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    keeping swans in the winter

    We'll get together with our neighbors and see what looks good. I really appreciate your guidance. I'll be back with pictures of what we do and probably more questions along the way! One more - can we feed swans what we feed the chickens: kitchen scraps with grains? Thanks very much.
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    keeping swans in the winter

    Great response, thank you. I had been assuming 2, but both 1 & 3 are interesting ideas. Your birds look pretty happy in both the photos. In our case we couldn't fence the ice side of the open water and I presume they need to be protected from whatever coyote/fox are around - do you fence the...
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    keeping swans in the winter

    We are looking to get a pair (probably mute) and need advice on how to overwinter them. They will have plenty of lake for the summer but this will be deep frozen during the winter since we are in Massachusetts. I notice that many of the posters here are WI/MN/IN so I would appreciate advice for...
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