What should i do if i want farm animals and i dont like the food they make?How much money do they cost?
I am moving to a farm.we want to get some farm animals.we think the are so cute.but we wont eat the food they process.We think cows,chickens,lambs,pigs,roosters,hens,turkeys,ducks,goats,goose,and horse.but we wont eat the food they make food.What should we do?Oh and how much money do those animals cost?
we think those animals are all cute
we wont eat the food they make
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The answer to this is that you are living in cloud cuckoo land.
Farm animals might be cute to you but, they can also be dangerous. They take a great deal of time to care for them and a general knowledge of farm husbandry is needed before you get these animals.
Chickens are fine, and easy to look after - as are all you mention providing that you have a knowledge of their needs.
Pigs need strong pens made of bricks and mortar or they will eat their way out. If you want to keep them outside then you need good fencing and will have nothing on the field they are in as pigs are rooters and will dig up anything there is growing. Also pigs will fight each other if a new pig is introduced to them.
Cattle need attention for health purposes and sheep need a lot of attention, they also need shearing every year (and the wool is worth nothing) and often need assistance with lambing.
Farm life appears ideal but, it is hard work and a hard life. Animals do not know the meaning of time and often when they are sick or birthing do so in the middle of the night.
They need feeding which costs and, unless you have a bottomless fund of money, you have to either eat or sell them into the food chain to cover your costs.
here are many types of feed on the market - the best is usually the most expensive and hay and straw also cost.
Good luck to you if you do go ahead - I could do nothing else, but please for your sake as well as the animals go on an animal husbandry course.
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foxhunter1949 February 12th, 2010, 2:12 am
The answer to this is that you are living in cloud cuckoo land.
Farm animals might be cute to you but, they can also be dangerous. They take a great deal of time to care for them and a general knowledge of farm husbandry is needed before you get these animals.
Chickens are fine, and easy to look after - as are all you mention providing that you have a knowledge of their needs.
Pigs need strong pens made of bricks and mortar or they will eat their way out. If you want to keep them outside then you need good fencing and will have nothing on the field they are in as pigs are rooters and will dig up anything there is growing. Also pigs will fight each other if a new pig is introduced to them.
Cattle need attention for health purposes and sheep need a lot of attention, they also need shearing every year (and the wool is worth nothing) and often need assistance with lambing.
Farm life appears ideal but, it is hard work and a hard life. Animals do not know the meaning of time and often when they are sick or birthing do so in the middle of the night.
They need feeding which costs and, unless you have a bottomless fund of money, you have to either eat or sell them into the food chain to cover your costs.
here are many types of feed on the market - the best is usually the most expensive and hay and straw also cost.
Good luck to you if you do go ahead - I could do nothing else, but please for your sake as well as the animals go on an animal husbandry course.
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