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Welcome from OH!

My first yarn! Super excited!!

I'm also thinking about getting a satin angora early next year so then I will be able to breed him then.

He's an English angora with lines from a very well known rabbitry. I've even seen English angoras go for 150 to $200 and not even have very good lines so it's a pretty good deal but I'm just not sure if I should do it.

The breeder I got the two I have now actually does breed for meat and fiber. I'm not very good with calculations so I would probably just use the ones that get the biggest the fastest for meat, and the ones that may grow slower and be better for fiber would be either culled or kept just for fiber.

I only have one doe. I have not gotten on any color calculators but I'll look for one tonight. This spring when I breed I will be looking for the kits that I think will be good for meat and fiber and cull the rest.

Trying to decide whether or not to get another buck... I found one for sale not that far way but I'm trying to decide whether or not to get him. It would be $100. I don't know... Any advice? His color is chocolate agouti and the sire is from very good lines.

I have yet to sell any fiber Because I've been trying to learn how to spin.and i will probably at least in the near future just try to sell the raw fiber. I will definitely post more when I start selling the fiber and breeding.

I live on ten acres so space isn't an issue for me but we have five barn cats so that's why I use a dog crate. The holes in the floor are so big that I don't really worry too much about their feet getting caught.

I got a blow dryer that has a cooling option a couple of days ago. It works really well but the doe is very skittish whenever I turn it on... But I've only used it twice so she'll get used to it eventually.

@goatgurl thanks! Yes they are very soft and fuzzy! I have a couple drop spindles so I will hopefully be spinning soon. @Roving Jacobs I think I will look on eBay and see if I can find something for cheap.

@Roving Jacobs how much was your blower? I've heard there really expensive but haven't been able to find any online for sale. Although I haven't admittedly looked to hard to find them.

Tomorrow is grocery day so I will be going to a local health food store to get some papaya. I've been thinking about getting a blower although I'm thinking about just using a blow dryer with the heat element taken out but I don't know if it'll blow hard enough? P.S thanks! Good luck! hope you...

Got on Heinholds website and I didn't see any dealers in OH. I will probably just read more on giving them papaya tablets. But thanks anyways!

Ok thanks! I've read a bit about using papaya tablets, and I think you just give them a tablet a day everyday although it might be a tablet once a week. i just skimmed through the article I saw it on. I will look on their website, although I've never heard of it so I don't think we have anyone...

I think I'm going to try to sell some fiber at a craft show this weekend, though I still have to weigh it and put in in small plastic baggies. I don't think I'm going to be able to sell any of it, but just having in the show will hopefully get my name out there so people know who I am.

Okay I'll try that. Thanks for the info! I am not feeding them a wool formula blend just normal rabbit pellets, the breeder to my knowledge doesn't either. Is there somewhere online where I can order it? I'm still trying to find the right feed for them.

I'm going from 13% protein to 16% protein and I'm wondering if I have to worry about going straight to 16% protein without mixing them to introduce the higher protein slowly. the breeder that I got them from said she just feeds them whatever she can find at the feed store.

The hay I get now is Dumor all natural Timothy hay.

@promiseacres yeah I guess when I said that it was really low quality hay I meant that it was low quality for most large livestock. especially horses which is what he makes it for.