Poult survival?

[DonBo]

Haven't seen any new poults myself yet, so not sure how big they're getting. I'm worried though that most should have been hatching a couple weeks ago during that period of cold wet weather, and it's been nothing but wet since. Not ideal for raising young birds of any kind be it turkeys, pheasant, grouse whatever.

Anyone seeing any young birds?

[123fish]

I was listening to a fishing report on the radio this morning and a guy from Marshall said he saw a hen with eight poults. Said they were about the size of hen pheasants. Hope they are all that successful. Also had a work buddy say that his daughter who lives by Belle Plaine had two hens with six poults each in her yard. That was two weeks ago.

[Tom7227]

Last week a friend in Grant had a hen turkey jumping all over the place while a fox was nearby. Grass was too deep but he figured she was trying to protect the poults. He also had two sandhill cranes in his yard this morning and they were about 20 feet up into the cut grass but no young were visible. I figure the yound wouldn't stay that far away from the mom even if she did wander out into the open.

[Scott M]

Haven't seen any yet, but that should change shortly. We haven't had it quite as wet down here, at least not the really bad deluges. Should have a pretty good hatch and fledge rate if things keep up.

[brittman]

We saw a hen and her very young poults on a 694 entrance ramp yesterday. There were only 6 or 7. Absolutely so tiny they just may have been leaving the nest.

[Gordie]

saw a hen today but no poults with her and come to think of it I hasvent seen any yet either. Hope they fair well n this weather

[123fish]

Brother-in-law told me this weekend that at their campsite on Lobster lake they had three hens with twelve poults between them strolling around the campground.

[Borch]

Father in law saw some poults last week up in Banning Park.

[bluehat28]

Saw 2 hens with about 15 poults near the Sartell compost site on Sunday.

[paintbrush]

Had 3 hens cross the road right in front of me this morning, I had to stop so as to not run any over, and they had about 20 or so poults with them. 8 were about 1/2 the size of the hens, and about a dozen or so were about a 1/3 rd the size of the hens. Good thing to see, and it was only a couple of blocks from my house.

[RumRiverRat]

Seen several Hens with Poults in the Andover/Oak Grove/Ramsey area.

[Scott M]

Finally saw my first poults yesterday morning. About 10-12 of the little black balls running in the ditch eating bugs.

[DonBo]

Had several people at archery last night tell me they've been seeing them this past week. Most say they are between grouse and pheasant size right now.

[Scott M]

I'm on a roll. Saw a pheasant hen with chicks and a hen turkey with 9 or 10 black blobs. The pheasant had a rooster by her side...apparently he settled down and sobered up to help raise the family

[Scott M]

They've been coming out like crazy. I've seen the same duo with clutches out on the same county road, and over the weekend I saw them everywhere...Lakeville, Rochester, Chatfield, Lanesboro, Montgomery...I think its prime time for insect foraging for the little ones.

[Borch]

The little ones aren't so little now. Pheasant sied or bigger. WIth hay being cut I'm seeing a lot in cut fields chasing grasshoppers.