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Re: hen on nest already
[Re: Buckwheat]
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02/24/24 12:08 PM
02/24/24 12:08 PM
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Frankie
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I've seen Doves on the nest the second week of February.....why not Turkeys?
Hell dove lay 5 or 6 times a year
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Re: hen on nest already
[Re: filespinner]
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02/24/24 12:19 PM
02/24/24 12:19 PM
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Frankie
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My Dad called me Tuesday Feb 20th and said he scared a hen off a nest beside an old barn. Nest had 2 eggs in it. Going over this weekend to look for myself. This is in east central MS. South of Meridian. Seems crazy to me Be about month early or so here . From laying to hatching its about 6 weeks
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Re: hen on nest already
[Re: Ben2]
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02/25/24 08:47 AM
02/25/24 08:47 AM
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poorcountrypreacher
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It happens every year in south Alabama. These warm periods in February have always kicked it off. By March 25th the birds are already well on their way and probably completed one cycle This is not what studys show. All show breeding/nesting in South Alabama at about the same time as North Bama I believe you are talking about the peak nesting period that seems to hit around 4/15-4/20 in AL. But we know that there are some hens still on the nest all the way to August, so there could be some on the nest as early as February and it wouldn't change the peak nesting date. I think they are no different than bass, with some spawning early and some much later. Someone posted a picture of poults in early April here; I believe it was last season. And someone posted a pic of some chicken size poults in March, and it was from north AL. Maybe they will see this and repost. Turkeys don't read books and they do whatever they wanna do.
Last edited by poorcountrypreacher; 02/25/24 08:47 AM.
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Re: hen on nest already
[Re: hallb]
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02/25/24 03:41 PM
02/25/24 03:41 PM
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Don’t worry they disappear when turkey season hits…mainly because I empty out those big metal things and don’t think the neighbors do! He didn’t say when season opened…he said this weekend😜. They look ripe for harvest.
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Re: hen on nest already
[Re: crocker]
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02/25/24 04:51 PM
02/25/24 04:51 PM
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Pwyse
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Don’t worry they disappear when turkey season hits…mainly because I empty out those big metal things and don’t think the neighbors do! He didn’t say when season opened…he said this weekend😜. They look ripe for harvest. Crocker is picking up what I’m laying down
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Re: hen on nest already
[Re: filespinner]
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02/26/24 07:46 AM
02/26/24 07:46 AM
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poorcountrypreacher
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Thanks for the picture, Frankie, that was one that I remembered.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: hen on nest already
[Re: Frankie]
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02/27/24 09:46 PM
02/27/24 09:46 PM
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first part of april last year If that is a cell phone pic it will have a date. I know of a researcher or 2 that would like to see it (they NEED to see it ;)). I had someone send me a pic last year of a flying poult in mid April as well. It definitely happens!! Good pic! I had this discussion with a turkey researcher last week about how the telemetry data (hens with radios) don't do a good job of picking up the outliers in nesting - those few that are nesting very early and those nesting very late. They do a great job of picking up the "norms" and developing a good bell curve of the dates the majority nest and hatch.
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Re: hen on nest already
[Re: filespinner]
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02/28/24 05:32 AM
02/28/24 05:32 AM
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Frankie
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gobbler , picture was taken 4/14/23 at 9:57
you go back about 6 weeks that put her starting to lay about first of march and bred late February . going by my thinking
course theres a chance she was never bred . lol
Last edited by Frankie; 02/28/24 05:41 AM.
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Re: hen on nest already
[Re: Mbrock]
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02/28/24 05:34 AM
02/28/24 05:34 AM
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Frankie
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I’ve had ppl send me pics of several day old poults the last few years in late March to early April, so they began nest initiation in late February most likely. I’ve also taken pics of flightless poults in early September, which was likely a third nesting attempt. ive seen them late like that too . not a whole lot though
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Re: hen on nest already
[Re: filespinner]
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02/28/24 09:59 AM
02/28/24 09:59 AM
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poorcountrypreacher
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Here's a picture I took 8/22/23. Sorry the quality is poor, but if you expand it you can see the runt turkey. There's about 25 in the group and they are virtually grown except for the one. He wasn't even as big as a chicken, and I assume he was the sole survivor of a late clutch. I saw them several other times and he wasn't well treated by the rest of them. If still alive, he is likely a sociopathic turkey due to the bad treatment he received growing up. He is just in front of the red piece of farm equipment. image to url
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All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: hen on nest already
[Re: Pwyse]
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02/28/24 11:07 PM
02/28/24 11:07 PM
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I mean, Hall… you need me to go up and check on your place this weekend. No, no he doesn’t!
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