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Fresh crop
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06/09/17 03:27 PM
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Vern1
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Have these guys scratching around in my hay field yesterday afternoon and thought I would share. This is part of a group with a single Tom, 4 hens and 23 poults.
Cheers, Vern1 Texans since The Old 300 in 1824 NRA Lifetime Member
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Re: Fresh crop
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06/09/17 03:41 PM
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MoTex
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That is a lot of survivors for four hens!
Last edited by MoTex; 06/09/17 03:43 PM.
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Re: Fresh crop
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06/09/17 04:23 PM
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Vern1
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That is a lot of survivors for four hens! Yeah, pretty amazed myself. It has been a very good year here in Central Texas though and we feed them regularly. I have seen good early success before only to be thinned by predators as the season goes on. Hopefully, half or more make it to maturity.
Cheers, Vern1 Texans since The Old 300 in 1824 NRA Lifetime Member
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Re: Fresh crop
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07/07/17 11:26 PM
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colt45-90
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hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Fresh crop
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07/08/17 02:24 PM
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Wilhunt
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How long for turkey eggs to hatch? Good hunting coming.
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Re: Fresh crop
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07/10/17 10:57 PM
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SpoonPlatoon
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How long for turkey eggs to hatch? Good hunting coming. 26-28 days from incubation iniation.
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Re: Fresh crop
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07/11/17 03:15 PM
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Western
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Hope the can make 25-30%, I have seen around 40 poults here on others patures, a few on my place, each time I see them there are fewer, but the ones lingering are sure putting on the growth.
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
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Re: Fresh crop
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07/11/17 03:32 PM
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Kyle Cresson
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I have historically stuck with dove but think this may be my first year for turkey. Looking forward to being able to contribute something of value to these forums...eventually. - Kyle
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Re: Fresh crop
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07/13/17 02:59 PM
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oldoak2000
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Nice; I've recently seen a momma turkey showing her 6 or 7 poults where all the nice choice soft and hard mast locations are on my new property; really cool to watch her 'teaching' them. Have watched deer hit the same spots throughout the year; nothing like having 'auto-self-refilling feeders' on the property that cost $0 to maintain!
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Re: Fresh crop
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07/27/17 01:53 AM
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Vern1
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A month and a half later and most are still making it!
Cheers, Vern1 Texans since The Old 300 in 1824 NRA Lifetime Member
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Re: Fresh crop
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08/11/17 01:04 PM
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colt45-90
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hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Fresh crop
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08/12/17 12:00 AM
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Wilhunt
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Re: Fresh crop
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08/17/17 11:56 PM
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TexasKC
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I'm glad you guys are seeing young turkeys. For the first time in years we haven't seen a single poult on our place in Lee county.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
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