re: Possibly getting away from neighborhood life

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The gateway drug to homesteading.

I'd like to do this and Muscovy ducks. Better eggs and more meat. Muscovy's also raise their young very well, no need for a brooder. They also lay eggs at a consistent rate for their lifetime as opposed to chickens.

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I got chickens 2 years ago. Just let one of my broody hens hatch a couple. We collect 3-4 eggs/day and are highly entertained by watching them. One hen is a lap chicken. Walks up, pecks and scratches at my foot to be picked up and petted on. Occasionally falls asleep in my lap. Nothing quite like sitting out by the pool, sipping on a beer, listening to classic country, with an asleep chicken on you lap.