➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[ShrekDawg]

Well, you set the bar lower than I did. My minimum requirement for a mini-farm is pygmy goats. I have currently have 8 chickens, 4 turkeys, 5 ducks and a whole bunch of quail, and that's in addition to 2 dogs, fish and a gecko (the darned gecko seems to want to live forever!). We also have a good sized garden (30'x35') complete with a 3-bin compost setup, 3 raised beds and a lot of rows/mounds. I still don't have a mini-farm though in my opinion. I told DW I want 3-5 acres where we can have pygmy goats (maybe even dairy goats), lots of dual purpose chickens, turkeys, ducks and quail, a small barn/outbuilding to house them all, and a 1-2 acre pasture to supplement the animals' feed. I'd love a few horses too if we can get to the size of 5+ acres, ideally near some trails to ride them on.

Wow that’s amazing!!

I’m jealous lol

And that’s my goal too lol

 

[CoturnixComplex]

Well, you set the bar lower than I did. My minimum requirement for a mini-farm is pygmy goats. I have currently have 8 chickens, 4 turkeys, 5 ducks and a whole bunch of quail, and that's in addition to 2 dogs, fish and a gecko (the darned gecko seems to want to live forever!). We also have a good sized garden (30'x35') complete with a 3-bin compost setup, 3 raised beds and a lot of rows/mounds. I still don't have a mini-farm though in my opinion. I told DW I want 3-5 acres where we can have pygmy goats (maybe even dairy goats), lots of dual purpose chickens, turkeys, ducks and quail, a small barn/outbuilding to house them all, and a 1-2 acre pasture to supplement the animals' feed. I'd love a few horses too if we can get to the size of 5+ acres, ideally near some trails to ride them on.

Mine used to be goats. Actually, it used to be tiny cows. CA is expensive and we have a lot of other aspects of our life we spend money on that I wouldn't want to give up.

Your plan sounds amazing, though! I hope you get it soon.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

OMFG you guys, SO MANY BEARS.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

That one was huge I can't tell if that's Tank or Tank's babies with Mom from last year that have just become the most massive trash monsters in existence.

I tried to get a photo but we run them off quick-like and I couldn't find my phone.

 

[ShrekDawg]

OMFG you guys, SO MANY BEARS.

That one was huge I can't tell if that's Tank or Tank's babies with Mom from last year that have just become the most massive trash monsters in existence.

I tried to get a photo but we run them off quick-like and I couldn't find my phone.

OMG I think I would be scared seeing bears so close lol

 

[Kiki]

I'm at a bit of a crossroads in my mini-farm.

We have the option to stay here forever, basically, or hightail it to somewhere with both better healthcare and the ability to have a real proper outdoor mini-farm, within the next few years.

I would really love to stay here. The nesting instinct is strong, it's my beautiful family home, my mom would have trouble continuing to afford it without us staying here, and there's so many things about living here that I love.

BUT, notwithstanding the healthcare issue:

I've realized ducks are kind of my minimum "made it!" farm animal, and they're just not going to be feasible. I keep trying to talk myself into making space for a pair of mini silver appleyards but the reality is they're too loud for this neighborhood, too messy to keep indoors, and too risky code-wise to keep outdoors. Maybe a pair of quiet bantam hens someday, but not ducks.

It's a bummer, man.

Hightail it.

 

[Kiki]

Mine used to be goats. Actually, it used to be tiny cows. CA is expensive and we have a lot of other aspects of our life we spend money on that I wouldn't want to give up.

Your plan sounds amazing, though! I hope you get it soon.

Get land asap.
Live in a shed for years, if you have to. Just get land that you can build and work on the rest of your life.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

OMG I think I would be scared seeing bears so close lol

They're a little intimidating but I was only ever scared when Mom with wee babies was running around. Now we go out on the porch and yell and set off sounding devices and they run off. I'm glad they're black bears. They're my training bears!

Get land asap.
Live in a shed for years, if you have to. Just get land that you can build and work on the rest of your life.

Do want.

We have two literal full trailers of self-sufficient living gear with built-in solar and tents and buildings stored inside. We are readddyyyyyy.

 

[ShrekDawg]

They're a little intimidating but I was only ever scared when Mom with wee babies was running around. Now we go out on the porch and yell and set off sounding devices and they run off. I'm glad they're black bears. They're my training bears!



Do want.

We have two literal full trailers of self-sufficient living gear with built-in solar and tents and buildings stored inside. We are readddyyyyyy.

Oh wow that’s good!! Yeah, black bears seem nice at least lol

And wow that’s amazing!! I’m jealous haha

 

[ShrekDawg]

Get land asap.
Live in a shed for years, if you have to. Just get land that you can build and work on the rest of your life.

That is excellent advice lol

I go back and forth between getting an apartment or just buying land/house. Getting an apartment seems like such a waste of money to me and like I’d be throwing it away aha