A record number of 406 endangered Attwater Prairie Chickens were - TopicsExpress



          

A record number of 406 endangered Attwater Prairie Chickens were scheduled for release this year! Fossil Rim is one of four facilities that participate in the captive breeding program. The main goal of the program is to produce as many healthy chicks as possible to be released back into the wild and to maintain the captive population. We started the 2014 season with 50 breeding birds. This season we hatched 280 chicks and of those 173 were selected for release! The remaining chicks will be kept for breeding in the 2015 season.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:51:12 +0000

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