Mantislover Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 I am planning on becoming a full timer and I would like to have 4 ducks or chickens. Not both at the same time! I would love to have for eggs as well as pets. Do you know of anyone with pet ducks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarDreamers.us Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 In our many years of travel this is a new one for me. I guess that you could also add a cow or a goat to your traveling farm. Safe Travels! SKP #89742 - Lifetime membership - Member of the SKP Class of 2007Good Sam Club - Lifetime MemberDataStorm #5423Passport America - Lifetime MemberSons Of The American Revolution (SAR) - Lifetime MemberAmerican Legion - USAF - Lifetime MemberRotary Club Member - 30 years Escapee CARE Supporter National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarome Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 Your local farm implement/feed store should be able to order them in for you.. if they don't currently have any in stock. I'm sure there are online sources as well, but shipping might cost a bit. Ducks will run you more, but still.. they are probably only something like $5-6 and chicks would probably be something more like $1.50-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirakawa Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 I've met quite a few ducks in my travels. Seriously, I think you might find your opportunities limited. Many cities will ban them. I can also speculate that many campgrounds/RV parks may also. Everybody wanna hear the truth, but everybody tell a lie. Everybody wanna go to Heaven, but nobody want to die. Albert King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KodiakJack Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 I have had plenty of both over the years and they are both pretty messy and fragrant. You might find it easier to buy fresh organic/free range eggs in your travels as an alternative. Later, J 2012 Landmark, San Antonio 2013 Silverado CC, 3500HD, Duramax, DRW, 4x4 Backup, side and hitch cameras, Tireminder TPMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhereinusa Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 Seriously? Have you ever raised either? Both are pretty dirty, and noisy. I would think the travel would seriously hamper the ability to produce eggs. My bus build http:/somewhereinusa.x10.mx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosita Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 Seriously? I don't know if the "4 ducks or chickens in an RV" is intended as a joke, but it made me laugh, for sure! As one who has had ducks and chickens and geese on the ranch, I suggest that the idea of hauling along chickens or ducks in an RV is a mind bender; anyone who has "fowl experience" knows that any and all of these critters produce copious amounts of "offal", all the time and on every surface they can waddle or flap to. I am sure that the appeal of the idea of having onboard egg machines (and the hens or ducks might not lay at all) would pale real fast when the inside of the rig was covered in CS and stinking. I can also see the animals being abandoned when the inevitable takes place; not good. If the OP was serious, I suggest a hard reset on this idea; a dog or cat can make good travel companions and grocery stores and farmers' markets carry eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarome Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 I would think the travel would seriously hamper the ability to produce eggs. That's very true. Any kind of "stress" and they won't lay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantislover Posted April 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 I wont do it then, I will look for local eggs where ever I go and stick tomy pet preying mantids.They lay eggs but they are terrible eating! Thank you everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selah Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 I haven't met anyone with ducks or chickens but did meet a lady with a pet pig named Rosie in a NY campground. Quite interesting. Rosie is house broken, likes dogs and people, and stays right around the owners TT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickeieio Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 This topic would have been more fun about 12 days ago.......... KW T-680, POPEMOBILE Newmar X-Aire, VATICAN Lots of old motorcycles, Moto Guzzi Griso and Spyder F3 currently in the front row Young enough to play in the dirt as a retired farmer. contact me at rickeieio@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaH Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 I haven't met anyone with ducks or chickens but did meet a lady with a pet pig named Rosie in a NY campground. Quite interesting. Rosie is house broken, likes dogs and people, and stays right around the owners TT. We saw someone with a pig in an RV at a campground at Fort Peck Dam in Montana! Have no idea what the pig's name was, though. LindaH 2014 Winnebago Aspect 27K 2011 Kia Soul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nana25k Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 While I agree with others I will tell you that 2 years ago in Oregon we met a family in a "schoolie" that had a chicken coop installed on top of the rig. They had several chickens. Now having been raised on a farm I can't imagine how traveling down the road with them on top served any useful purpose. I would then that it affected their laying. I might add that walking past their rig was slightly ossiferous and they were asked to leave because of it. Ron & LindaClass of 20072000 Monaco Diplomat 2005 Honda Element"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are" Theodore Roosevelt"We can't control the wind, but we can adjust our sail""When man gave up his freedom to roam the earth, he gave up his soul for a conditioned ego that is bound by time and the fear of losing its attachments." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFDR3116 Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 Their poop stinks. I would not want you parked next to me with whichever you want to get. You do realize you would have a continuous job keeping whatever area they are in clean. Are you serious ! Pat DeJong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocksbride Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 One of my favorite blogs: "One Girl's Rant" The first time I saw this video several years ago, I was living on my sister's farm near her hen house, Chateau La Peep. Before the summer was over we'd made huge nets on broom sticks to catch a daily ration of fresh Chicken Candy (grasshoppers) for 4 Speckles, 3 Reds, 2 Fancies, Betty White, and The Rooster. They were an amazing, funny bunch and I learned a lot from them. Blogger Misty Schutt calls it out in her spot on rant, "The Hazards of Backyard Chickens, Because someone has to tell it like it is." http://onegirlsrant.com/the-hazards-of-backyard-chickens/ Enjoy the education. If you want to buy farm fresh eggs from the farmer, you'll want to watch "Give Me Back My Chicken Eggs," another Misty Schutt video on this page: http://onegirlsrant.com/video/ Be warned. Don't drink or eat fresh peaches while you watch these snort-worthy videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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