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Poults already?!?!?

Andy S. said:
This past weekend while in middle TN I saw several lone hens out in fields in odd places. Furthermore, I saw two hens that had been hit by automobiles, I swerved to miss one crossing the road and had one fly right across my windshield Saturday afternoon, both of those being alone. I typically start seeing live hens along the roadside acting nonchalant, dead hens on the roadside and these occurrences of hens in odd places about the second or third week of season. Take it for what it is worth. :)
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I drove about 5 miles of the Natchez Trace yesterday morning about 7:30 AM. Within that 5 miles, I saw 6-8 different lone hens poking around in small fields...
 
I've seen lone hens several different times out in the late afternoon for more than a week, which is several weeks earlier than usual. No doubt that the vast majority of breeding is yet to come, but just like an occasional spotted fawn being seen in November or December, or in April, it is not unreasonable or impossible that a few hens were bred early enough to have poults.
 
Just because you see a lone hen it doesn't mean she is sitting on a nest or even tending one. It is extremely common during the break-up period for hens to become alone, and without any company. These hens are usually young hens or hens that get lost from their flock, they also are usually picked up by either jakes or 2 year old birds after they split from a flock.

Thinking that a hen alone means a nest nearby is sort of like thinking that an early warm spell means early nesting ;)
 
I cant figure you out setterman You said poults were on the ground in the org post to this thread then say others are crazy for seeing them?Can you explain
 
RAFI said:
I cant figure you out setterman You said poults were on the ground in the org post to this thread then say others are crazy for seeing them?Can you explain
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I was being a smart a**. I was making reference to what I had witnessed all across the deep south with regards to breeding behavior, and making a point that Knoxville wouldn't be dramatically further along then places much further south in terms of poults/eggs/breeding cycle.

Reread the post I made on the first page which you are referring to, and keep in mind the person who wrote it is a smart a** :)
 

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