South Carolina

[Lroach711]

I must say..I truly enjoy reading all the posts on this thread I say that South Carolina has the best chicken folks around! Just wanted to say that!!

Thanks to a contact Joy gave me I'm going to see (and probably buy) a couple Bb red OEGB hens on Saturday! Yipppee! I'm super excited! My little pair will now hopefully be a quad Can't wait! I'll post some pictures when they hopefully go home with me. I am seriously considering some other bantams....Chocolate Orpingtons

...but don't tell DH. I already casually mentioned the Olive Egger hatching eggs I'm planning on getting. I just wont tell him about the d'anvers and ameracaunas that I want too...eeek I definately have a problem. (And I have about a million building projects to house all these babies...

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[Patsy29332]

She is GORGEOUS!

She definitely IS GORGEOUS!!! I need a pic of my lonely pair to post...maybe I did a while back? Sapphire is her name...looks just like your gal here! I LOVE the teal beak. ears, legs, toes...etc! You have a wonderful gal there! I found a pic...here she is! I am not the best picture taker! LOL And her feet are dirty here!

 

[Patsy29332]

She definitely IS GORGEOUS!!! I need a pic of my lonely pair to post...maybe I did a while back? Sapphire is her name...looks just like your gal here! I LOVE the teal beak. ears, legs, toes...etc! You have a wonderful gal there! I found a pic...here she is! I am not the best picture taker! LOL And her feet are dirty here!

Well...maybe not JUST like...yours is beautiful!

 

[CarolinaChickenKeeper]

Don't let the honey bear get your chickens!!!

 

[CarolinaChickenKeeper]

Could use a silkie mentor

 

[Southern Bee Lady]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I cried for about 10 minutes, I was so upset. I put so much work into my bees, it is heart breaking to lose them anyway much less to a bear. My DH brought his pick up by after work and we loaded everything in it. A lot of the frames (that go inside the hives) were broken. Most of the outside parts can be used again. He was so big, he just pushed the hives over and then pulled every thing apart. Sometimes they will bust the boxes up to get inside to eat the bees. They actually want the bees and brood more than the honey. [/FONT]The honey is just the dessert for their meal.

Quote: SC Dept. of Natural Resources will not issue a permit. As of 3 years ago, they will give you some rubber bullet to try to run the bear off. Which I think is hilarious. I know that would only make the bear mad. If you shoot a bear in SC outside of hunting season, you have to reimburse the state $1500 for the bear. You have to pay fines that can go up to several thousand dollars. If a beekeeper has bear fencing (electric fence) the DNR will try to trap a nusiance bear and transport it someplace else. If the area is suitable they may bring in someone with bear dogs and let the dogs run the bear out of the area and hopefully it will not return. I did not have bear fencing around these hives since it was a fairly safe area. I have fencing around most of my other hives. What I do not agree with is if I walk out in my back yard and a bear is destroying my beehives, I can not do anything to stop him. We had one in our county a couple of years ago that kill goats. Legally, you can not protect your property from bears. From what I have heard, If a bear is trying to harm you or your family, you can shoot it, but you will probably still be charged. You would have to convince a judge that you were in danger to keep from paying the fines. Not sure if you would have to still reimburse the state for the bear. This time of year the females are in their dens having babies. The males will roaming around. DNR did try to get an extra week to hunt bear during Dec. since it would only take out males. But the folks that love bears protested in Columbia so it did not get passed.
The DNR guys spoke at our bee club meeting and told some interesting stories about bears incidents in the upstate. We are soon going to have a lot more per square mile at the rate they are multiplying.

 

[KrisH]

are bees bothered by bear spray? i'm thinking a booby trap with peper spray.

RobertH

 

[Southern Bee Lady]

Well...maybe not JUST like...yours is beautiful!

Gorgeous

 

[Patsy29332]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I cried for about 10 minutes, I was so upset. I put so much work into my bees, it is heart breaking to lose them anyway much less to a bear. My DH brought his pick up by after work and we loaded everything in it. A lot of the frames (that go inside the hives) were broken. Most of the outside parts can be used again. He was so big, he just pushed the hives over and then pulled every thing apart. Sometimes they will bust the boxes up to get inside to eat the bees. They actually want the bees and brood more than the honey. [/FONT]The honey is just the dessert for their meal.

SC Dept. of Natural Resources will not issue a permit. As of 3 years ago, they will give you some rubber bullet to try to run the bear off. Which I think is hilarious. I know that would only make the bear mad. If you shoot a bear in SC outside of hunting season, you have to reimburse the state $1500 for the bear. You have to pay fines that can go up to several thousand dollars. If a beekeeper has bear fencing (electric fence) the DNR will try to trap a nusiance bear and transport it someplace else. If the area is suitable they may bring in someone with bear dogs and let the dogs run the bear out of the area and hopefully it will not return. I did not have bear fencing around these hives since it was a fairly safe area. I have fencing around most of my other hives. What I do not agree with is if I walk out in my back yard and a bear is destroying my beehives, I can not do anything to stop him. We had one in our county a couple of years ago that kill goats. Legally, you can not protect your property from bears. From what I have heard, If a bear is trying to harm you or your family, you can shoot it, but you will probably still be charged. You would have to convince a judge that you were in danger to keep from paying the fines. Not sure if you would have to still reimburse the state for the bear. This time of year the females are in their dens having babies. The males will roaming around. DNR did try to get an extra week to hunt bear during Dec. since it would only take out males. But the folks that love bears protested in Columbia so it did not get passed.
The DNR guys spoke at our bee club meeting and told some interesting stories about bears incidents in the upstate. We are soon going to have a lot more per square mile at the rate they are multiplying.

I was so so sad seeing this and hearing all this about not being able to protect yourself from a BEAR! OMG...with a CWP you can shoot and kill a human thug but NOT a bear??? outrageous! I really am soo sorry you suffered thru this and hate...hate...hate how much wonderful honey AND bees you lost!

 

[CarolinaChickenKeeper]

I'm n southSpartanburg. Ppl say there is a bear around here. I've never seen it but the man at the trash dump swears its true