new zealand / dutch what do you think?

[justin]

Well I got my does bred I also just purchased a purebred californian that's already bred and 3 young california/silver fox mixes.

Hopefully I will get a couple nice bucks from the California/ new zealand doe that I bred to the dutch and I can breed them to the young californian/silver fox does I just bought. I will have a while to wait but they would make a nice match I think.

 

[justin]

Or maybe just breed my new californian / silver foxes to the dutch. I'm not sure.

 

[oneacrefarm]

If it is just for meat, I don't think it matters. If you want to get technical about it, then start a spreadsheet or notebook and systematically breed each buck to each doe and keep accurate records of size of litter, weight of litters at birth, # weaned and weight at weaning, weight at butcher. Then you can see which crosses result in the most meat for your table.

Oneacrefarm

 

[mooregenetics]

How did your dutch / new zealand crosses turn out? I am about to wean my first two litters out of Californian does and a Dutch buck and have been really impressed so far. I have one runt but the rest are big and thick. One bunch has a lot of white(Dutch pattern) whereas the other is mainly solid black with a white nose or paw here and there. I will be keeping some of the does for breeders. One has gray tipped hair. Too bad it is a buck because we really wanted to keep it.

 

[Rabbit-boy]

Breed you dutch......


ARBA Judge 2yrs....
Raiser of 80rabbits,10goats,10 ducks and 25chickens ......

 

[Rabbit-boy]

 

[ohiogoatgirl]

If it is just for meat, I don't think it matters. If you want to get technical about it, then start a spreadsheet or notebook and systematically breed each buck to each doe and keep accurate records of size of litter, weight of litters at birth, # weaned and weight at weaning, weight at butcher. Then you can see which crosses result in the most meat for your table.

Oneacrefarm

wish i was this organized! hahaha

i know this is a bit of an older thread. but i'm curious how the litters went.
i have some dutch, cali, thrianta, and nz does i'll be crossing about to cali and NZ bucks. maybe some others.