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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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.

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 ...

No, it’s a wild turkey and its babies. ODNR has counted the wild turkey hatches of 2024, using a metric called Ohio’s wild turkey poult index, according to their website.