Hatch

[yelp]

Saw two broods along Lake Roosevelt yesterday.  23 birds 2 adult hens 21 poults..good size too.  Good to see for sure!

[Machias]

Glad to hear it.  I STILL have yet to see a quail chick or a turkey poult on the west plains.  

[Hangfire]

Still seeing a huge variation in brood size, from none to large broods and from 1/2 grown to couple weeks old. I would think that indicates a lot of stress at normal hatching time.

Saw my first brood of pheasants yesterday. There were 8 or more chicks, about 2 weeks old. Still have not seen any quail chicks.

[Machias]

Saw my first batch of quail babies this morning and it was huge and they were all little flying ping pong balls.  Probably 14 in one brood.   

[Thenewguy]

There seemed to be a decent hatch in alta

[Hangfire]

Visited friends near Loon Lake today.  They had two pair of quail with chicks in there yard. One brood about 2 weeks old the other brand new. Both broods 8-10 little ones.

[yelp]

Seeing lots of quail, chukars and turkeys in the last few weeks while I was out and about!

[Machias]

Finally!   

[Clumber]

Over by our house, of all places, we spotted a troupe of Quail - 1 male, 2 females, and a whole passel of little fuzzy bumblebees hurrying along behind.  There had to be at least 8-12 babies.  This is right over in Rochester.  If that brood has survived the throngs of domestic cats wandering everywhere, I would think hope less urban ones would have an even better haul.

[yelp]

I was up camping on lk roosevelt saw numerous broods..poults look good!

[Phantom Gobbler]

Glad to hear these reports from the field.  Sounds like the Fall Hunt will be a good one.

[Machias]

Yea, I'm feeling ALOT better than I was in early summer, saw a nice batch of turkey poults finally and this morning I saw a group of quail that was huge, probably 40 birds.