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Post by gwinnman on Aug 8, 2011 8:48:41 GMT -5
We were out setting scouting our lease property in Greene county yesterday 8-5-11 and we flushed a hen. We looked at where she flused out and found her sitting on 12 eggs. One egg was about to hatch.
Obviously this is pretty late in the season. Does this happen a lot and will the poults that are 2 or so months behind the normal breeding season have a chance to get thru winter? Just curious..
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Post by danf on Aug 8, 2011 20:39:31 GMT -5
I would say it doesn't happen a lot, but chances are her first nest(s) were probably destroyed by all of the wet weather you guys had this spring.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Aug 10, 2011 20:10:55 GMT -5
Just last week I saw a hen with some pretty small poults. I figured the same thing as Dan and her first nest was destroyed. I would say as long as the winter isn't really rough, they have just a good a chance of survival as the others.
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Post by firelt72 on Sept 25, 2011 2:08:32 GMT -5
I read a book call "Illumination in the Flatwoods". He documents the life cycle of the turkey's he had raised. He went to great lengths to keep them as natural as he could and not make them a pet, although there are some different personalities of each turkey. I say this for two reasons, one is it is a great book for turkey hunters to read. The second is that he said in a matter of a few weeks the turkey poults were almost self sufficient, once they could flew and roost. At the 2-3 month range they were strong and well equipped to survive. I think they will be fine.
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