10 inches of rain
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These are in a 24 hour period!!!KansasCowboy
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Damn this is not good! this has been a very unfavorable winter and spring! not looking good. hopefully we come out of this ok
Gove County Britts
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at seven tonight i had 2-2.5iches and thats from 11 last night alread sein some qual chicks hope they foundthe arch
kansasbrittany
Banned
If there are chicks on the ground, they're succeptable to death by drowning. I don't think the eggs will be a problem unless the hen has to abandon the nest. They got about 2.5" around Larned. Dad said there is no standing water as they were in need of rain and the ground soaked it all up.
FCSpringer
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WOW, gully washer. Thats a bunch of rain.
It isn't good. I track all precip in KS from May 1 to July 1. Right now, there are VERY FEW spots in KS that are in good shape after the last 14 days...and especially the events of the last week. That's the bad news.
The good news is that that hatch occurs on what's call a "bell shaped curve". In other words, it doesn't happen all at once. The peak of the hatch is different for pheasant than for quail (pheasant first, then quail). Fortunately recent rains occurred before the peak. This means that hens are likely to renest.
As for the chicks that have already hatched, we have two problems 1) drowning 2) hypothermia. Quail and pheasant chicks cannot regulate their body temps until roughly 5 days of age. Did it kill em all? Probably not, but it wasn't good.
What we never know is exactly when the peak hatch occurs. It doesn't always peak at the same time. I was surprised to hear that somebody had already seen quail chicks. I was hoping that the cool cloudy weather would have delayed the start of the hatch a bit as upland birds are "phototropic". That is, they begin to nest and lay due to a hormone that is produced when the days begin to get longer. This hormone is what tells them to reproduce.
The December bizzard and this wet and cold spring isn't being kind to our feathered friends.
Time to cross our fingers.
The good news is that that hatch occurs on what's call a "bell shaped curve". In other words, it doesn't happen all at once. The peak of the hatch is different for pheasant than for quail (pheasant first, then quail). Fortunately recent rains occurred before the peak. This means that hens are likely to renest.
As for the chicks that have already hatched, we have two problems 1) drowning 2) hypothermia. Quail and pheasant chicks cannot regulate their body temps until roughly 5 days of age. Did it kill em all? Probably not, but it wasn't good.
What we never know is exactly when the peak hatch occurs. It doesn't always peak at the same time. I was surprised to hear that somebody had already seen quail chicks. I was hoping that the cool cloudy weather would have delayed the start of the hatch a bit as upland birds are "phototropic". That is, they begin to nest and lay due to a hormone that is produced when the days begin to get longer. This hormone is what tells them to reproduce.
The December bizzard and this wet and cold spring isn't being kind to our feathered friends.
Time to cross our fingers.
M. R. Byrd
Well-known member
I am in KC so missed the rain. I hear the ranch had over four inches and there was water over the roads. I will check things out when I return.