Nice job. Buy yourself a flail catcher or a small forage harvester. Look at Nutrisoil here in Australia, a big vermicompost operation. You also need to diversify your product output, other crops, animals etc.
Really inspiring Josh and Abi - we are following along and wishing you so much success. I really hope that this tipping point sees you reaching new levels of abundance and regeneration!
I've been keeping eyes on your operation and going in a similar direction like you. as you may already know, ducks eat a lot more than chickens; have you thought about changing the poultry species to those that eat more grass/vegetation than the expensive commercial pellets? Most important is that are investors buying shares in your company, if so what's the price per share and how many shares in the whole company?
Hi there, to answer your last question first. We are not selling shares, we are selling artwork to those that simply want to support the farm and help us succeed in our goals. In regards to the comment about duck feed. Ducks eat slightly more than chickens do, but then they lay a bigger egg too. So chickens are not necessarily more efficient feed converters. Apart from geese, there are no other poultry species that eat more forage or grass. Geese are great meat birds, but not egg layers. Building a business purely on geese would be hard - we've looked into it. Thanks for the comment
Hi guys, I really like your project. I am trying something similiar here in Thailand. At the moment we have 96 Khakis and more to come. We have a field with fruit trees and we let them free there every day for a couple of hours. Unfortunately we don't have a fence yet so we always need to watch them especially in regards to stray dogs that come for visit and like to catch a snack. Really annoying part.... Anyway, how many ducks do you have at the moment? You breed them all on your own? How and when do you sort out the old ones? In regards to food: Did you ever look at duck weed? Ours love to eat it and even though it's pretty simple to grow it's actually hard to get as much as they like to eat. Ours also love to eat Manjok leaves, but I am pretty sure this is difficult to grow in Wales. Are there any plant leaves you know they like to eat a lot?
Apart from the obvious environmental benefits (for the consumer and for us), it will make our farm more resilient. Insect production means our protein source is more secure, locally available, and not subject to global fluctuations in supply (and therefore price increases). Soy will likely continue to rise in price, whereas insect protein will only get cheaper to produce. Insects are also a much higher quality protein source than soy. In regards to the tree planting - the biomass will help give us more material to compost, and the compost is going to be a good source of income for us.
@@parccarreg I guess I haven't delved into the numbers too much, but looking at your farm in comparison to most farms I assumed you are already running a carbon positive - pasture, fruit trees, no tilling, trees already planted. But I see your point on feed inputs. Growing on farm is definitely better. Have you looked into high oil sunflower? My ducks go crazy for them.
Thanks mike. With poultry you've got what they call ghost acres - the land used to grow the feed that we buy in. That's where the majority of our carbon footprint comes from. And the soy is the worst part of it. Growing things like sunflower etc is not really practical for us with a large flock of ducks that need consistent feeding year round. It's a great snack for them, but not something we could rely on really.
The pledge levels start at £20? Do you some sort of print on demand book or pdf you could throw in as a pledge level eg about the way you run the farm and how your business operates and the variables, margins and challenges (economics) along with your practical philosophy and of course lavish photos? I think that would have been a good pledge level - as it's full your recorded experience and personal to your beautiful farm?
Thanks for the suggestion. Were you looking for a lower entry point than £20? Can look at doing that. Creating a book is one of our future plans, but not had the time. In the meantime, this youtube channel will be a source of that kind of information. Although it will take time! Thanks for your comment
@@parccarreg Well I was thinking at 20£ I would really want IN on support for a brilliant product. A book on your farm (even mini eg 20-40pgs) explaining so much would feel like a steal at £20 when RRP would normally be much less. It might be a strong incentive for people. The 2 big art pictures are stunning but far out of my purchase power. However the pdf/book at 20£ would feel not just supporting but purchasing REAL value. I'm not that taken by the psychedelic duck stickers for art aesthetic also. Water-colour, Gouache, abstract etc are more my style of preference of art for contrast.
@@commentarytalk1446 Thanks again for the suggestion. We have plans to write a book about keeping ducks. It is quite a lot of work to do properly! So unfortunately we won't be able to offer that in the crowd funder this time around. Keep an eye on our youtube channel as we will be releasing more videos about ducks and farming in general. Feel free to make any suggestions for future videos. The YT channel will be a free way to support us, and to learn more from us. Cheers
It's basically a shipping container which has been modified to raised black soldier fly larvae. We are looking at a company that rents them out to farms. It's fairly new technology
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Yes! Sounds like a solid plan - love the psychedelic ducks too 🦆
Thanks Andy!
Nice job. Buy yourself a flail catcher or a small forage harvester. Look at Nutrisoil here in Australia, a big vermicompost operation. You also need to diversify your product output, other crops, animals etc.
