Few years ago I was brush hogging my place. As I was mowing just along the fence a Hen flushed and ran a short distance. I got down and looked and she had her nest with a clutch of eggs in it. I backed off and left it unmowed and got to watch her from a distance for the next week or so set the eggs. Fire ants do a number on them here but these all appeared to make so far as I could tell.