Well I guess some of them are gettin it going. I watched a big gobbler, with two more along side of him hoping to cut in, breed a hen today. He sure did. What a show. I am in N. Hickman
While I can't remember where I read it, hens have the ability to store semen for 60-70 days without actually laying an egg. As I understand there can be quite some time between breeding/copulation, producing a full clutch of eggs, incubation, and hatching.
My guess is that things are right on schedule but it will be a little while before laying begins.
Decades of biological research shows that breeding takes place well before what we hunters consider the season. I have been in Miss for opening weekend many times and found hens sitting on nests with 10+ eggs in them. I have found the same thing here in TN during our opening week as well.
Not all animals/birds will be bred or do their breeding at the same time, the survival of the species requires that they spread out their timing to avoid a total collapse due to freak weather events etc.
it will be the same as always,there is always hens breed in the begining of march through the end of may.mother nature aint stupid it happens this way for a reason!! its a good thing when hens breed early if you like to kill gobblers in april :grin:
it will be the same as always,there is always hens breed in the begining of march through the end of may.mother nature aint stupid it happens this way for a reason!! its a good thing when hens breed early if you like to kill gobblers in april :grin:
it will be the same as always,there is always hens breed in the begining of march through the end of may.mother nature aint stupid it happens this way for a reason!! its a good thing when hens breed early if you like to kill gobblers in april :grin:
While I can't remember where I read it, hens have the ability to store semen for 60-70 days without actually laying an egg. As I understand there can be quite some time between breeding/copulation, producing a full clutch of eggs, incubation, and hatching.
My guess is that things are right on schedule but it will be a little while before laying begins.
