Guest deldeer Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 went scouting for turkey sign saturday, & came across something i thought was a little odd. there is a chicken house that run down the property and stop about 40 yards before the woods, but there is a big mud hole between them/with a little stagnet water in it.....but the mud is completely covered in big turkey tracks & gobbler droppings!!!!!! any idea why they would be going to this mudhole so much ???? there doesn't seem to be any food there, they walk across a winter wheat field to get to it & there is plenty of fresh water in the woods. could there be some kind of minerals in the sandy soil at that mudhole ??.....trying to find out why they are going there all the time......( guess i know where i'll be setting up )!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Schmeck Posted March 27, 2005 Report Share Posted March 27, 2005 Re: chicken houses????? [ QUOTE ] any idea why they would be going to this mudhole so much ???? [/ QUOTE ] Off-roading? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted March 27, 2005 Report Share Posted March 27, 2005 Re: chicken houses????? Sometimes them BIG old longbeards will make a wallow just like a bull elk............... J/K. The snail thing sounds believable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted March 27, 2005 Report Share Posted March 27, 2005 Re: chicken houses????? I think you just found your set up..in the coop!! You might say...you found a set up worth "crowing" about..LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WhiteHead Posted March 27, 2005 Report Share Posted March 27, 2005 Re: chicken houses????? Are you saying the houses are run down, or got chickens in them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deldeer Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 Re: chicken houses????? hey !!!!!!....i never thought about the slugs !!!!.......they are brand new, commercial houses full of perdues finest !!!!......thought maybe they were eating feed grains, but there aren't any... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WhiteHead Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Re: chicken houses????? I don't know about up there in delaware, but here in Ga. the chicken people says that a wild bird(turkey) can contaminate their chickens and cause them to die. So you need to get on these birds before the owner of these houses just shoots them to get rid of them. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeviShot Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Re: chicken houses????? They could be eating bugs or they may have found some sort of minerals that they like in the mud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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