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Bees
Suggested minimum space for one animal:
One hive, or wooden beekeeping box for (Average 20,000 bees/colony)
Type of food: Pollen, nectar
Benefits: Honey, wax, pollination garden and orchard
Chickens
Suggested minimum space for one animal:
Housing: 3 to 4 square feet/bird
Types of food: Pasture, greens, insects, cracked corn, a balanced poultry ration
Benefits: Eggs, meat, pest control
Ducks
Suggested minimum space for one animal:
Housing: 5 to 6 square feet/bird
Pond access optional
Types of food: Pasture, greens, snails, insects, cracked corn, supplemental pellets
Benefits: Eggs, meat, pest control
Goats
Suggested minimum space for one animal:
Housing: 20 to 25 square feet
Pasture area: 0.2 to 6 acres
Type of food: Pasture in the summer; hay and supplemental grain in the winter; salt and mineral mix
Benefits: Meat, milk, manure, control of brush
Sheep
Suggested minimum space for one animal:
Housing: 15 to 20 square feet
Pasture area: 0.2 to 8 acres
Types of food: Pasture in the summer; hay and supplemental grain in the winter;
trace-mineralized salt at all times
Benefits: Meat, milk, manure, wool, "mowing" grass, weed control
Pigs
Suggested minimum space for one animal:
Housing: 48 square feet with exercise yard
Types of food: Pasture, corn and soybean meal, small grains (wheat, oats, barley, etc.
Benefits: Meat, manure, "tilling" garden spaces
Cattle
Suggested minimum space for one animal:
Housing: 50 to 75 square feet
Pasture area: 1 to 40 acres
Types of food: Pasture, supplemental feeds such as shelled corn, soybean meal, molasses
and rice bran, crop residues, hay
Benefits: Meat, milk, manure
*The acreage and feed requirements above are general guides. The lower ends of the pasture suggestions are for rainy areas, the higher figures are for arid regions. The types of food that animals need can vary widely depending on the farming methods being used.
