Official BYC Poll: What other animals do you have besides chickens?

[MykaMom]

I've had a virtual Noah's arc over the years, but it's quieted down as the twins have grown. My sweet, sweet doggos have passed, leaving my granddog home alone. We have one betta named Bubbles, and he-who-rules-the-household is my 11.5 year old yellow nape Amazon, Mykab

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

Springer Spaniels and Yaks.

This is Curly Sue my bottle baby from 2 years ago AND her sire Porter

 

[Mylied]

Springer Spaniels and Yaks.

This is Curly Sue my bottle baby from 2 years ago AND her sire Porter
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How does one get into yaks? They are awesome looking.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

How does one get into yaks? They are awesome looking.

Get as much information as you can and then find a "good breeder" And if you can get weanlings they are much easier to "tame" down. IYAK org is a good place to start.

You can keep about 3 yaks on the same acreage as a single cow. Meat is healthier then chicken breast. You can also collect/brush them for the fiber. Milk them , raise and sell them (hopefully)

 

[FuzzyCritters]

Yay! Some other members have sheep too!
What type of sheep do you members have? @FuzzyCritters, @Cturber, @Steph21

I have Katahdin sheep. I'll see if I can get some pics of them tomorrow! Do you raise wool or meat sheep? Ours are mostly lawnmowers but we also do meat.

 

[Tkissane]

Katahdin hair sheep mixes. They shed their hair too. I have 18 of them, 17 of them are lambs, 2 of the 17 are rams and I plan to breed and sell them next year.
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The 2 rams:
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How do you like them? (I assume a lot or you wouldn't plan to breed) My husband plans to get some Katahdin sheep in the next year. He's been debating between these and goats.

 

[Mylied]

Get as much information as you can and then find a "good breeder" And if you can get weanlings they are much easier to "tame" down. IYAK org is a good place to start.

You can keep about 3 yaks on the same acreage as a single cow. Meat is healthier then chicken breast. You can also collect/brush them for the fiber. Milk them , raise and sell them (hopefully)

It looks like they like colder climates. I'm in Georgia so I don't think they'd be happy here.

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

4 dogs, two emu, turkeys and ducks. Other half doesn’t want livestock one day I will have a miniature cow! Even if it just “happens to wander into the pasture”. No clue how it got there

Goose

A human child and her turkey

Road trip turkey

 

[CrazyCochin]

2 Akitas, 3 cockatiels, two cats, 40+ chickens, 1 super aggressive goose, a large koi pond with waterful and upper pond, two 10 gal tanks, one 35gal tank, and two 20gal tanks, and many runner ducks,
and a full house!

 

[Quaicken108]

4 dogs, two emu, turkeys and ducks. Other half doesn’t want livestock one day I will have a miniature cow! Even if it just “happens to wander into the pasture”. No clue how it got there


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Goose
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A human child and her turkey
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Road trip turkey
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I’m Australian and I don’t even have Emus! Lol