Thread: Getting back to living off the land.....

Just beat the hawk from stealing my duck eggs again this morning. It was here by 6.50am. Stoked to get 8 eggs from 8 ducks. If you want consistent eggs you should look at ducks. They out-lay chooks, usually stop laying for a shorter period over winter, you don't need flash housing or high fences to keep them in, no mites to worry about. You only need a kid's clamshell paddling pool for a pond. and the water is an amazing nitrogenous fertiliser for green veges. Downsides? They can be noisy, they are messy, often the females are useless mum's. they eat about 1/2 as much again as chooks.