Homesteading, simple living, back to the land movement, whatever you want to call it. When I start homesteading in a few years (after I’m done with school) which animal would you recommend getting first?
The first year, I just want to have a garden. Then each year, I want to get a different type of animal. I would do everything all at once, but I’m going to run a boarding kennel for dogs, and I want to make sure I can handle everything, plus all the animals I’ve ever had is cats and dogs. Well, fish too, but they don’t really count.
I want to live as self-sufficient as possible eventually, so that means I want to grow my own food, raise my own meat, and get butter, milk, and eggs from the animals. It’s okay if I don’t do all this right away, though.
Basically what animal is easiest to take care of, which is the most useful, and which one would you think would be the best animal to raise first? Oh, and which is funnest?
Please pick one of these:
Goats
Chickens
Cows
Dogs (as a pet)
Cats (pet/mouser)
Horses
Rabbits
Pigs
Anything I forgot that you can think of
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