Nick Antonik and Stephanie Sheehan have an urban farm in Drexel Hill, their answer to food shortages and cost-cutting in the pandemic writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times.

The couple has raised 30 ducks, geese, chicken, and a turkey at their Drexel Hill home.

Antonik’s family had a similar setup where he grew up in Southern Delaware. He’s a carpenter and Sheehan is a nurse at Lankenau Hospital.

So far, neighbors haven’t complained and children get a kick out of seeing the fowl.

“It’s become a nice little integral part of this community,” Antonik said. “When the pandemic was at its worst, you saw people walking everywhere and a lot would stop.”

The ducks came from social media.

“We had a set of two, people bought them that live in an apartment, and you can’t have ducks in an apartment,” Sheehan said. “After they lost their duckling cuteness they asked, ‘Can you take our ducks?’”

The couple is also breeding rabbits, with limited success, for pets.

The farm provides meat and 9 to 11 eggs a day. There’s also a large garden of32 tomato plants, collard greens, and other vegetables.

Read more at the Daily Times about this urban Drexel Hill farm.

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