Really inspiring Josh and Abi - we are following along and wishing you so much success. I really hope that this tipping point sees you reaching new levels of abundance and regeneration!
Thank you 🙏
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Already donated, just dropping a message to feed the YT algorithm 😃
Amazing! Thank you so much 🙏
Love this - really hope you reach your goals and I'll be sharing as much as I can
Thanks Jake!
… and looking forward to the print! 😊 You’ve got this bro…
You legend! Thanks for all the support!
I've been keeping eyes on your operation and going in a similar direction like you. as you may already know, ducks eat a lot more than chickens; have you thought about changing the poultry species to those that eat more grass/vegetation than the expensive commercial pellets? Most important is that are investors buying shares in your company, if so what's the price per share and how many shares in the whole company?
Hi there, to answer your last question first. We are not selling shares, we are selling artwork to those that simply want to support the farm and help us succeed in our goals.
In regards to the comment about duck feed. Ducks eat slightly more than chickens do, but then they lay a bigger egg too. So chickens are not necessarily more efficient feed converters. Apart from geese, there are no other poultry species that eat more forage or grass. Geese are great meat birds, but not egg layers. Building a business purely on geese would be hard - we've looked into it.
Thanks for the comment
Hi guys, I really like your project. I am trying something similiar here in Thailand. At the moment we have 96 Khakis and more to come. We have a field with fruit trees and we let them free there every day for a couple of hours. Unfortunately we don't have a fence yet so we always need to watch them especially in regards to stray dogs that come for visit and like to catch a snack. Really annoying part.... Anyway, how many ducks do you have at the moment? You breed them all on your own? How and when do you sort out the old ones? In regards to food: Did you ever look at duck weed? Ours love to eat it and even though it's pretty simple to grow it's actually hard to get as much as they like to eat. Ours also love to eat Manjok leaves, but I am pretty sure this is difficult to grow in Wales. Are there any plant leaves you know they like to eat a lot?
Can you elaborate on the importance of reducing the carbon footprint of the eggs? Will it be more saleable to consumers?
Apart from the obvious environmental benefits (for the consumer and for us), it will make our farm more resilient.
Insect production means our protein source is more secure, locally available, and not subject to global fluctuations in supply (and therefore price increases). Soy will likely continue to rise in price, whereas insect protein will only get cheaper to produce. Insects are also a much higher quality protein source than soy.
In regards to the tree planting - the biomass will help give us more material to compost, and the compost is going to be a good source of income for us.
@@parccarreg I guess I haven't delved into the numbers too much, but looking at your farm in comparison to most farms I assumed you are already running a carbon positive - pasture, fruit trees, no tilling, trees already planted. But I see your point on feed inputs. Growing on farm is definitely better. Have you looked into high oil sunflower? My ducks go crazy for them.
Thanks mike. With poultry you've got what they call ghost acres - the land used to grow the feed that we buy in. That's where the majority of our carbon footprint comes from. And the soy is the worst part of it. Growing things like sunflower etc is not really practical for us with a large flock of ducks that need consistent feeding year round. It's a great snack for them, but not something we could rely on really.
Would recommend setting $10 to "sponsor" a tree, or buying some carbon offsets by planting a tree
thanks for the suggestion!
The pledge levels start at £20? Do you some sort of print on demand book or pdf you could throw in as a pledge level eg about the way you run the farm and how your business operates and the variables, margins and challenges (economics) along with your practical philosophy and of course lavish photos? I think that would have been a good pledge level - as it's full your recorded experience and personal to your beautiful farm?
Thanks for the suggestion. Were you looking for a lower entry point than £20? Can look at doing that. Creating a book is one of our future plans, but not had the time. In the meantime, this youtube channel will be a source of that kind of information. Although it will take time! Thanks for your comment
@@parccarreg Well I was thinking at 20£ I would really want IN on support for a brilliant product. A book on your farm (even mini eg 20-40pgs) explaining so much would feel like a steal at £20 when RRP would normally be much less. It might be a strong incentive for people. The 2 big art pictures are stunning but far out of my purchase power. However the pdf/book at 20£ would feel not just supporting but purchasing REAL value. I'm not that taken by the psychedelic duck stickers for art aesthetic also. Water-colour, Gouache, abstract etc are more my style of preference of art for contrast.
@@commentarytalk1446 Thanks again for the suggestion. We have plans to write a book about keeping ducks. It is quite a lot of work to do properly! So unfortunately we won't be able to offer that in the crowd funder this time around. Keep an eye on our youtube channel as we will be releasing more videos about ducks and farming in general. Feel free to make any suggestions for future videos. The YT channel will be a free way to support us, and to learn more from us. Cheers
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What is the insect production unit?
It's basically a shipping container which has been modified to raised black soldier fly larvae. We are looking at a company that rents them out to farms. It's fairly new technology