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Show DAVIS REFLEX JOURNAL MAY 22, 1985 Ctmkm Get Lots Of Hdp By DONETA GATHERUM - KAYSVILLE People who enjoy hunting game birds, conservationists and lovers of natural things will appreciate the efforts of several volunteers who have agreed to assist the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources in raising Chukar Partridge chicks. THE PAST two winters in Utah have been hard on all game birds. Chukars that once were abundant along the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains and on Antelope Island are now few in number. Even in protected areas where hunting is not permitted, the population has dropped dramatically. The Division of Wildlife Resources in Utah operates only one game farm at Springville. They have many excellent producing chukar hens. If the hatchery keeps the young and raises them to maturity, valuable space is used that could go for the hatching of more young. RAISING the day-ol- d hatches to the age of four months can be accomplished by volunteers outside of the hatchery setting. Two years ago, the program of letting private citizens who were knowledgeable in chick raising was started in Cache and Morgan counties. It was very successful with an 80 to 90 percent chick survival rate. CHUCKAR LOVERS Troy Justensen, left, and Roger Reynolds are keeping busy with a bunch of baby chuckars. Scores have been distributed to loving families for temporary care under a Division of Wildlife program. By DONETA GATHERUM KAYSVILLE - Troy Justensen, FFA Chapter President at Davis High School, was standing and waiting by the FFA storage building last Monday afternoon when Allan Hash, conservation officer for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources drove up with a truck loaded with small carboard boxes equipped with air holes. -- - INSIDE THE boxes were tiny speckled chicks. Troy had agreed to take 25 of the chicks to his home. He will raise them for the next four months, donating about $30 worth of feed, a warm brooder and pens, for the chicks as they grow. Most important of all, Troy will give his time to this conservation project. , : ; The chicks are special, they are from incubated brood eggs hatched in Springville from eggs laid by brood Chukar Partridge hens. The DWR hopes this system of hatch- ing the eggs and then using volun- teers to raise the chicks will help replenish the supply of game birds that has been badly depleted the past two years because of bad win-- ; ters. : : ; ; : TROY IS one of several Davis High FFA members that will be raising the chicks. The chapter took 50 young birds to keep in a locked building at the school. The Chapter officers will take turns car- ing for the chicks. People living in several Davis County communities who have had past experience raising game birds will also participate in this project that has been going in Utah for two years. THERE ARE several reasons Troy has for raising the chukars for the DWR. As president of the Davis FFA Chapter, I see this as one way to bring more vitality into our chapter. Members who participate in the project can earn awards. The Chapter can also earn recognition through this project, Troy states. Troy is working toward his BOAC (Building Our American Community) award in the FFA program. OUTWARD recognitions are necessary to the other reasons Troy lists for participating in the Chukar chick program. In the past, I have raised pigeons and pheasants. It was a neat experience. I think there are many things I can learn through this project, the Davis High School Junior states. Future career plans also tie into this volunteer effort. I want to go into wildlife management when I complete high school. Raising is a good introduction to the career field I have chosen, he ex-cha-ka- THIS YEAR volunteers in Davis County are participating in the chick raising project. Monday afternoon, Allan Hash, conservation officer, picked up 200 day-ol- d chicks from the Springville hatchery and delivered them to people living in Kaysville, Layton and West Point. Each person re- - ceiving the chicks signed an agree- ment that they would contribute feed for the birds and that the birds would be returned to the DWR for placement in the natural environment in late summer. THE VOLUNTEERS were also given special written instructions on the care of chukar chicks. The chicks have to be kept in a brooder with a temperature of about 98 degrees for several days. Sawdust can t be used for bedding because the chicks will eat it. Chukars cant survive if they are fed chicken starter feed. They must have a high protein diet of at least 20 percent such as is found in turkey starter. Each volunteer will contribute about $30 worth of poultry feed to their hatch of 25 chukars. Pens must be kept locked. It is unlawful to raise game birds with out permission from the DWR. The chicks must be protected from theft or mishandling by untrained people. a manageable, natural population. SOMEDAY two or three years from now, one of the volunteers who raised these day old chicks, might be hunting in the foothills. 'The chukar he shoots might be a feeding on grasshoppers, cheat grass and wild seeds instead of commercially mixed feed and sleeping on rocky slopes instead of in secure fenced pens. Hunting will be closed for a year or two to allow the young stock enough time to become well established. If the winters are mild, the hatchery-raisebirds will reproduce at a sufficient rate to maintain descendant of a bird that was raised in the volunteers own back yard. If this is the case, then the chukar adoption program can he called successful." dmg d Memorial Day Service Slated At Syracuse City Cemetery Un Monday, May 27, Memorial Day Services are scheduled to commence at 8 a.m. at the Syracuse Cemetery. AS A THEME served between the hours of 9 and a m. and is a fund raiser for the Scout Troop. 1 IN THE past years this has been very outstanding and promises to be even better this year. A menu including every good breakfast food w ill be included at this time. Both individual and family rates are available. for this years celebration the Scout Troop from the Syracuse Fourth Ward, who are sponsoring this event, have chosen Im Proud To Be An American. Along with the youth of Troop 319 and Scout Masters Carl Arnold and Stan Smith a Flag ceremony will commence the morning's program. Two outstanding speakers, Col. PREDATORS like rats and cats have to be controlled by fixing the pens with a board around the bottom to discourage the chicks from escaping and predators from entering the pen. At the conclusion of the summer season, the chukars will be released at the 5,000-7,00- 0 foot level of the Davis County foothills. The mature chukars will be banded before release so migration patterns, hunter success and other scientific data can be studied. Iris DUP Camp Holds Closing Social FJoyd H. McCoin, Deputy Base Commander from Hill Air Force Base and Bishop Paul Cook, a Vietnam Veteran, will each perform. The closing meeting and social for members of the Iris Camp Daughters of Pioneers was held last Tuesday afternoon at the home CITY AND church officials w ill be recognized and special music will be given by the North Davis Jr. High School Band under the direction of leader Mike Packham. Following the mornings program at the cemetery, this Scout Troop and their assistants will be serving breakfast at the Stoker Park, 175 West 1350 South, Syracuse. The breakfast will be held at the Cook Elementary School and will be VOLUNTEERS are invited to accompany the conservation officers to the point of release and watch as their day-ol- d chicks that are now mature game birds leave to make a life in the natural setting of Mrs. Helen Barber. hostesses were Mrs. Jetta presented most interesting a Pioneer History and Mrs. Elsena Jones of West Point. Daughter of 1 Pioneer Camp Captain for the North Davis County, was a special guest at the meeting. A PROBLEM?? 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