I my neighborhood, the hens seem to have split up now. I have three different hens walking alone midday, two in my deer pens and one coming up the driveway. While theyre still with birds out back, the tomsgobble up a storm. Later, like I said, they do seem to seperate. The hens have always nested right near my place, the nests have been easy to spy on. I wish we started mid April like other states do.