In reply to Woodpecker:. thanks for the replies, whats strange bout this egg is that it's in the a patch that my mother is digging. According to the website pheasant nests in hegerows or in tall grass which are on either side of the barren patch of earth that the egg was found in, also we haven't seen a pheasant for a few months now and we haven't seen 1 since finding the egg,. Land fowl, namely chickens, quails and pheasants, are all closely related - but that is where the similarity ends.When it comes to size, color, plumage, diet and habitat, each of these birds differs from the other. Even though all three animals reproduce by laying eggs, there are many distinguishing characteristics between these types of fowl, whether in terms of the.