Question

Which sentence is correctly hyphenated?

Answer 1

Hi there, you should give some examples so we can answer your question

Answer 2

"The hikers spotted a red-tailed pheasant."

Red modifies tail, not pheasant because the hikers spotted a pheasant with a red tail, not a red pheasant with a tail. When "a noun + an adjective" becomes a compound adjective, you need to use a hyphen.