Two new additions, 11 week old does. The broken blue is HUGE, I’m not sure what color the other doe is…not lynx I don’t think because the color goes through to her skin instead of being white based🤔
My two Silver Fox herd bucks
BLK unpedigreed, Winston…chosen because he reached 7lbs at 12 weeks old
Chocolate Pedigreed Silver Fox buck, Zach. Fast growout rate, 5lbs at 8 weeks…this guy doesn’t look huge but he is DENSE
Well, I had to sell out my whole meat rabbitry last year, lines I had been working on for years and had made vast improvements on, rabbits I was dang proud of and worked hard to get to where I was. It absolutely broke my heart but I had no job, no way to pay for feed anymore. I sold those...
Honestly I’m kind of used to that, we raise commercial Boers and if they were to be shown you want to leave as much of the hair as possible to make them look bigger, stockier, and thicker. They get a show clip much like shown above. My dairy are on the opposite end of the spectrum and get a...
Grass hay is fine for the does and wethers, they shouldn’t have much sweet feed because it’s literal candy for them (as mentioned above)
A good 18% goat grain is a good choice for growth and maintenance and make sure they have access to good quality minerals, I prefer Wind and Rain or Sweet lix...
I took Everest to a dairy goat show this weekend as well as exhibiting for other breeders and had a ton of fun!! Best part of the weekend was placing second in a class of 22 and the doe in first was Everests half sister!!
Everest before ring 1:
Final lineup when placing was determined (me and...
He’s honestly probably still nervous…one of my new sheep wouldn’t touch the pellets for DAYS after I brought her home (all of our sheep or grass fed but I offer pellets to build trust the first couple of weeks)