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So I should just castrate him if I want him? Will a castrated ram grow horns properly?

If I breed a ram barbados to wool breed sheep. Will the babies still be a "shearable" breed, the kids love to come to the farm on shearing day to watch and I don't want sheep that drop their fur before they can be sheared. I love how the barbados look.

Yes with horns Thanks for the info

Also what questions should i ask the owner of the animal before purchasing?

Also what questions should i ask the owner of the animal before purchasing?

Id like to know the basics of quarantine, What do people with small farms do? where they cant separate far apart? Give me any advice you can please. What medications should be given during quarantine?

Id like to know the basics of quarantine, What do people with small farms do? where they cant separate far apart? Give me any advice you can please. What medications should be given during quarantine?

Can two bucks be kept together in a small herd? I know they will fight but once they figure out the pecking order will they stop?

I'd like to add that these are all hypothetical questions. I have another question, I know you shouldn't change the type of milk a piglet is on, but say a piglet is accepted by mom from the beginning but after 1-2 weeks is abandoned how would you transition to milk replacer?

I have some questions I would like to know the answers to, so I know how to do things if anything happens. The breed is berkshire 1. How much milk will a piglet eat from birth to weaning? I'd like to buy bulk milk and freeze it. Also should I use goats milk or a sow milk replacer? 2. How much...

I'm wondering what breeds are more heat tolerant? Also I read about hairless rabbits, are they healthy or no?

What do you do to keep water from freezing in winter?

Okay, thanks for all the info guys. I've heard that rabbits are fine in the winter without heating but in the summer problems could occur because they don't like heat. What do you guys do to keep them cool?

What's grow-out vigor?:p Also I don't really care about the colour of the babies because they would be food. I just like the reds so i would like to have 1 Red and one white doe or two red does. Do rabbits stop breeding at a certain age?

I have changed my mind, I think I'm gonna get a buck Californian and 2 doe new Zealands. Is there any difference in the new Zealand whites and reds or just colour?

I don't have any rabbits yet, I think I'm just gonna get 3 different breeds. Right now I'm thinking a chinchilla, new Zealand and a Californian. Unless you guys have other ideas for me?

I want to get 1 buck and 2 does as a hobby and for meat purposes. What do I need i know the basics like tractor/hutch, water bottles, nest boxes etc but what else will i need? I want to take up as little amount of room as possible while still giving the rabbits more than enough rooms. Also is...

I've heard of people just putting rabbit tractors and letting rabbits eat grass and not giving anything extra? Is this a proper diet? I'm thinking about getting 3 meat rabbits as a hobby/food source and i want to keep it cheap. I wouldn't feel right just giving grass and weeds, would free range...