Hartsock
Banned
Get a goose. Talk about mean son of a bitches. They are better than dogs for guarding a yard.
Animals that have bitten me
1. German Shepard
2. Goose
3. Daughter
Get a goose. Talk about mean son of a bitches. They are better than dogs for guarding a yard.
The yolks are darker in color, larger and creamier. They are also higher in Omega-3's. That said, there's not THAT big of a difference in taste.
They do come in all sorts of cool colors. We get brown, beige, white, pink, green and blue eggs from our chickens. No need to dye eggs at easter!
Well, that explains the behavior of my wives!Just don't get a rooster all the hens become mean when there is a rooster in the flock.
I've had ducks in the past and currently have chickens.
Ducks are less likely to destroy the yard but they are messy sons of a bitches! Every night they will hunker down on the warm cement (porches, patios, flagstones, anything that retains heat from the day) and by morning you will have a duck-**** slick that you will need to hose off before walking on said cement. They are good at pest control and will mow down grasshoppers like nobody's business. They even eat snails. If you have a garden they will molest leafy greens so lettuces and such will still grow they just won't look great.
Chickens are another story. They eat everything. Tomatoes, squash, most any vegetable plant, most any flower... OK, pretty much any plant. They also scratch to uncover food. You will have dirt from the flowerbeds all over your lawn and patio. They also tear the hell out of the grass and kill it. The upside is that just 3 or 4 chickens can be kept in a relatively small, contained area. They do also eat insects.
Both can be noisy but in my experience the chickens are by far the worst. Even the hens start "clucking" at sunrise and don't shut up until you feed and water them.
That said, we get anywhere from 6 to 9 eggs a day from the chickens so we always have fresh eggs.
Let me know if you have any other questions. I'll be happy to answer them.