I talked to the local farmer by my farm. He said he would try to pick his wheat by me last because of my concerns for two hens I knew were nesting in his field. Well they picked Sunday 11 June. The hen was in the field with 8 poults. She ran to the ditch. The poults were ok but in field. Unfortunately my helper thought they were ok and did not want to mess with them. They where heading to the hen when he left but it was mid day, hot and only a day or two old birds. He checked them two hours later and 6 of them died from exposure. Did not find the other two. I did tell him if ever see that again just move poults to shade off of field. The hen will return to them. Stink. Here is one pic of them.
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