Welcome Michelle,
        I too was a "city girl" raised in the Bronx, NY.   We just started
seriously homesteading last fall and we now have goats, rabbits, chickens and
ducks plus a lot of ducklings, chicks and soon turkey poults.   We want to raise
pigs too.   We just didn't have the time to get fencing in by spring but I'm
interested in the questions that you posed as well.   I know exactly what you
mean about conflicting information.   I've dealt with the same situation with
all of my animals and through sites like this I have been lucky to find mentors
to help me through all this as we begin. (You know who you are - God Bless you
all).   Good luck as you begin your homesteading journey.
                                                                          
Ashley 



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