I've been hatching baby turkeys for the last few days. I had 28 eggs in the incubator and now have 25 baby chicks. I had no idea I would be able to hatch that many. In the past I was about 50% or less. Anybody want any Rio Grande poults? lol They are really cute. Here is a few pics,
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Here is a pic of the 5 older chicks. I moved them into the garage today. They are already flying.
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man, that's cool...never seen babies
:happy0064:Nice!
That's cool, Joe. If you weren't so far away, i may take a few off your hands.
Joe,
what do you do with the turkeys you raise?
It's standing next to the dead turkey.
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Quote from: TauntoHawk on May 18, 2011, 05:14:19 PM
Joe,
what do you do with the turkeys you raise?
ties them to a tree and uses them as live decoys.....how do you think hes killed 100 toms?
Quote from: Gobble! on May 18, 2011, 06:17:50 PM
Quote from: TauntoHawk on May 18, 2011, 05:14:19 PM
Joe,
what do you do with the turkeys you raise?
ties them to a tree and uses them as live decoys.....how do you think hes killed 100 toms?
haha I like it
It's amazing how chicks can survive in the wild.
Cool pics Joe ! Thanks for sharing ! :newmascot:
I just took my baby turkeys out for their first trip on the front lawn. Most were staying close to me but a couple started getting further away. I knew they wouldn't go far because I have done this before. What happened next made my blood boil. One of the turkeys was walking and kee keeing about 10' away, when all of a sudden a falcon came swooping down and hit it. I jumped up yelling at the falcon and chasing after it. It picked up the little chick and flew off with it. I wish I had my gun with me he wouldn't have gotten far. Dang it I was ticked off. How do these little guys make it in the wild. I had 25 and now am down to 24. It looks like one is not doing well either. I might just stick him out there for bait and see if Mr falcon wants another go round with me.
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Quote from: barry on May 19, 2011, 02:41:55 PM
It's amazing how chicks can survive in the wild.
Turkeys are a wildlife miracle.
Little do they know..... :z-guntootsmiley:
OLE' MAMA hen JOE is hot on the falcon's tail...... I can just picture you flailing your arms and hollering at the bird as he flew off.... hate you lost one like that thou!
Quote from: barry on May 19, 2011, 02:41:55 PM
It's amazing how chicks can survive in the wild.
It truly is. I was going to say the same thing.
They are one of nature's very rare miracles.
You should have quite a decoy spread this spring..... ;D ;D
Quote from: Spring_Woods on November 14, 2014, 10:31:53 PM
Quote from: barry on May 19, 2011, 02:41:55 PM
It's amazing how chicks can survive in the wild.
It truly is. I was going to say the same thing.
They are one of nature's very rare miracles.
I think the same thing.....also for Grouse....I've seen several little grouse chicks! I've had the opportunity to see them a few times in the wild and wonder how any of them make it! But God knew what he was doing and it works!
God Bless
Way cool!!
Cool Joe. I guess that shows how our winged predators can take its toll on the chicks during this life stage! Strutter.
Seeing young wild turkey chicks and poults taken away from their wild mothers on my homestead has been an yearly occurrence for many Springs and Summers in the mountains of North Georgia; where I live. I have observed and study wild turkeys for nearly sixty years.I have said many times, "Hawks and Owls are wild turkey pout's number one enemy". They scoop down and take-off with grown turkeys too; especially red-tail cooper's hawks.
This past Spring when on my first morning of turkey season, here in the North Georgia Mountains, I had a taxidermy grown sized hen decoy set in a logging road; before any forage had put out. Here came a Hawk sailing below the tall tree's canopy and when over the decoy, turn a sharp right turn and lit on a limb; starring down at the decoy for several minutes. Then it folded it's wings and dive-bomb down on the decoy. One foot and claw around the decoy's head; the other foot lower down grasped around the neck; flapping it's wings backward pulling the decoy to the ground. Something made a loud bang noise; and it look's like that Hawk will have a hard time eating any more wild turkeys.
Hello Herb! I'm glad to see you on this forum!!! I think you are spot on with these birds of prey. I have your book and want to take the time to thank you for it. I have learned a great deal from it as the book pertains to basically the same type birds and terrain I hunt. I'm in Chatsworth and hunt Fort Mtn and Cohutta often. I have seen some of the same traits in the birds on cohutta that you have described in your book!I talked with Mark the other day about a cane yelper and the conversation turned to you. I can tell you that you have a friend in Mark as he thinks a lot of you. David.