A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs to farm

Re:A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs... by rmrm on Saturday November 25, 2017 @10:35AM (#15776325)

Talking about farmscale agriculture, it's hundreds of chickens at least. If it's pastured, they likely need to be moved quite often.

Chickens are likely easiest, but on a scale to produce a living for a family, I don't think any type of farming or ranching is low effort or easy to step away from.

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Re:A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs... by dghughes on Sunday November 26, 2017 @09:11AM (#15780951)

I bet most people don't know chickens need light to lay eggs, their egg laying will slow down as the days grow shorter. Plus they will kill each other if even the slightest bit of blood appears. And the smell oh the smell!

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Re:A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs... by pvaldes on Sunday November 26, 2017 @06:19PM (#15783661)

This problems improve if given enough space and aren't crowded

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Re:A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs... by clord on Sunday November 26, 2017 @12:31PM (#15781947)

We have hundreds of chickens most years now, and yea the neighbours can take care of them for a week or two. The biggest thing that keeps us from traveling in the summer is our "garden".

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