I wanted to get a variety of opinions on this. We just took in a pony who, well lets just say he has a lot of issues we are fixing. He is severely foundered, but he is also very thin, we already wormed him and did all that. He is supposed to stay on a bland, low protien diet, but I am worried...
When you breed choc to choc multiple generations you do not get the dark chocolate that most breeds want. They can lighten up, also if you look at the genes it is possible to (depending on your chocolates) to throw the dilute Lilac color if each parent is carrying a recessive dilute d allele...
I was always taught the milking gene comes from the bulls, that is why you are supposed to check out a bulls dam for milk production?????
We have small belties (close to mini) for dual purpose cows. Our cow that we milked this summer gave us a gallon a day, which was plenty for our family and...
Belties rule the field for grass fed. They are the sweetest tempered animals!!! They are excellent foragers as well. Ours eat the black berries, poisen oak, brush, etc....
Oh my I have to count??
Ok,
1 POA pony
6 American Miniature Horses
3 Miniature Belted Galloways
1 German Shepherd
5 Mini Aussies
2 barn cats
1 house cat
6 Chickens (more on the way)
1 Blue Slate Turkey
4 Call Ducks
2 Veleveteen Lops
1 Hamp Sow
Gulp, no wonder my husband thinks I am crazy!
there is a book floating around out there on Netherland Dwarf color genetics (Which applies to all colors) it will help a lot.
But generally, breeding Choc to Choc, you can weaken you color as well as your type. You should look to type first. I usually breed choc to black if the color is...
Hello, we are BYC addicts and thought we would join this group as well. We have a small hobby farm in Northern CA with a wide variety of animals. Our kids are heavily involved in 4-H and enjoy raising and showing their animals.
Our website is www.littlebearhobbyfarm.com
Nice to meet ya all.