the best animals for self sufficiency

[Steve]

(13 August 2013, 22:03)BFG Central Wrote: Iv just got rid of my pigs, they were a total night mare.
For every month in age they need an increase of a half kilo of food per day at the very minimum.
You try finding 7-10 kgs of food scrap per day to feed two pigs.
That soon adds up over a week, even this time of the year with all the wind fall apples they just consume everything,
Mine were getting through 60 kgs of mixed grain a week plus the apples and any cheap fruit and veg i could get my hands on.

SO, Chickens first, Rabbits second, duck and turkeys are great as well.

Many people have gotten rid of pigs since the feed prices went up, they really don't make sense unless you have enough land to grow food for them. The good news is that they will dig up their own food and manure the plot too - ready for another crop.