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I saw my big group of poults in person this afternoon. I had a picture of this group awhile back in my freshly planted chufa plot. They sure have grown since then and all looked to be doing well. It was a big group so hopefully all that were in the group picture from earlier made it.
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."
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About a third of the hens I’m seeing have poults, today was far worse
Only 1 hen today had 6 chicken size poults.
Saw a group of 10 hens without
Saw another group of 7 hens without but had 3 jakes with them
Saw 2 hens by them selves
Saw 2 jakes by themselves
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14 point
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"Cull" is just another four letter word...
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My vote for mother of the year !
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My vote for mother of the year ! Not all hers, there's another hen that didn't make the picture.
"Cull" is just another four letter word...
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Best I’ve seen so far is 17 poults with 2 hens. Poults are chicken size
“Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it.” ― Ronald Reagan
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My buddy sent me this picture yesterday. He said there were more poults about size of a chicken but only got the picture of these two. I have a lot of work to do on this place I do believe. I’ve seen poult tracks in the road but this is first confirmed sighting of poults on this property. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/Y0jZtq4P/28-BC5-E26-23-A9-4-D4-D-8-E92-E369-E6-B46035.jpg)
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."
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See lots of stuff that needs fire and/or herbicides...
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See lots of stuff that needs fire and/or herbicides... Kendall and my hands are absolutely tied to do any of that. It's a crying same the owners/timber company will not burn the select cut pine on this property. The burn would be super easy as the previous owners have lanes around these timber stands that I keep maintained. It was being burned at one point in time. I have asked about and even offered to burden some of the cost if they would help with and allow it to be burned. They are firm on "NO". So this is a prime example of a lease holder not being allowed to improve the property for the benefit of owners, myself and the wildlife. It does have some good habitat but there are other areas that could be easily improved with little cost. I have got permission to make some openings bigger and I plan to trap it heavier for predators. That is about all I am allowed to do unfortunately.
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."
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What about edge feathering or removal of mid-story plants that are not economically important?
I agree, it’s a shame they are that closed minded.
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This was at Fort McClelland yesterday. 2 hens with ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/VHvFxtE.jpg) 9 poults.
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I still haven’t seen a poult this year. Really haven’t seen but a couple of turkeys period.
Would walk over a naked woman to get to a gobblin turkey!
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Winston County this morning ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/NF6R33Rf/turkey.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/Vk6bgrZN/yurkey2.jpg) Poults about the size of chickens
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Chambers County Yesterday: 3 Hens and 14 Poults.....probably 2 pounds each.
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Winston County this morning ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/NF6R33Rf/turkey.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/Vk6bgrZN/yurkey2.jpg) Poults about the size of chickens That’s what you wanna see
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Miracle upon miracle. And not one study can hatch a single egg. Hmmmm……
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Winston County this morning ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/NF6R33Rf/turkey.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/Vk6bgrZN/yurkey2.jpg) Poults about the size of chickens That’s what you wanna see They could all fly pretty well so I would think their chances of making it are way up at this juncture
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Winston County this morning ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/NF6R33Rf/turkey.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/Vk6bgrZN/yurkey2.jpg) Poults about the size of chickens So how are the nest predators on these properties? Extensive trapping taking place or just natural predator numbers?
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