2 dogs (will be picking the pup up next week when he turns 8 weeks)
1 cat
20 rabbits
5 goats (till Nov or Dec then 1 goes in the freezer)
15 chickens
1 horse
so 44 animals total
Wait a min Dwarf Hotot's are rare? I didn't know that. I have a decent buck that I saved from being bashed with a shovel because he has 6 black hairs at the base of an ear. Other than that his confo is nice and his temperment is great.:idunno
(wow I am a total dunce today)
I am gonna have to differ on Patandchickens about the "the small and compact horses". I have one and I just really started her training last month. She is 4 1/2 and at times still isn't mentally ready. I sent her away to a trainer last year because I was having some issues with her but even he...
I have an English style trail saddle with a horn (no it isn't an Australian) for sale. I don't know english measurments but it would be equal to a 16" western. The saddle has been used very little but has some minor scuffs. When I got it last year it kinda fit my girl and now that she has grown...
I live minutes away from a really good Silver Fox breeder here in Northeastern Indiana. The ARBA National is in Indiana this coming year. Maybe if you can't come up this way you could find a breeder to bring some back for you. I am sure Chris would work with you on this end if you went with his...
Yes the American yahoo group is "different" to put it nicely. I rarely go on.
Ditto what ChickenPotPie said about the Mandolin needing worked on. We are also still working on getting the blue color a little darker and bringing the white numbers up. IMO we also need to work on gettting a little...
Well I wasn't planning on getting a buck till next year because I only have three does and I wanted at least five befor getting a buck. That was untill an offer I couldn't resist fell into my lap... I sure hope his genetics help me start a good milking/show herd.
Meet Bigg Rolo
Rolo is out...
I just purchased a young buck and unfortunately he doesn't stink enough for the girls. You are lucky. I have to go get a stinky rag (she takes an old rag and rubs it on the belly of her mature bucks) from my mentor and put it around his neck!!!
A hint for the stink on your clothes. She told me...
I am looking into different breeds of cattle and keep coming back to the Piney woods cattle. Some strains are larger but the majority are smaller. I have talked with a breeder that has had the cows in the family for generations and he says they get about a gallon a day when milking and leaving...
This is one of the reasons I love having my mare out with the goats. She will take care of anything in the pen that she can get her teeth and hooves into and my English Shepherd (the only canine she respects) can and will take on anything outside of it. I have watched my horse take out a Lab...
If it has been about one month and the buck has been in with the girls I would go get them. They should be bred by now.
I took my two girls to the breeder and she called me in three weeks for the one and the next month took 4 weeks before the other was bred.
Both of my girls are getting nice...
Well Georgetter (the one who lost her litter a about month ago) had another litter on the 2nd. She had a total of 9 kits. I don't know if all of them will make it. They were a little cold (it was below 0 outside and the garage was a little cool) when I brought them into the house to check them...
Here are a couple of websites I had found.
http://workinggoats.tripod.com/index.html
http://duhgoatman.tripod.com/pack-cart.htm
http://greatgoatgear.com/products.html
I have actually talked to the lady who owns this farm. She is such a wealth of information...