Recent content by Kemmerlin's Mini Farm

We have NZW does and a Cali buck -- all on wire floors & they work just fine. I 100% agree to stay away from the wood idea! The only alternate flooring I provide is in the Summer. I get the large flooring tiles from Lowes/Home Depot (whoever has what I'm looking for on clearance!) and I keep...

Thank you all :) I knew it wasn't a cut and dry answer, of course, but it is nice to see how others handle the situation of stock rotation. We are a small scale homestead so it is hard for us to keep a whole bunch of non-producers, but didn't want to have a guideline in our minds without some...

I'm looking for your input on your breeding stock - how long do you typically breed a doe? A buck? What do you do with them when you are through breeding them, sell as a pet or keep as retired? If you sell them prior to retiring age, at what age do you sell them? My DH and I have different views...

Y'all are AWESOME! I am so excited to begin with all of this! Thank you for your answers! And I know I will hand tons more questions! :) How often do you have does that reject a litter? Is it normally a whole litter that is rejected or just an individual? I would presume its for various reasons...

Learning, learning, learning!!! :)

So I've seen a couple of posts about a good diet for meat rabbits - my husband and I are planning to get some NZ/Cali X soon, so I'm trying to do my homework, now! We live in South Carolina, so I'm stressing over temps, too! :) I understand pellets seem to be the way to go for us - is there...

Hey everyone! We are a small homestead raising chickens for eggs, egg sales, and meat. We grow, hunt and can as much as possible. And are venturing in to meat rabbits this coming Spring (actually have been building the rabbit hutch this weekend, getting ready!) and planning for dairy goats later...