Ditch Parrots

Hi Gator, I have a question about the Ditch Parrots. You seem to have a lot of info on the subject.
When tame birds are released into the wild is there a way to help protect them from predators so they can flourish?
I know some guys in MO that are protecting their raised quail from predators. What they came up with is take several wooden pallets stacked a top f each other the arrange them so the next one is turned 180 degrees them back and forth to the desired height then put a huge rock, boulder, something very heavy on the top. The pallets give the quail a safe haven and the weights on top keep the coyotes from moving the pallets causing the birds to flush.

Thanks Joe

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Yes what we do is release the raised birds( mostly hens) in the morning where we see hens on the roads, Never in the evening, So they will pair up with them during the daylight that seems to work on keeping more of them alive.
AREA has have great cover to keep them alive Red tail hawks are tough on them that stand out in the wide open.

Plus we do a great predator control in fall and winter(Fur prices are good) in the area's we turn loose our birds.

This year we had to get a straight run of chicks so that means we get hens and roosters both.
BUT with the winter we had it should work with lots of sloughes filled up with water and cattails.
BUGS are the key for raising chick's the more bugs better the amount of chicks make it.
Having pen raised chicks,a large flight pen with a bunch of cover helps them get ready for the wild.


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Thanks Gator, some good info there.

I'm sure this is a wives tale but when I was young people said that the reason southern IL can't
sustain the birds is the lack of minerals in the area. Have you ever heard that?

Thanks for your time

Joe

"Sometimes you do things wrong for so long you
think their right" - 2001
"I can't argue with honesty" - 2005
-Joe E Sikora

Yes I have heard that some dirt will not let the right stuff get into a pheasant diet. I would guess it true because SD is top of the pile as far as pheasants WHY not the other states around it.

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