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Friday, September 30, 2011
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This news release was archived on Sunday, October 30, 2011
- Average hen weight: 2—2.5 pounds
- Average rooster weight: 3.5—4 pounds
- Flight speed: 38—48 mph
- Favorite foods: grain, seeds, insects
- Preferred habitat: undisturbed grass adjacent to domestic cropland and tall brushy winter cover
- Start of egg-laying: early May
- Average incubation start: late May
- Length of incubation: 23 days
- Average first hatch: mid-June
- Average first clutch size: 10 eggs
- Number of broods per year: one
- Number of renest attempts: 2—4
- Major predators while nesting: fox, raccoon, and skunk
- Major predators of adult pheasants: man, fox, hawk, and owl
