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Post by featherduster on Jun 7, 2022 14:55:52 GMT -5
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Post by parrothead on Jun 27, 2022 10:40:27 GMT -5
The state of Oklahoma started research this spring…..trapped 28 hens and fitted with tracking devices. 1 died during the trapping/fitting process, 6 died to predators first week. Only 7 attempted to nest in April, all nests were depredation. 4 hens attempted to nest a second time. One hen hatched 6 poults, one hen hatched 3 poults. Nest were monitored daily from a distance not to disturb hen. 3 poults from each hen were fitted with tracking devices June 6 th, as of June 9th all poults were dead to predators. One tracking device was tracked to a cottonmouth water moccasin. As of today all poults dead as well as 15 of 28 hens.
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Post by parrothead on Jun 27, 2022 10:41:00 GMT -5
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Post by parrothead on Jun 27, 2022 10:41:35 GMT -5
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Post by freedomhunter on Jun 27, 2022 11:07:43 GMT -5
I had heard that the numbers in Oklahoma had bottomed out like they all disappeared.
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Post by parrothead on Jun 27, 2022 11:18:46 GMT -5
It is getting and is scarey. That Tennessee thing I posted about 107 of 107 nest destroyed is crazy
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Jun 27, 2022 11:30:45 GMT -5
That’s not the first study I’ve heard of with 100% predation. Getting a little worrisome for sure.
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Post by jman46151 on Jun 30, 2022 10:47:43 GMT -5
Anecdotally I've see the same thing at my house. We've lived there for almost 8 years and would see 1-2 hens every year. Rarely ever had poults. One year they went from 7 to 2 poults before the end of June. For about 2 years now I've been trapping the coons and opossums regularly. One night I set a live trap, emptied it before 10 PM, then again before bed, and had one in it by morning. The last two springs I have had two hens moving through the yard with 12 poults last year and 8 this year.
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