Backyard farm animals have become a trending topic these days. There are people who do backyard livestock keeping as a part-time gig, others do backyard animal keeping for a living, and others do it as a hobby.
For whatever reason you are keeping animals for backyard, you need to research and planning.
Planning will ensure that your animals have enough space and a clean environment to live happily while in return they give you some healthy food.
Some of the best animals you can keep in your backyard include:
Ducks
You can keep ducks in your backyard, especially muscovies. Muscovies don’t quack a lot and they have tasty meat and eggs. But any other duck breeds are fine too.
They are also easy to maintain and there is no need for the pond. They will appreciate it if you have but any amount of water can suffice to them. Thus, you can build a small DIY duck pond for them.
Ducks serve two masters at ago, they can be beautiful pets as well as reared for meat and egg production.
Rabbits
Rabbits are kept for meat. They fit in well with backyard farm because they require little space to breed. Rabbits are very efficient and quiet neighbours won’t even know they are there.
Rabbits are fairly easy to raise and requires little capital to start with. Its meat tastes like that one of a chicken, hence a good source of white meat.
Angora rabbits are great for beginners who are considering of rearing rabbits.
Rabbits can make good pets in your compound, so how about hitting two birds with a single stone.
Goats
Goats can be reared for both milk and meat. Dwarf Nigerian goat is a perfect breed for the backyard. Goats are known for delicious meat and creamy and nutritious milk.
Goats are happy when they are in a herd, so ensure you have a minimum of two to keep each other company. You will find many people keeping two dairy goats, some keep one doe and whether to keep each other company.
Goats will be happier when they are in a herd. Goats make a lot of noise, so before you start keeping them affirm the same with the neighbours because their noise can be annoying.
Chicken
It is a, almost impossible to visit more than five homesteads and miss to see chicken reared. Chicken can be kept for eggs and meat. Eggs, for example, are best known for its nutritious values.
Chicken as a good source of white meat which is recommended nowadays by the health specialist nowadays.
Quail
Quails are the best options for the backyard farm. They are quite small in size and can be housed in a number of ways. Caged quails are the best and cooped quails also thrive well and are happy.
They produce cute little eggs with high nutritional value. Quails meat is the best meat with high protein value, if you are starting out, quails are easy to maintain.
They are commonly raised as pets and not animals for food production.
More Backyard Farm Animals Available
These are just a few backyard animals you can keep for pets and for food production. There are more animals you can keep at your backyard for food and as pets also.
Just do research before settling on what is best for you.
Feel free to look at the following gallery for inspiration while choosing what to keep in your backyard.
