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Aha! I have the sheep shears thing figured out! There's a local sheep and goat group which rents out shears to members. It's only $25 a year to belong to their group and $10 to rent the shears. They only rent the machine part of the shears, folks have to have their own blades, but they sell...

Part of one sheep has been shorn using sewing scissors while he's tied to a post with his nose in his alfalfa pellets. He's not been too happy, but he hasn't been too grumpy either. However, it's taking awhile and we haven't gotten to the bottom of the sheep yet. He keeps wagging his tail...

The ivermectin paste should have ivermectin as the only active ingredient. Durvet "Ivermectin Paste 1.87%" is a good one, although there's others as well. Just check the ingredient list and if it has 1.87% Ivermectin and no other active ingredients, then it will match what we use on our...

Guinea hens are gawdsawful noisy, not sure if your neighbors would appreciate them. We had one who would sit on top of the shed and screech really loudly at us anytime and all the time we were in the yard. They are very tasty, though, much tastier than chickens. And the feathers have cool...

Coffee is good! So's tea, too, this time of morning, who's fussy? Blackberries sound tasty. Can blackberry leaves be made into tea? Would it be similar to tea type of tea (camellia sinensis)? That gets young leaves which are harvested then wilted, squished, left to sit for awhile and then...

Gadzooks, but that Bull Nettle has spikes! (the internet is amazing, there's pictures of everything on it). Our mamaki doesn't have any stickers on it at all. It kinda turns into a small tree and has green leaves with red veins. I may try making a hedge of it, the Kamehameha butterfly likes...

There's some mullein growing around here in the dryer and higher elevation areas. Maybe I'll liberate a bit of roadside mullien and see if it can live in a lower and wetter area. It's always fun to have useful plants. Today I discovered that lemon grass mixed with mamaki makes a delightful...

Are you going to use the fiber for yarn or string? Horsehair is supposed to be pretty sturdy stuff.

Sometimes bad times are just a route to something a whole lot nicer, but most times you won't know what until you get there. Things will get better! Right after the big pandemic in 1918 we had the roaring 20's, I'm kinda expecting the same thing to happen again so there will be all sorts of...

What does it heal? Small kid time, we'd press it against our faces to make them pink.

Ah, different breeds, different color names. A_ B_ C_ D_ ee is "Fawn" in English Angoras which would be "Orange" in Netherland Dwarfs. aa B_C_D_ee is Tort (tortoiseshell) in English Angoras. Torts can be black tort, blue tort, chocolate tort, lilac tort. A_bb C_ D_ ee is Chocolate Agouti...

We have two unfixed male rabbits living together and it was their idea. For some reason, male bunnies want to hang out with Phineas Phogge. There have been two different bucks that have wiggled their way through the wire separating Phin's space from the rest of the buck hutch. They just hang...

Ivermectin horse wormer is the primary medicine we use around here on the bunnies. It's administered as a dab in the ears, about the size of a split pea or pea in each ear. Gets rid of ear mites, wool mites and dandruff. A much larger dose got rid of a cough in our sheep, but not sure why...

Several of the newborns over here are talkers already and they're less than 48 hours old. Some bunnies are just more vocal than others.

Hmm, a really big turkey sized roasting pan may work, but the rabbit may be nervous if it finds out it's a roasting pan? A cardboard box will work if nothing else, it doesn't have to have a top on it. If you have flat lumber (plywood) and a way to cut it into smaller pieces, you could make...

Yeah, I'll sell a buck but not rent one out, although we have angoras and not mini-Rex so that wouldn't help you even if we did. We had STDs here once and it took a shot of penicillin once a week for five weeks straight to get rid of it. With 42 bunnies, that's 210 shots of penicillin...

You wait until Day Two? Such patience! We handle them as soon as they appear, but these have had generations to get used to it. If the mum bun is used to being handled, then she shouldn't mind if you handle the kits. We also give the mum bun some treats (usually fresh grasses, ti leaf or...

There's no visual clues on a bunny to determine which recessive he may have, but since he's had harlequin offspring, he has to carry either 'ej' or 'e'. Breed him to a tort and if there's harlies, then he carries 'ej'. Of course, you'd need a tort doe for that test breeding. What is an...

Shouldn't be a problem if she's in condition. Bunnies can be rebred the moment they give birth, although with a doe raising babies while gestating more of them, it's really hard on the doe. In this case, she's not raising babies, so shouldn't be a problem.

To get the long wool of an angora, you need a double recessive 'll' gene. (That's two lower case 'L's) First generation they would all be shorthaired but they would all have the ability to have longhaired offspring. HOWEVER, the resulting F2 longhaired offspring later would most likely be a...