. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 83 proportions and dust in a little egg maker of some good commercial brand. Give this combination of feed to your birds in the evening, and for morning feed let them have some good scratch feed that carries a good proportion of wheat with very little cracked corn in it. A good scratch food for pheasants is made with wheat or cracked wheat, oat groats, millet seed and just a little cracked corn. Adult birds a
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 83 proportions and dust in a little egg maker of some good commercial brand. Give this combination of feed to your birds in the evening, and for morning feed let them have some good scratch feed that carries a good proportion of wheat with very little cracked corn in it. A good scratch food for pheasants is made with wheat or cracked wheat, oat groats, millet seed and just a little cracked corn. Adult birds are only fed twice a day. Gather the eggs as often as possible and under no circumstances leave the eggs laying around in the pen. You will in a short time know when to expect the most of the eggs to be laid and can be looking for them. Whether you have your own breeding stock or buy the eggs, the hatching program is the same. Eggs should be set when they are not over three or four days old and have been kept in a cool place and turned at least once a day in the meantime. If you receive the eggs. Fig. 19. A setting box containing four nests. Two are open and two are closed. While the hen is on the nest the doors are kept closed. STie is let off the nest once a day for food and water. from a distance of a thousand miles or more, let them set in a cool place twenty-four hours before putting them under the hen. A small hen of either the Rhode Island or Buff Orpington breeds is the best. If possible, get a hen that weighs not more than three pounds. Bantams and their crosses with the buffs and reds make fine mothers. In making the nest be sure and get it deep enough so the eggs will be below the general surface of the ground. This will insure better moisture and a better hatch. The above cut shows a good way to set pheasant eggs. This device will give absolute control of the hens. Much of your success in rearing game birds of any kind, will depend on the care of the setting hen. Fi
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