SDJIM
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I once read that in very arid conditions that chick mortality can be very high due to lack of insects they need to survive. In an older issue(5 yrs at least) of the Pheasnats Forever Journal there was an article about how to help--it involved creating a moist green patch of ground near cover that allowed the insect population to floursh and still provided the chicks escape cover. Does anyone remember this article and the issue that it was in--I would like to try this idea in dry years like this year in SD. I think I have some ground near both a water source and decent nesting cover that would work. Any thoughts or ideas are welcome.