For anyone interested, she still has all 4 of the poults and they still spend time in the yard every day. The poults are noticeably bigger and they are ranging out a lot more than they were a week ago. I think they were able to get around on my lawn better than any habitat around when they were so small, but they are big enough to go anywhere now.

I've got scratch feed in several places and I seldom see them eating it. They seem to prefer walking the lawn and looking for insects to a free and easy meal. Watching them kinda confirms my belief that it's a lot better to provide any game with good habitat than it is to feed them.


All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.