Up to 50 eggs have been found in a single dump nest, several hens may lay their eggs in the dump nest and then abandon them. After constructing a nest, the hen lays about 6 to 15 eggs, but usually 10 to 12.
Incubation begins after the entire clutch is laid.
Ring-necked hens often renest after the clutch is destroyed. The hen will continue nesting until she successfully hatches a clutch, or can no longer produce eggs that season. Sometimes they will lay there eggs in other birds nests. When hatched the hen leads her chicks away from the nest as soon as their feathers have dried. The mortality of young ring-necked pheasants is high.