Poults

['borohunter]

Had these visit the front yard today. Probably the smallest poults I've seen... Good to see though.

 

[Setterman]

Little bitty chumps

 

[DoubleRidge]

That's great to see!

 

[Hduke86]

Now fingers crossed they survive

 

[thirdwilliam]

very nice

 

[Gravey]

 

[megalomaniac]

Cute little buggars! About a week old there. They grow FAST!

 

[Andy S.]

Best sighting in the world when it comes to turkey conservation and turkey hunting. We have been seeing some poults here in SW TN over the last 2-3 weeks, with earliest poults seen 16May22, day after season closed.

 

[Gravey]

Been seeing this hen on my neighbor's property while I jog and figured she had a nest there. Left about lunchtime yesterday and saw her with 1 little one. Kinda bummed me out only seeing 1. I slowed up and waited for others to cross over but nothing.

 

[th88]

Off to a great start. Definitely a better 'early' hatch in my neck of the woods than the past few springs. Multiple reports of large broods that are already flying. It was also a much drier May than we've been having. Just goes to show Mother Nature finds a way. We had a good hatch last year too, but a lot of late poults which I attributed to the substantial summer rains.

 

[megalomaniac]

Been seeing this hen on my neighbor's property while I jog and figured she had a nest there. Left about lunchtime yesterday and saw her with 1 little one. Kinda bummed me out only seeing 1. I slowed up and waited for others to cross over but nothing.
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Good for her!, but sad mother nature took the other 11.

If every single hen raises 1 poult per year, turkeys are going to be extinct..
But 1 is just a little better than zero.

 

[Gravey]

Good for her!, but sad mother nature took the other 11.

If every single hen raises 1 poult per year, turkeys are going to be extinct..
But 1 is just a little better than zero.

My wife came home a little bit ago and said she almost hit a hen right where I took that pic. I asked was there any poults and she said she didn't see any. The hen crossed over after she went by and she didn't see any little ones follow her. Assuming it's the same hen. Sadness of it is.

 

[tellico4x4]

Saw 4 hens & about 20 poults feeding on wheat heads yesterday in one of our annual plots. Poults we're about chucker size & flying well.

 

[DoubleRidge]

Saw 4 hens & about 20 poults feeding on wheat heads yesterday in one of our annual plots. Poults we're about chucker size & flying well.

That's great!! Very encouraging!!

 

[Gravey]

Did some work at our lease Wednesday morning and saw a hen with 5-6 poults. May have been more but that's all I could see.

 

[Urban_Hunter]

I remember when we were kids my little
Cousin was riding his dirt bike and ran up on some that size. He jumped off and was trying to catch them and an Ol hen came flying out of nowhere and flogged the crap out of him. Literally left gouges in his helmet. He was screaming and crying like he was about to die lol

 

[TnKen]

I'm getting worried at my place. I usually see 20+ poults by this time, but haven't seen a single one yet. I have three hens that regularly come through, and haven't seen a poult yet.

 

[huvrman]

Just yesterday saw a hen with poults that size. I wouldn't have imagined them sitting so late in the summer.