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Small Backyard - Meat, Eggs and Vegetables.
October last year I decided to start a small ranch\farm in my very small backyard in spite of my HOA rules against livestock I have pet rabbits and exotic birds.
Rabbits were chosen for meet.
Coturnix Quail were chosen for eggs.
4 Square foot garden sections were purchased and filled.
It’s not been easy. Dogs got into the garden and ripped things up. I had a buck rabbit die from my kids leaving the pen open then the dogs killed it that put me back, and have lost baby rabbits due to an inexperienced mother. Garden is starting to bear fruit though. The Quail are almost 4 weeks old and will start laying eggs at 8 weeks.
Ask away.
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Poo? by Occams
How long will it be before you brek even on the cost?
How do your kids feel about you killing the bunnies?
Wouldn’t chickens be better than Quail for eggs?
Isn’t it cruel to have only wire bottoms on the cages?
Do you ever let them out to have a run around the yard?
The poo would make great fertilizer for a veggie garden.
HOA Rules by VnutZ
Soooo, what are you going to do if the HOA calls you out on it?
Urban Homesteading by Anonymous
Check out Path to Freedom website. A family has utilized their Pasadena yard to actually produce enough food for their yearly consumption and provide income by selling surplus to trendy cafes
thumper by Dereck
why rabbit meat (nutrition, simplicity, etc…)?
do you do the slaughtering in your backyard as well?