This fascinating film about pheasant rearing takes place between early spring and the 7th December, 1929. We start with cock pheasants chasing hens about presumably prior to conception. Next we see Bert handling a clutch of pheasant eggs before these are placed in pens, with domestic chickens acting as foster mothers. The hatched chicks, or poults, are filmed growing over the following 16 weeks, before their untimely demise - shot for the pot by tweed-clad men with dogs.