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Show Chukar chicks take careful attention Several thousand chukar chicks at the Springville Game Farm are keeping keep-ing workers busy around the clock. Chukars must be watched closely during dur-ing their first few weeks of life, so they will not injure each other or be killed by predators such as skunks. Since April 16, over 4,000 baby chukars have been hatched. By the end of May, nearly 2,000 more chukars will have hatched. During the latter part of the summer, about more than 5,000 of the young chukars will be released in Utah, Juab and Millard counties to rejuvenate chukar populations in these areas. About 500 to 600 chukars will be kept as brood stock for next year. Recently, the 1982 brood stock was released in eastern Utah, joining 3,000 chukar chicks released last year. This completes chukar transplant operations opera-tions in Daggett, Uintah and Duchesne counties. The chukar, an exotic game bird from Asia, was first introduced into Utah in 1936. Between 1951 and 1968, 185,000 chukars were released on 191 " sites throughout the state. The Division of Wildlife Resources of the Utah Department of Natural Resources and Energy began raising chukars again three years ago. The purpose of this on-going program is to build up chukar populations in several counties and introduce chukars into new areas of the state. |
