How dry is it?

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A friend in Wichita said he'd killed a mosquito that was carrying a canteen.

A man in Galena, Ks. said the chicken farmers were giving the chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs.

At East Lake they caught a 10lb catfish that had ticks on it!

But just this week, in Newton Ks. a fire hydrant was seen bribing a dog.

It's so dry in Kansas that the Baptists are starting to baptize by sprinkling, the Methodists are using wet-wipes, the Presbyterians are giving out rain-checks, and the Catholics are praying for the wine to turn back into water.

Now THAT's Dry.:D
 
I am dry at the Ponderosa, but in my travels to the SW I know it is even drier. My last beneficial rain was November 13, 2010, but talking to my doctor's nurse this morning that farms at Copeland(35 miles SW), she said their last rain was June 13, 2010.

We are just beginning August, our hottest month and we are only a few days away from breaking the 1936 record for hottest number of days. My parents have told me many stories of the dirty thirties. I think we would be right back there again if we were still clean farming with a one-way plow.
 
Dad said they finally picked up an inch. He's NE of you a ways Maynard. It's probably not going to help the birds much (won't hurt either), but it helps the farmers a bit. If nothing else, I'm sure it brings better spirits:)
 
kansasbrittany said:
Dad said they finally picked up an inch. He's NE of you a ways Maynard. It's probably not going to help the birds much (won't hurt either), but it helps the farmers a bit. If nothing else, I'm sure it brings better spirits:)
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Glad he got some rain.
 
Team68 said:
I have been seeing alot of little pheasants out. I think its going to be a good year
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If you live near Hays, Hays, Ks. received (July 2011) 12 days out of 31 days of measurable precipitation. That little rain greatly benefited the pheasant hatch and chick survival.

See month below:

http://www.weather.com/weather/monthly/USKS0255?month=-1

If over the next 30 days if S. W. Kansas or the Texas/Oklahoma panhandle can average a tenth to a quarter of an inch of rain on an average of every six or seven days, what ever chicks that manage to hatch earlier should survive.
 
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Preston1 said:
If you live near Hays, Hays, Ks. received 12 days out of 31 days of measurable precipitation. That little rain greatly benefited the pheasant hatch and chick survival.

See month below:

http://www.weather.com/weather/monthly/USKS0255?month=-1

If over the next 30 days if S. W. Kansas or the Texas/Oklahoma panhandle can average a tenth to a quarter of an inch of rain on an average of every six or seven days, what ever chicks that manage to hatch earlier should survive.
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that smattering of rain will help, but 17 days out of 31 shows temps from 100-108......that is some tough heat!
 
hunter94, High heat or high temperature on pheasant or quail can be compared to a double edge sword, it can be a blessing or a curse.

But high hot temperatures with intermittent rains just a little moisture (not flooding rains) can greatly increase fat juicy insect numbers. In addition, the high temps. to young chicks can act like a natural warm brooded house in the wild. For the first 3 to 7 days of a chicks life is fragile, temps. close to 90 is ideal for the first week after hatching.

All game birds will find shade or cover from the burning sun. Any broad leaf crop, tree line shelter belt or dry creek bed can provide shade from the sun. Irrigated broad leaf crops are big life savers also.

Its not the 100 plus temps. that hurt or kill young pheasants or quail, its the direct exposure to the sun rays (with no shade) and long dehydration, no water at all that will hurt the birds.
But rain is not the only source of water, fat juicy insects are full of water moisture and protein, both chicks and adult birds obtain food and moisture from insects in this heat. Even when day time temps. are over 100 low areas and low ditches will collect morning dew for the birds to drink.

When insects are moving and abundant young pheasant and quail don't always have to expose themselves to direct sun rays, they just have to wait in the shade for the water filled insects to crawl or fly by them like grasshoppers etc.
This is why most young birds are seen in the early morning or late evening.
 
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