little turkeys

[sabmgb]

on the way to the gun club, I had to stop for 2 hens and 13 poulets about 8" tall. I thought it was 2 families together. One hen finally rounded up the little ones and got them off the road. the other hen went the other way than I notice something moving and there was at least 4 really small poulets, like 4" tall. I put arrows to point out the little ones in the picture

[Fishnhunt]

I have also seen hens in the last two weeks with similar sized chicks. They looked to be a couple weeks old which makes them a second nesting effort for sure.
Hopefully they make it through the winter…. we could use more turkeys.

[Jesse]

We had some really late frost and super cold mornings this spring which probably resulted in a lot of later nests I’ve been noticing a lot of small ones as well

[Jesse]

We had some really late frost and super cold mornings this spring which probably resulted in a lot of later nests I’ve been noticing a lot of small ones as well

[ytjigger]

Saw a hen & 5 or 6 little ones on the Monck rd. yesterday. They were about the size of a Blue Jay which seemed awfully small for this time year. Cheers

[Drew]

I’ve seen 2 or 3 hens with packs of wee ones (blue Jay - grouse size) as well near Huntsville. Odd to me that they walk them along the shoulders of hwy 60 or hwy 11, but what do I know - from the citiots I see driving around here lately maybe that’s the safest place for them, being that a lot of drivers have trouble keeping it on the road anymore. Not a turkey expert or hunter but I figure they gotta be a second batch for the year.