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Re: How to help a hen with poults? [Re: BC_Reb] #2499963
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Originally Posted by BC_Reb
An 8ft post with a steel trap on top will help with those hawks. Goodluck with them buddy, maybe they’ll make it!


you will need to know an attorney that practices in Federal court......


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Re: How to help a hen with poults? [Re: poorcountrypreacher] #2499976
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I found some mealworms at my local feed store. I just put them out on a piece of cardboard so maybe ants and such won't get all of them. I also bought a bag of scratch feed and put some out in the same area. If they find it I will keep out food as long as they hang around. They were in the yard again this morning.


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Originally Posted by BhamFred
Originally Posted by BC_Reb
An 8ft post with a steel trap on top will help with those hawks. Goodluck with them buddy, maybe they’ll make it!


you will need to know an attorney that practices in Federal court......


Ah I’m just messing with y’all. My Uncle Donald used to be hell on em though.(Lord rest his soul) He raised quail and always kept 30 or so sparring roosters. There aren’t many things in this world meaner than a hawk trapped in a flight pen! Those old dirt farmers grew up in a different time for sure though.

Re: How to help a hen with poults? [Re: poorcountrypreacher] #2500280
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When i was little i was in new market al. Stayin at popaws and they kept a bunch of chickens. We kept the hen house door open at daybreak. The hens would get out and roam. At dusk they would all go back in the hen house and roost and we would close the wooden door up til the next morning. Well it was a 10x10 hen house with roostin poles about 5ft off ground. It was boxed in solid with a 3x3 screen window on front. I woke up to a screaming racket one night about midnight. Pop grabbed the 16ga and we ran out. A dang chicken hawk had gotten into that hen house through that thick chicken wire. It was actually that screen wire mesh thats about 2x3in square holes. He somehow broke in there and killed a couple chickens. Pop shot it. That thing had some mean tallons on it. It was strange to have a hawk out at night i thought but that sucker sure came out in the middle of the night.

Re: How to help a hen with poults? [Re: poorcountrypreacher] #2500456
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So I put out food for them, and they disappeared. frown. Something could have scared or killed them, or the hen could have decided I didn't have enough grasshoppers and left. Anyone need some scratch feed and weevils? smile


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Re: How to help a hen with poults? [Re: poorcountrypreacher] #2500696
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They are back out in the yard again, and she still has all 4 of the poults. I've been seeing them over a week now, and she hasn't lost one for at least that long. It will be interesting to see if she can raise them all.

I guess I am a certified bird watcher now. Ain't there some kind of uniform I'm supposed to wear? smile


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Re: How to help a hen with poults? [Re: poorcountrypreacher] #2500700
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Some sick game you're playing. Feed these cute little baby turkeys, so you can blow their heads off in a few years.... grin

Re: How to help a hen with poults? [Re: poorcountrypreacher] #2500796
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I guess I am a certified bird watcher now. Ain't there some kind of uniform I'm supposed to wear? smile


Yes. Having lived in the land of the Yanqui (Ohio) and running into "birders" in various places while outdoors, you are to wear Orvis clothes, Clark Wallabees (unless in the wet, then Mucks or L.L. Bean), a Sun Cube Boonie Hat, and the most expensive binocs you can muster....extra points for a high end DSLR...


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Re: How to help a hen with poults? [Re: poorcountrypreacher] #2500809
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Re: How to help a hen with poults? [Re: poorcountrypreacher] #2500810
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Re: How to help a hen with poults? [Re: hallb] #2500811
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You got 'em!!
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Re: How to help a hen with poults? [Re: poorcountrypreacher] #2500815
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Get a 4x8 cheap peace of plywood and set it on some concrete blocks. Scatter some poult starter feed under it and you can also put some water under there if you want. They can feed without hawks getting to them and get a good high protein feed.

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I wish the damn hawks would feast on all the baby geese I been seeing instead of the baby turkeys !!!


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Re: How to help a hen with poults? [Re: lectrode] #2501114
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Originally Posted by lectrode
I wish the damn hawks would feast on all the baby geese I been seeing instead of the baby turkeys !!!



I don't think anything eats geese! Their numbers are growing big time down here. There's a pond at the end of our road that stays full of geese and a bald eagle sits in a big oak watching them daily. Never seen the eagle bother them.


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Re: How to help a hen with poults? [Re: poorcountrypreacher] #2501136
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Throw out every few days some scratch feed, crushed corn, and shelled corn for big turkeys. You could put a feeder off to side without it for a while, then after a couple weeks put feed in it. Chicory they claim Turkeys will scratch up. If you can prescribe burn an area or mow some fields that will provide good turkey habitat. With some large trees further back to stay in at night. Hawks will eat those babies up if you have any. Noticed years ago turkeys were drawn to pastures for cattle.

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Originally Posted by SouthBamaSlayer
Some sick game you're playing. Feed these cute little baby turkeys, so you can blow their heads off in a few years.... grin



Isn't that what all game management does? smile

Yesterday we were in the house watching TV about 5 pm when something hit the front door. It sounded like someone knocked one time. I went to the door and the turkeys were standing at the base of the steps. I don't know if one of the little ones flew into the door or what might have happened. Maybe they wanted more meal worms?

I quickly shut the door and they went back to stalking grasshoppers.


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You know you're good when the turkeys are knocking on your front door trying to get in the house with you! Lol!


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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.


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