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i know this is old thread but is there any swaps planned for this spring?? im in K&Q looking to pick up 2-4 pullets

helloooooooo

Anyone know of any swaps around the middle peninsula VA. I live in King and queen. I heard maybe one at TSC n Gloucester maybe in March but that's unconfirmed. I also heard of one up at triple d in KW. I'm looking for a few pullets too replace a few lost to predators. Any info???

hi. i am in the lower end K&Q county just outside West Point. I have recently lost 2 hens to a unknown predator while they were out ranging. I am looking to replace them with 2-4 white egg laying pullets around 20-24 weeks preferably. Anyone know of any swaps or sales close me? thanks

My bro-in law told me that last Sunday evening when he left my house he saw a bald Eagle perched up in a dead tree on a old hunting road less then 100 yards from my house. Now there are a good population of eagles around the county but I have never see one flying in close proximity to my place...

i think your right. i am going to check around again today and talk to some neighbors. Think i might turn them out and supervise with my shotgun to see if what ever is snatching them tries again. but its unlikely the culprit will venture out with me and my dog out with the hens! i will keep u...

Yes I intend to speak with my neighbor the next time I see her out. Also I took a walk around the general area they range no signs. I did not go across the field to my neighbors. I'm thinking hawk maybe a coyote or fox. Both are plentiful here. Foxes are more of a night predator in my...

I have been turning my hens out pretty much everyday for a year. On Tuesday one of my hens did not make it back to The coop and yesterday another. I live in a rural area with plenty of natural predators around. I have never had a problem in the past year. My neighbor across the field bout 200...

no. they are in a pen all day unless i turn them out. so nothing is getting to the eggs. All i found was a few field mice living in the coop when I cleaned it out. All i can think of is the daylight issue.

yeah i only got 8. there this years chicks and started laying in the summer.

I realize hens slow production during the winter months. With that said should I be concerned with 0 eggs over the last 3 weeks. My hens were molting back in the fall and production slowed then naturally. I am finding tons of feathers again. I completely cleaned out there coop recently and...

Mine are doing the same. I'm assuming its just the time of year. I am in eastern Va my hens cut back back in Sept also. I have 8 hens and sometime 1 a day from 6-7 day. My E.E's have not laid in 1 1/2 mos. My black sex links, nh reds and orpingtons are laying every other day or so although the...

I also have had production cut in half. My 8 hens were hatched Feb. 22. The started laying good in mid July. Last Friday I had 1 egg. This comes after nearly 2 months of 5-7 sometime 8 a day. Saturday I had 2 and Sunday 3. Its been 3 all week. Now I'm not sure if its a lack of daylight. I...

When you find a way to keep a 2 yr old lab from chasing anything that moves let me know. Btw another egg today.