Turkey poults

[Bones]

Yeah no hunting or trapping ordnance in my town

 

[Bones]

And on my lease I take fox and coyote  

seems more then predator this year 

[jumpthestring]

Generally speaking not enough guys predator hunting .

[Gobblengrunt]

So many people just think fox and coyote are to blame but we have way to many hawks, owls, raccoons, possum, skunks, and the worst predator of all - house cats

[Bucksnbows]

Nesting conditions are always the limiting factor with ground nesting birds, not predation.   We had a cold, windy snow event on May 14th.  Those hens sitting on eggs and leaving the nest often will have lost all of their eggs on that one single day.  And we had two prior cold, wet springs.  That is what you are seeing.  It is not too much predation.   Mother Nature never allows the predator/prey relationship to get out of whack.  That is just biology 101.    

[BHC]

Just saw 4 hens, not one poult with any of them

[vdep217]

On 7/15/2020 at 6:46 PM, Bones said:

Yeah no hunting or trapping ordnance in my town

 

Is it a no hunting ordinance or no discharge.  If it's no hunting than send an email or letter to the division of fish and wild life as no hunting ordinance are illegal 

[archer36]

On 7/13/2020 at 5:03 PM, archer36 said:

Saw a Hen with 8 poults a week ago. 

Saw them again today. They are on the Farm by my house. I think they must be crossbred with the Farmer's Domestic Turkeys (if that's possible). The Hen is almost white and the poults are mixed colors. Hard to tell by the pics. There are about 9 of them. 

 

 

Edited July 26, 2020 by archer36

[OMC]

Just had a couple hens return with some poults this past week. If you look close there is one that is tiny looks like it was recently hatched. As others said this past spring was very cold and wet so I’m thinking these were bred late after losing their first clutch. 

[Russ 11]

Just got a pic of a couple polts .