Recent content by Dywnarc

If survivial sustainably is your goal. Keep the chicken flock small and go with ducks. WHy so caught up on chickens? Better foragers, Nice meat, egg prodcution as high as chickens, and many breeds are great brooders. My ducks rarely eat the food I provide for them. They seam to do very well...

Saltspring Island has an abundence of road side egg stands, some small streets have one every 2nd driveway! But some fluke, my area, which is very very rural, dosn't have any egg stands. I know as I expand my flock I will produce more eggs then I can use. I might be able to supply eggs to the...

Hello. My name is Shane and I just joined this group. I live on saltspring Island BC canada. I have wanted chickens for awhile, my primary reasons were- 1) We have a three year old child, and my brother next door has a 2 and 4 year old, I beleive in having childern grow up known and...