Cool. It's that time. I don't drive thru nesty looking areas or mow til after Memorial Day...May is a crucial month in terms of nest and poult survival.
Have you named them?Thankfully I was on foot spot spraying with hand held tank....patch of thistle....glad I wasn't on tractor spraying....the food plot is hers now....I'm not touching anything till I know she's done.
Have you named them?
It would great if you would do trail cam surveillance on the nest. It's likely to get robbed and if so we would know what little vermin to target. I would really enjoy the weekly update. Name the thread, " Henrietta and the dirty dozen". I'll stay tuned for the next episode!Spot spraying some thistle in one of our food plots today and the hen flushing from a distance of 4 feet about gave me a heart attack.....around a dozen eggs....I wrapped up quickly and backed out.
It would great if you would do trail cam surveillance on the nest. It's likely to get robbed and if so we would know what little vermin to target. I would really enjoy the weekly update. Name the thread, " Henrietta and the dirty dozen". I'll stay tuned for the next episode!
Wish her luck for me and I'll waiting to hear how she done.If I had a wireless cell cam I would do this.... interesting idea.... But I'd hate to enter her area that often to change cards and risk flushing her again or drawing any attention to the area....after several weeks I will try to observe to determine if she was successful.....nest I found last year appeared to have made it when I returned. Pictures attached are before and after of last year's nest.
Close to 1 to 1. Very slightly skewed toward males... like 51% to 49%What's the ratio on male female poults?
Awww... hate to hear it. But that's what happens to 8 out of 10 nests in today's world. Start running traps! (Or better yet, trap before hens nest).Returned to the field where the nest in original post was...... unfortunately it looked robbed to me.....pieces of shell scattered with one shell ten foot away.... completely different than the nest I followed up on last year which had all shells close together in the nest and they clearly appeared to have hatched.....but we have several hens around... So hopefully a few of the others were successful.