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Pros - fresh eggs/ meat . Very good company. Great personalities, they’ll keep you entertained for hours.
Con - initial costs house/ fencing ( especially making it fox & Marten proof ). Drinkers, food dishes.
On going costs feed, bedding ( shavings/ straw, stuff like that ), disease & pest prevention ( stuff like wormer, red mite sprays / powders ). Mucking out in the depths of winter. They’ll break your heart when they leave you.
Yes written down the cons out weigh the pros. Trust me once you’ve spent you first hour in there company and eat your first fresh egg. The con pale into insignificance.
A couple of geese would do the same job as a dog for protection. Security that produces big eggs and tastes good, it’s a win win. But you would need a considerably bigger enclosure with access to fresh water for feather cleaning and little paddle, they don’t need the water as much as ducks but they do enjoy it.
Con - initial costs house/ fencing ( especially making it fox & Marten proof ). Drinkers, food dishes.
On going costs feed, bedding ( shavings/ straw, stuff like that ), disease & pest prevention ( stuff like wormer, red mite sprays / powders ). Mucking out in the depths of winter. They’ll break your heart when they leave you.
Yes written down the cons out weigh the pros. Trust me once you’ve spent you first hour in there company and eat your first fresh egg. The con pale into insignificance.
A couple of geese would do the same job as a dog for protection. Security that produces big eggs and tastes good, it’s a win win. But you would need a considerably bigger enclosure with access to fresh water for feather cleaning and little paddle, they don’t need the water as much as ducks but they do enjoy it.
Builder that would like to go play in the garden.
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