An apocolypse herd/flock

[BrattishTaz]

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[SourRoses]

 

[GarlicEater]

Chickens - we got
Sheep - we got
Rabbits have their points, that's probably the logical 3rd choice

I want to try guinea pigs, they're tried and true in s. america

Gotta stock up on thallium for the zombies.

 

[Mahonri]

I would have to move to my acreage up north.

Chickens... I'd have to get some dual purpose breeds.... my grandfather was a big RIR fan, a few cows or perhaps milking sheep, a pig or two.

I'd get some solar panels for water heating and wind power up for electricity and to pump well water.

I'd get protection.

Don't know why, but I'm feeling this world is going to be a different place by June of next year... perhaps even this year.

Can you say $5 for a gallon of gas?

 

[mom'sfolly]

I'm gonna die in any coming disaster. I live in an urban area with very little water, when the pumps stop working, everyone dies....

Quite frankly, I wouldn't want to live through a world destroying change.

 

[ChooksinChoppers]

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Illia has some good points there!
Also whoever mentioned heirloom seeds....I forgot to put that on my list.
I recently read the book GONE by Michael Grant.....All the adults dissapear leaving only kids in charge ....after they raided all the stores and ate everything...none of them had a clue how to get more food

then they hunted and ate everything on 4 legs...Hmmmm not one of them planted seeds to grow anything. crazy! I hope there are a bunch of country kids out there that know how to live off the land.
I know I would be heading out of the suburbs to get away from all the crazies and looters.....oh and yeah , have protection

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

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I've thought about this before:

chickens, geese, ducks
sheep, meat and for the wool
pig

easier to keep,breed, process, can handle weather extremes. heritage breeds of course, those that have not been 'improved',

no beef type cows, they eat to much. hard to keep, with a milk cow almost the same and you need both sexes of course

as for 'B' the only difference is the sheep,

 

[ChooksinChoppers]

I was thinking you could feed the people who try to steal our food in an apocolyptic world to the dogs. Just sayin' Gotta do SOMETHING with them.

What a great idea!

The big question for me would be..where to go? What place in the USA has ideal conditions to be able to get everything we would need to live? Grow food, raise livestock, fresh water, Grow sugar cane (hey, I like my sugar!

) Salt? that one would be hard. Where do they get salt from? ok..so somewhere by the ocean so you can fish as well. Not everything grows well in all areas
Citrus does well in Florida Potatoes in Idaho Stone fruit in Cali and washington .... I can see we are going to have big gaps in our diet here people! I want to live in a commune. Or own lots of Communal land. Nobody gets to live on it unless they can bring usable skills to benifit everyone!

"says to self...stop dreaming"​

 

[GnarleyDogFarm]

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What a great idea!

The big question for me would be..where to go? What place in the USA has ideal conditions to be able to get everything we would need to live? Grow food, raise livestock, fresh water, Grow sugar cane (hey, I like my sugar!

) Salt? that one would be hard. Where do they get salt from? ok..so somewhere by the ocean so you can fish as well. Not everything grows well in all areas
Citrus does well in Florida Potatoes in Idaho Stone fruit in Cali and washington .... I can see we are going to have big gaps in our diet here people! I want to live in a commune. Or own lots of Communal land. Nobody gets to live on it unless they can bring usable skills to benifit everyone!

"says to self...stop dreaming"

Given the 2 options of devolving into an every-person-for-themselves kinda thing, or the communities... I'll take the communites! I know I could use some help, regardless of my very high degree of self-sufficiency. And I know I could help others who really need it. That presupposes that there are enough of us to form these communities. LOL.

Salt exists in pockets around the country and at the coast. Fishing seems like a good way to survive, unless the destruction comes via nukes. Then I don't want to eat the fish anymore. We wll be back to hunting and gathering, which works fine if you know what to eat and medicate with.

I have a collection of seeds and I make more every year. That's my veg, my meat seeds are kept in animals. hehe.

I'm staying right where I am! I can grow everything I want and have enough natural resources. The only way I am screwed is if we have a polar shift (every 26,000 yrs), and my spot is no longer at the same place in relation to the equator. As real a possibility as any other apocalyptic theme, IMO.

I'm ready.

 

[carolinagirl58]

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You are right, but I just don't like the taste of lamb or mutton. I want to get a few, but sort of pointless in no one would eat them.



Unless I could trade them to someone for beef or something else I can't raise here. hummm

Hair sheep don't have the muttony flavor that wool sheep have because they don't have lanolin. And some breeds are leaner than others. I am picking up my starter heard of Barbados Black Belly sheep in 2 weeks. I chose them because they can live off pasture and don't ever need to be de-wormed and they are very lean. They don't grow as fast as the commercial breeds, but their hardiness makes it worth it for me. So they are my apocolypse meat source. Them, and chickens. And I am also growing catfish in my ponds. So I'll have sheep, venison, chickens and fish.