Poults Not Seen!

[TheLBLman]

I've got 6-12 hens in my back yard every day, and haven't seen the first poult.

Not going to say probable, but believe it is plausible that many the hens without poults are jennies (since we had such a good hatch in 2023) and these jennies are either not nesting and/or very late nesters.

We're still seeing gobblers breeding them.

 

[TheLBLman]

This pic came in on one of my security cams yesterday.
Appears to be at least 7 chicks.

How old you think these chicks?

 

[PickettSFHunter]

I finally got a picture of a hen with 2 poults today. The poults were fairly grown up, about like a small chicken.

 

[megalomaniac]

This pic came in on one of my security cams yesterday.
Appears to be at least 7 chicks.

How old you think these chicks?

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12 to 14d old

 

[LA man]

I'm seeing a few hens and ZERO poult's

 

[kevin mays]

The five poults I saw Sunday were smaller than quail
The hen has only two tail feathers left

 

[Livin2hunt]

Hope there's more with this hen out of camera view but see 4 little ones. Starting to see them now more frequently.

 

[knightrider]

Saw two hens five poults today in Claiborne, appeared to be about two weeks old

 

[PickettSFHunter]

How old would these be? The bad thing here is, I have more bear cubs per sow than I do poults per hen or fawns per doe and that's no exaggeration.

 

[TnKen]

I saw two hens with 7 poults this morning

 

[megalomaniac]

How old would these be? The bad thing here is, I have more bear cubs per sow than I do poults per hen or fawns per doe and that's no exaggeration.

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hard to see profile in that pic, but I'd guess around 3 weeks old

 

[jwp1964]

Had a hen with 5 small poults at the backyard bird feeder today. Didn't have camera handy. I'm on the Townsend side of Maryville.

 

[Andy S.]

For those that were unaware, good reference for poult photos and approximate age.

Click link and scroll down.

Eastern Turkey Poult Size & Age

 

[th88]

How old would these be? The bad thing here is, I have more bear cubs per sow than I do poults per hen or fawns per doe and that's no exaggeration.

I like that angle, shows how good their camo is from above!

 

[tellico4x4]

Pulled into a clover plot today & saw a hen that was walking very slowly. Told guy with me that she had babies nearby. Wasn't just a few seconds we saw clover stalks moving. Must have been 12-15 little ones the size of Easter chicks. Kept looking for another hen but never saw one. She was either hiding, or the one we could see was an over achiever!

 

[Wrangler95]

Pulled into a clover plot today & saw a hen that was walking very slowly. Told guy with me that she had babies nearby. Wasn't just a few seconds we saw clover stalks moving. Must have been 12-15 little ones the size of Easter chicks. Kept looking for another hen but never saw one. She was either hiding, or the one we could see was an over achiever!

Man,I wish all hens produced like that!

 

[Livin2hunt]

Really starting to see them now.

 

[Carlos]

I saw 2 Hens on Catoosa over the weekend. Neither one had any poults in tow.

 

[deerhunter10]

Saw a hen and 3 poults on my place Sunday. First turkey seen in 4 years on my place and first poults seen in 7 years.

 

[dogmatik]

I got a pic with some. Just under a dozen it looks like. I'm not a turkey person, but it's pretty neat.