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I have ducks. They're so much lower maintenance than chickens. I have a coop for them if the weather gets bad but they mostly just sleep outside wherever. The only downside is that they don't nest like chickens do where they nest in boxes. Ducks will find the most ridiculously illogical and hidden places to nest and lay their eggs so I'm constantly hunting through my brush and bushes. I have also ended up with more ducks than I started with due to this.PetePierson wrote: ↑Fri Jan 31, 2025 9:00 amI've been checking out local farms for both eggs & beef. Also kicking around the idea of building a Chicken Coop. But have to do a lot more research.The Outsider wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2025 7:44 pm
My broke ass (making almost 60k) subsists mostly on rice, ramen, chicken thighs, and vegetables I grow. I also raise my own eggs.
Duck eggs are slightly higher in calories and cholesterol but they have more nutritious value than a chicken egg and depending on the breed of duck the eggs could be up to 3x the size of a chicken egg.
What I really want are a pair of geese, great guard animals and I'd pay good money to watch my pit-mixes get humbled by some seriously pissed off waterfowl.