I have 3 eggs now. So I guess that's $1000 each? Plus my Buff Orps have started laying. Coldest day of year at 32 degrees, and first eggs of year. Curious combination.
I suppose I will have to learn gardening and aquaponics.
I didn't even mention my Duck Odyssey:
First I bought "Quackers" a Pekin from the feed store. She got eaten by a very beautiful fox.
Then I ordered 12 "Easter" ducklings from a feed store and he charged med $120!!
They turned out to be...
Well I haven't excluded them yet. Mine are very cute with blue eyes and pink bills, still clean of caruncles. How they taste is key. Possibly just will keep a few for pest control and comic relief but not a dual-purpose duck. I suppose my "pink pekin" white layers and Muscovies would be a...
Well I decided to start some flocks for self-reliance. But I soon leared that I didn't quite get what I wanted. I got a flock but now I rely on feed purchases; so no luck in self sufficiency.
Furthermore, in trying to narrow down my choices for Duck breeds I have come to the following list...