healthy chickens as those that the hens " steal" under hedges or in copses or concealed places, from whence they emerge with strong flourishing broods that put to shame the delicate, sickly younsters reared in the close air and drv. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tegetmeier, W. B. (William Bernhard), 1816-1912; Parker, Eric, 1870-; Smith, H. Hammond. London, Field Press
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