Pheasant chick

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Common pheasant chick (Phasianus colchicus) in a hollow. The female pheasant lays between 7 and 15 eggs in a grass lined hollow in the ground. The eggs hatch after 3 to 4 weeks and the chicks become independent after 2 weeks. The female raises the chicks on her own. Pheasants are large long-tailed game birds, the males reaching lengths of 90 centimeters. They inhabit woodland, scrub, farmland and marshes, feeding on vegetation, grains, berries and insects. Native to parts of Asia and continental Europe, the pheasant is now found throughout Britain, North America and Australasia.

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