Pheasant Fact Friday - PF FB Repost

remy3424 said:
If I could find crushed limestone near me, I would buy a 1000 pounds to supplement the hens, just to make it easier for them.
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I’m thinking they would get some calcium from farmers spreading lime. Maybe an ag lime pile would work? Idk…spitballing
 
SDinWI said:
I’m thinking they would get some calcium from farmers spreading lime. Maybe an ag lime pile would work? Idk…spitballing
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That is possible, I just never thought that, as it is such a fine powder. I just assumed they found enough in our road gravel. A good idea, I might explore that.
 
remy3424 said:
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This is why we should consider only burning 1/3 of a parcel a year, you need to leave some old grass that the hens can nest under. Happy nesting ladies!
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We abide by the 1/3 rule on our property. Takes a bit more work on the burning, but well worth it IMO. I think everything with habitat comes down to diversity, and having 3 sections of a field that are perpetually in 3 different stages of succession can only help with nests initiation, survival, and ultimately poult recruitment into the Fall IMO. Good stuff.
 
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This time of the year, I really try to limit any time in the cover and defiantly wouldn't let my dog in anything that could be holding nesting hens. This a good time to just let them be...just like when we have a pile of snow cover the temps are below zero, they don't need to get to be screwed with when they are trying to reproduce or struggling to survive.
 
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