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    Yeah. I just hope they all have survived the rains.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DJP View Post
    Yeah. I just hope they all have survived the rains.
    It's gonna be tough, Hell of a lot of rain came down the last two weeks
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    I saw 3 different hens with poults this afternoon, all in the same general area, but not all together. They had 8-12 poults each that ranged from 3 inches tall to 6-8 inches tall. We’ve had at least 3 inches of rain since Sunday, but they seemed to be doing fine.

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    He ONLY reason u saw poults is because of the rain, prescribed fires don't burn when it rains.

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    Prescribed fires huh... Mother Nature says "hey y'all,watch this"
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    I have seen 4 hens with poults during the 12"+ we've gotten in the past two weeks.
    Not surprising b/c I typically don't see a lot of clutches.
    But what was very noticeable after the first 7-10 days of rain were the number of gobblers strutting with hens.
    Also, just like last season after the rain started....hens without poults.
    I have seen more strutters with hens in the past week than I saw all of the days since the end of the season!
    They are and will re-nest it's what they do.....life goes on!
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    Just saw 3 hens with 14 poults......if they can survive the last 2 weeks worth of rain we've received they are some tough little hombres.

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    I'm more worried about dove nests.

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    Just saw 2 hens with about 18 poults. I'm starting to see poults almost daily now.

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    Burning eggs is like abortion, so its ok.

    Killing poults with rain is just murder.
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    I set up pup tents by all of my chufa plots in March to protect the turkeys from the rain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Calibogue View Post
    I have seen 4 hens with poults during the 12"+ we've gotten in the past two weeks.
    Not surprising b/c I typically don't see a lot of clutches.
    But what was very noticeable after the first 7-10 days of rain were the number of gobblers strutting with hens.
    Also, just like last season after the rain started....hens without poults.
    I have seen more strutters with hens in the past week than I saw all of the days since the end of the season!
    They are and will re-nest it's what they do.....life goes on!
    Cali I've seen 3 gobblers in full strut with hens in Hampton County after the rain like you said. It's like they know the season is done.
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    Quote Originally Posted by smitch320 View Post
    Cali I've seen 3 gobblers in full strut with hens in Hampton County after the rain like you said. It's like they know the season is done.
    More like they know those hens lost a clutch of poults and need the shaft again!
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    Is the "shaft" a non scientific name for a Gobbler's love device?? I'm just curious..

    One other question, if a hen re-nests late and hatches poults in late June, does that mean that in 2019 we will be short on Super Jakes???

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    Quote Originally Posted by nitro5x6's View Post
    Is the "shaft" a non scientific name for a Gobbler's love device?? I'm just curious..

    One other question, if a hen re-nests late and hatches poults in late June, does that mean that in 2019 we will be short on Super Jakes???

    You know it....
    \"I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A small bird will drop dead frozen from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.\" <br />D.H. LAWRENCE

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