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How to help a hen with poults?
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I've got a hen with 4 poults that have been living in my yard the past few days. She doesn't like to pose for a picture, so this is the best I got: I hate to even walk outside because I will scare the turkeys and she will take them into the woods, but she soon brings them right back. There was even a gobbler strutting for her one day last week, but I think he figured out she wasn't interested. I went months without seeing a turkey around, so it's good to see some. I think it shows how poor the habitat is around here when my yard is the only bugging area she can find. I have held off cutting the grass, but it's not exactly loaded with insects anyway. Anyone got a suggestion of how to help her out? I thought of putting out some wheat for her. It would seem reasonable to think that letting her find an easy meal would help, but I've never seen that recommended anywhere. Is there anything I could do for the poults? I thought of buying crickets, but can't think of a way to make them available without most getting away. Is there anything you can buy and put out that poults can eat? What do you feed domestic turkeys at this age? I think these turkeys illustrate how an area can look like great habitat yet have no turkeys. There are just no bugging areas around here. Leaving out just one type of critical habitat results in no turkeys.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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I could send you some of my special no hopping yellow striped crickets. 19% protein
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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I could send you some of my special no hopping yellow striped crickets. 19% protein Send them on! I wanna see these poults grow up.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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We feed laying pellets through spring then medicated starter/grower and gamebird high protein after hatching. Trying to help the turkeys and quail have every advantage possible.
Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. Emerson
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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leave a .22 on the porch for varmits....
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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Thanks for the ideas. I'll see what the feed store has in stock. Of course, a hawk will probably get them all today
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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………... Of course, a hawk will probably get them all today I've got two big ones that have been hanging out here a bunch and that's all I can think when I see them....."Yep, there goes those turkey poults."
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We dont rent pigs
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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X2 Same goes for any feral cats, possums, coons, etc. Anything with turkey on it's breath would have to die.
"Cull" is just another four letter word...
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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I think one of the reasons she keeps hanging around here is that it's the safest place around. The neighbors have lawns, but they all have free ranging dogs. The poults should be able to fly now, so a hawk might be their biggest danger if they stay around here.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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An 8ft post with a steel trap on top will help with those hawks. That'll clean out the Hawks and you're bank account!.... Just saying.
Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. Emerson
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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An 8ft post with a steel trap on top will help with those hawks. That'll clean out the Hawks and you're bank account!.... Just saying. I heard mention of someone doing this. I couldn't believe they freely talked about it out loud.
Do you want to hear him gobble, or do you want to kill him.
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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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......
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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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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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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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.
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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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?
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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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? 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?
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Someone told you they were still close...
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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I wish the damn hawks would feast on all the baby geese I been seeing instead of the baby turkeys !!!
You haven't been blocked until you've been flock blocked!!!
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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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?
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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.... Isn't that what all game management does? 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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Turkeys knocking on his front door...
If anyone thinks this man doesn't have a cure for any turkey jinx you might encounter, you are mistaken
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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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When they were about a month old, my neighbor saw a flock with 3 hens and about 15 poults, with the poults being several different sizes. I didn't see them, but this was about 200 yds from my house. I have not seen them on the lawn again since the poults were small. I hope that she joined up with other hens and they were part of the group, but no way of knowing. I have kept scratch feed out and have seen a lone hen in it a couple of times. I hope it isn't her. I didn't expect her to keep them on my lawn for very long. The short grass had enough insects for the poults and they could easily get around on it, but as they got bigger she started carrying them further away and eventually deserted me.
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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I had about 15 young turkeys and hens in the chufas yesterday. I think the hen with the four poults joined up with a couple of other hens to make this flock. it's the first time in 25 years living here that I've seen a flock of young turkeys this late in the year. Sorry it's not a better pic, but they wouldn't pose for me.
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Re: How to help a hen with poults?
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Good deal! Is that the sporting clays field?
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Good deal! Is that the sporting clays field?
Yeah, that's it. Land has to be multiple use.
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How big are the poults right now? You can see several in the picture if you blow it up. I can't tell them from the hens at a distance. They are big enough that fall hunters would kill them and be proud of it.
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