I saw some info on social media this morning that sounds pretty grim for one study in Oklahoma. I could not find this information published anywhere with this much detail. Below is the information I saw. There was also a screenshot from a Tennessee study that didn’t sound good.

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.