Chikens and rabbits and goats, oh my!

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Felicia" wrote:
> >> This is quite true. That was why my initial vision had
> >> been to have a mostly vegetarian diet on the stations.
> >
> > I'd certainly assume that, and that most protein came from
> > crabs etc, maybe
> > some fish. I think air-breathing animals would be very
> > hard to keep.
>
> Yes, I had planned to have various forms of aquaculture on
> the stations to supplement the vegetarian diet. I can
> certainly see the desirability of having milk and eggs,
> though. I expect that you would need a much smaller
> number of animals for milk and eggs than you would if you
> were planning on eating the animals. However, keeping a
> station of 2 to 10 million people in eggs and milk would
> require a fairly large number of animals. I'm going to
> have to seriously think about that. -- Felicia

milk is only needed in limited quanities as adults can get enough
nutrients from a good diet. just enough for special cooking - same
with the eggs we do not need the same amount we have here on the
planet. just enough to give a little B12 and other traces.