"Speaking of which there could be dog packs to worry about (with any Apox/doomsday event). And dogs that are hungry or have gone wild could become a real danger to people and your animals.
Just be creative and experiment.
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"Japanese? Just tell me that you aren't planning on attacking the zombie hordes with nothing but a katana and I'll be happy. LOL"

"didnt mean that part but a katana is gonna be my melee weapon. the japanese were extremely self sufficient concidering the high population as well as little arable land and areas for settlement. they were also skilled bowman and a bow is gonna be my hunting and maybe a reserve weapon"

"Now back to our regularly schedualed progaming.
If there are other nearby farms/hides then you can raise one breed of animal and arrange for them to raise another brred of same animal. Do this with as many as you can find. So then you can swap Roosters or even hens to deversify them so they dont get stagnant or breed in some faults/issues.
As long as you dont do it to much and get as many farms/hides to do it with you. The breeds can stay viable for generations."

"Thats so true. But the more you exchange with other groups the more benefit for all. The more they interact with you the less they might think you a threat. Plus if you ever need armed help they would be more likely to help. Or worst case, its a place you could retreat to if you had to bug."

"Yep just hoping its not that lonely lol
Well if you dont live outside of civization before TSHTF then you can always when scavaging, look for now wild chickens/roosters to catch.
Same with other animals. Speaking of which, when penned or fenced livestock is located cut the wires & open gates to let them roam. Thats if you cant take them with you right now. This will let them go native but add to accessable animals. If they get to wild you can just hunt them."

"Amish would be a good trading partner or addition to the community."

"Yep its neat to watch them...
Still if the power went out and stayed out they could deal with it easy."

"3) You can incubate the eggs without electricity or have electricity post-apoc."

"Good question.

I would say that It depends on whether you are using a man-made pond for this endeavour; if you are, like my relative was, then building in a simple filtration system for the water and/or just changing out the water ever so often (once a week & about 1/4 of the water should be sufficient, depending on the population of the pond, and the overall cloudiness of the water) should keep the PH at a manageable level. Also, having a filtration/pump system in place keeps the water moving and prevents build up of water-borne insects (such as mosquitoes).

The resulting dirty (and probably acidic) water is not thrown away, but re-filtered and pumped back into the pond (or used as grey water). The leftover gunk (consisting mostly of leftover chicken droppings, fish droppings and other stuff) can be used as fertilizer for any crops you might have growing.

You might want to look into alkali tablets as well, I think they sell these at pet stores or aquariums. Personally I would recommend having a filtration system in place, less reliance on such limited items. You can probalby have some on hand for emergencies. Also, water PH testers. Since you'll be eating them fishies, makes sense to keep them healthy & happy :)"