Hello from Newfoundland

[Ballyrag]

Hi all

just starting my adventure so far i got 12 chickens and a small tractor next step is to find land or should i say more land

living on a 3/4 acre lot right now and getting 6 acres in next little while to build our homestead/hobby farm

also have a dog and cat and 15 fish tanks not sure if that counts as a farm but its my little fish farm   

I try and keep posting, I'M offshore right now in the gulf of Mexico working

[Sweetened]

Welcome to the threads! If I may, what has you in the gulf? Travel with work? Military? Glad to have you.

Ryan and I started with 11 chickens, and now have goats, rabbits, guineas, ducks and will be doing turkey's again.

[Ballyrag]

Hi

I'M a marine engineer working a construction rig , saturation divers and R.O.Vs

We want goats,ducks and maybe a cow or two

[Sweetened]

That's awesome. Get home safe

I can only stress this so much, as it was stressed to me: Ducks are MESSY. You never really get a grip on how messy until you have them.

[niglefritz]

Yes, but ducks are worth it aren't they, Sweetened?

We have a couple of Jerseys. We've had 3 to date. They are the most efficient and have an awesome cream content. They can handle rolled barley and that makes the thickest cream! Make sure that you don't get the most aggressive one, nor the one who stays away. Ideally, you want a gentle soul that will do anything for you. You want to make sure that they have a tight udder, a straight back and have had no milking issues. You also want to know if they kick (and how...straight ahead, roundabout, or aim and kick...ouch!) and so on. If they have horns, they often have more attitude too. They all have unique personalities. None of ours have been the same...and none of my parents' were either.

We found that feeding them chop first, then milking is the best way to go. If you feed them as you milk, they get impatient and greedy. The feed then milk method leads to less hassles. We have actually had our cows start to fall asleep at times. lol

I would recommend an awesome book..."The Family Cow" by Dirk van Loon. It is a good one to have on hand if you are starting out.

[Ballyrag]

Hey

You know when I said we want cows, put it this way we are not much on drinking milk    

And we don’t like duck eggs LOL

Now we do like chicken eggs, but we replace our hens after the age of two

The two year old chickens tend to be good curry

[Pig Whisperer]

15 fish tanks? Wow. What you all keeping in there? I currently have 3 large tanks with tropheus in them.

[Ballyrag]

Hey

Have a 55 gal for my Mbuna cichlids and a 10 gal for any fry i find. 46Gal bow front my marine display tank. 10Gal. marine isolation tank, 20gal long coral propagation tank. 5 or so 30-20 Gal white crayfish tanks, Kids both have a 33Gal each in there rooms as a night light, 2 33Gal for my Endlers
33Gal im using trying to cross breed some crays blue and white might make red  That’s the plan anyway color morphs are a strange thing  LOL

I might convert a 55 Gal tank into a chicken brooder; I think it would be nice

Never had any Tanganyika cichlids sure look nice

[Sponsored content]