We once had a hen pheasant lay every afternoon in a quiet spot in the veg. garden, start to brood 12 eggs then get eaten by the fox that night. I put the eggs under a broody hen and raised them as I would chicks (their foster Mama was a bit puzzled as to why they didn't come to her call and tried to fly up in the air every time anyone came near the coop). I kept them in until I judged they were able to fly - which they then did - straight up to the top of the barn roof. They hung around the wild bird feeder all Winter, though.