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Re: Where to place swans for the winter (VA)
By:Katrina
Date: 3 December 2014
In Response To: Re: Where to place swans for the winter (VA) (The Regal Swan)

I am certainly not the expert here but I also live in Virginia and I have swans that I am able to keep on our pond all winter and they actually do fine. The key is keeping their water open for them. I run a regular household sump pump inside a 5 gallon bucket submerged in deeper water and it unbelievably keeps about half of the pond (3acres)open even in deep freeze! Of course I feed them as well as our other geese and ducks twice a day. We also have a small island on our pond and it has a little lean to type shelter for everyone to use. The swans however do not use the shelter. As long as they have open water they are happy.

Messages In This Thread

Where to place swans for the winter (VA) -- Leticia -- 1 November 2014
Re: Where to place swans for the winter (VA) -- The Regal Swan -- 1 November 2014
Re: Where to place swans for the winter (VA) -- Katrina -- 3 December 2014
Re: Where to place swans for the winter (VA) -- Lynne -- 4 December 2014
Re: Where to place swans for the winter (VA) -- Katrina -- 13 December 2014
Re: Where to place swans for the winter (VA) -- Lynne -- 16 December 2014