imajpm":9yw5g2h9 said:
Yes ducks. I don't like ducks myself, unless they belong to someone else lol.
I love my ducks- they quack me up!
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But they aren't making much of a dent on the grass. Granted, I only have six of them, but they just aren't that voracious.
Is your pasture mostly grass, or does it have lots of brushy plants? Sheep are grazers, so would love a grassy pasture. Get katadin or other meat sheep if you don't want the hassle of shearing.
Goats are browsers that will graze, but much prefer brush... or your rosebushes, blackberry vines, etc.
I am not sure how respectful goats would be of a hot wire- some are true escape artists.
Another option might be American Guinea Hogs! Mine don't graze much when we let them out, but I think that is mostly because I bought them from someone who fed hog pellets- which, by the way, is a big no-no unless you want incredibly fat AGH! I feed mine mostly boiled potatoes and kitchen scraps.
They are supposed to like hay, but mine wont eat that either, unless I "cook" the hay in the potato water or soak alfalfa pellets and mix with their taters.
That said, if you can find someone that raises theirs on pasture, I bet they would do very well. They are not big "rooters" so are not terribly hard on the land compared to most pigs.
