Last summer, it was 3.2 poults per hen, compared to 2.9 poults per hen in 2023 and 3.1 in 2022 and 2021, according to the Game Commission.

Most of the research, though, said that the poults need to be 4 weeks old to roost in the trees at night. Now that it’s August it won’t be long before fall hawk watch sites will begin to be ...

“The first two weeks after hatching are critical in terms of poult survival as the hen tries to keep the poults eating often to gain enough protein to be able to develop flight feathers ...

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- More and more people are looking for alternatives to the traditional store-bought turkey. One is a wild breed known around the country that originated in Rhode Island ...

Unhatched poults certainly can’t flee a fire, and hens can’t move their clutches out of harm’s way, either. “If you burn in April or May, you might burn a turkey nest,” says Dr. Craig Harper, a ...

Average brood sizes (hens + poults). For example, in the photo above there is one hen with seven poults, for a brood size of eight. Percentage of adult hens with poults. Production Index (PI) = total ...

Turkey poults at Starved Rock State Park, remembering the joy of wading the Fox River with a sleeping daughter and the world record alligator gar are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors ...