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No decoys in AL first 10 days
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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5320851" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Number one mortality for poults is lack of availability of suitable habitat after the hatch. Poults HAVE to have insects to survive. They won't survive eating plants or even scratch grain some folks throw out thinking it will help. No bugs close by, no poults.</p><p></p><p>As far as predators, avian predators are number one hands down for poults. Watch a momma hen... she is always casting her head to the side to look up. Watch the poults... a plane or a buzzard flies over and they run as fast as they can for some type of cover. Habitat with room to roam at ground level while providing overhead cover is absolutely necessary for them to make it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5320851, member: 2805"] Number one mortality for poults is lack of availability of suitable habitat after the hatch. Poults HAVE to have insects to survive. They won't survive eating plants or even scratch grain some folks throw out thinking it will help. No bugs close by, no poults. As far as predators, avian predators are number one hands down for poults. Watch a momma hen... she is always casting her head to the side to look up. Watch the poults... a plane or a buzzard flies over and they run as fast as they can for some type of cover. Habitat with room to roam at ground level while providing overhead cover is absolutely necessary for them to make it. [/QUOTE]
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