BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[RattlesnakeRidgeWV]

Yes Sir, I love BACON, send that pig my way!!!

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Ha ya I like it crispy

 

[hellbender]

Yes Sir, I love BACON, send that pig my way!!!

Kurt, they may not make it in our lifetime but the pigs will be in Hedgesville, sooner or later. They've breached more than half the state in 30 years and I know folks who are afraid to deer hunt around Greenbank.

 

[NanaKat]

 
I'd rather the pig doesn't come back. Haven't had to deal with them here before. If they're here they're here though, guess they're like rats once they get established. Can't be the state is doing well at eradicating them. Went from open season on them to closing hunting cause they think it made them smarter/harder to get rid of. DEC is supposed to be using traps and helicopters now, I doubt they are doing much good. Haven't heard. If it was working I'm sure they would be bragging.

DNR  re-introduced them to the southern part of West Virginia about 30 years ago and now they have reached a few counties here in the Central Highlands.  They are protected and will be hard pressed to ever eliminate.

We are in central Oklahoma and so far the feral pigs in areas surrounding us have not made it onto our 240 acres at home...but they have been seen on our 160 acres in a nearby town. Since feral hogs have been known to take down a young calf, we will only take a herd of dry cows to the 160.

An article about feral hogs I read recently in an electric CO-OP paper stated that feral hogs are now located in 48 states. The damage to crops and livestock can be enormous. Sadly Each state has its own regulations on curtailing hog population explosions when cooperation between states seems more prudent. Pigs cross state lines easily and quickly.

 

[hellbender]

We are in central Oklahoma and so far the feral pigs in areas surrounding us have not made it onto our 240 acres at home...but they have been seen on our 160 acres in a nearby town. Since feral hogs have been known to take down a young calf, we will only take a herd of dry cows to the 160.

An article about feral hogs I read recently in an electric CO-OP paper stated that feral hogs are now located in 48 states. The damage to crops and livestock can be enormous. Sadly Each state has its own regulations on curtailing hog population explosions when cooperation between states seems more prudent. Pigs cross state lines easily and quickly.

Big rivers don't seen to slow them down too much either.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Ya well I have never seen any but good luck with the people that see them on a day basis

 

[angry rooster]

Big rivers don't seen to slow them down too much either.

All I can say is that is one bonus of living on this rock there is no way they will get here unless someone with lower mental capacity brings them here
All and the same the more I hear about this stuff the more I say we are horrible caretakers of this planet
Any woo dose anyone have bees and do you have any problems with your chickens and the bees

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

We have lots of bees around here and they usually eat them or let them be

 

[DesertChic]

We have lots of bees around here and they usually eat them or let them be

All of our bees are Africanized and very aggressive. A couple years back a hiker and his dog were found stung to death in one of our national parks where they'd gone for a walk. And at least twice every spring I have to deal with massive colonies of bees invading my woodshop or yard. I love honey, but the bees we have around here scare the you-know-what outta me.

 

[Beekissed]

All I can say is that is one bonus of living on this rock there is no way they will get here unless someone with lower mental capacity brings them here
All and the same the more I hear about this stuff the more I say we are horrible caretakers of this planet
Any woo dose anyone have bees and do you have any problems with your chickens and the bees

We've had bees and chickens together and it presents no problems. I'll be venturing down that road again this spring and I don't anticipate any problems then either.