Alex Hyde / Close up of feathers of cock Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus).

Stephen Dalton / Close up of feathers of the Cock pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) UK

Stephen Dalton / Close up of feathers of the Cock pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) UK

Colin Varndell / Male Common pheasant ( Phasianus colchicus) in meadow full of buttercups, Dorset, UK, June

Stephen Dalton / Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male on garden bird feeder in the snow, Winter, UK

Georgette Douwma / A rescued battery hen. They often lack feathers when they come out of the battery barns. UK.

Georgette Douwma / Rescued battery hens with rooster. The chickens often lack feathers when they come out of the battery barns. UK.

Patricio Robles Gil / Rear view of male Himalayan monal pheasant (Lophophorus impejanus) on rock, Sagarmatha National Park, Himalayas, Nepal, December

David Tipling / Two cock Pheasant {Phasianus colchius} in stubble field, Norfolk, UK, January

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Pheasants eye (Adonis amurensis) in flower, Queyras Natural Park, France, May 2009

David Tipling / Two male Pheasants (Phasianus colchius) fighting, Norfolk, UK, April

Andrew Parkinson / Male Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) whirring its wings after crowing, Norfolk, UK, May