Backyard Aquaponics
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some other less common food animals that can be worth raising on small scales using free fodder include.....
guinea pigs
muscovy ducks
Pigeons

guinea pigs I suppose are kinda similar to rabbits to raise but most of us think of them more as pets than food. They can be raised on grass and other free fodder though.

Muscovy Ducks are hardy heavy quackless ducks that need little water and are good foragers though you will want to keep them out of the garden plots. Apparently they have rather lean meat in comparison to other duck species and they will brood other bird's eggs. In some places they are kept around rabbits since the ducks will forage for bugs down among the rabbit droppings below the cages.

Pigeons apparently are pretty easy to raise. Provide nesting sites for them and they can forage for almost all their food. Harvest the young right before they fly the nest.

I'm actually thinking about a couple Muscovy Ducks for around here.

I have kept Muscovy ducks (which are not a true duck being closer related to geese) and they breed well, grow big and are very easy to keep, I highly recommend them. The males can be aggressive unless you show them who is boss, my wife still has the scar from when Fugly (our drake) tried to attack or mate her.

My main motivation in this venture is providing my family with the freshest most nutritious food possible. I've heard alot about the benefits of the kinds of glyconutrients only found in fresh vegetables and their benefits in fighting cancers and other diseases as well as all the other health benefits of a whole food diet. My wife's side of the family has lots of cancers and her mother lost 3 friends plus her mother to cancer all in the last 10 days.
Providing my family with meals of fresh picked fruit and veg will hopefully protect them in later years.

I am planing on adding pigeons and guinea pigs to my city farm early next year I have one pigeon so far and am looking for a mate for him and hope to have a larg enclosure for the guinea pigs built by Christmas,

glade to see these mentioned here!

My in-laws are Ecuadorian, and apparently guinea pigs are considered good eating there. It seems they are very easy to raise to about a 3lb weight.