rev.hodl on Nostr: **Adding more ducks and chickens to the flock** Last fall we traded some rabbits for ...

**Adding more ducks and chickens to the flock**

Last fall we traded some rabbits for ducks with a neighbor and this spring the ducks started laying eggs. They spent most of the summer trying to hatch the eggs and eventually successfully produced one little duckling.

After only a few days they rejected it forcing us to put it in a brooder and care for it. We bought a few more ducks to keep it company.

Since we were now servicing the ducks in the brooder we figured it made sense to follow up the ducks with some chicks too. So we loaded our incubator.



As soon as the chicks hatched the ducks were large enough to go out into the chicken compost system. We kept the chicks inside in a small brooder for about a week then moved them outside to a larger brooder. If all goes well, next spring we will have double the egg production!
#permaculture #permies #homesteading #meshtadel #chicken #duck #eggs

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Traded three of our rabbits for three muscovy ducks.

One of the principles of permaculture, value diversity. I met someone in the neighborhood who was interested in a trio of our rabbits to start breeding for meat. Instead of selling him the rabbits, I wondered if he might have anything we could use around the homestead instead. Turns out he had too many ducks so I offered to trade one for one. Now we have chickens, geese, and ducks increasing the diversity of our fowl. Another benefit of distributing breeding stock instead of selling the meat is that now I've increased the overall resilience of my neighborhood. We will all be more capable of cooperation in hard times. I've built some social capital with a another neighbor, all while avoiding the fiat system. We are also working out a trade for some gravel to improve the roads at the homestead. It feels more and more people are rejoining and opting out of fiat. Even if they don't know or care about Bitcoin, they are finding ways like homesteading and bartering. I'm bullish!

#homesteading #permaculture #permies #grownostr #meshtadel #selfsovereignty #socialcapital #barter #trade #socialcapital #optout #boycottfiat