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Duckfarmerpa1
Herd Master
Soooo. A lot of changes around here! We realized, thanks to a Barb, again...wha5 would I do without her?? That we had a ventilatoon issue in the barn.. got that fixed that day. So, now...will the new trailers getting dropped into the pasture, I’ve decide to get the goat one put back into higher ground that Doesn’t get wet. Buying 12 more calf panels...butting them up to the trailer door..out to the goat shed. That way..it will all be fenced...I can let them free range when I choose. But right now I have to lead them to the their pen and my crazy kids like to take off on me...imagine that? So, I’m hoping the new set up will work for summer and winter. They can stay out all day and night in warm weather..,the barn gets hot! And in cold, barn is nice aNd warm....well, sort of considering our temps..ugh. Chris bought me this giant old fashioned stainless steel milker. It needs new hoses...and a smaller pump...but, the price w3 paid, the steel alone is wirth more! So, we’re going to buy the parts, find a smaller motor, and pray! It was for cows, so tg3 guy said I could do two goats at once? I don’t Need that now, but next year when I have 9 in milk, that might be nice!
so, the “Rabbitry “. yes I used a fancy, dorky word for selling bunnies...🤣🤣🤣. But somehow it works! Right now the bunnies for kids has phased out. I sold three does that were meat breeds...sold them to a girl that is starting but won’t dare sell them to meat buyers. She bawled at the thought of it....anyways. I bough5 out a breeder, now I’ve been buying fancy pants pedigree rabbits...that’s what I’m going to have from now on. I’ll keep a few for kids around Easter for $15. But now I’m targeting other breeders. This is going to sound NUTS....I’m able to buy rabbits from one breeder...because I buy multiple bunnies I ge5 a deal. Then I sell them individual..and make a bunch. I’m doing this all for the farm fund, going towards the barn costs. But, I really do want to build up my rabbit herd. So I’m buying bunnies, and keeping the best, selling the rest. But, it’s absolutely crazy what these people pay for rabbits...now, I say this after I just drove today to get two fancy pants rabbits...but I got a really good deal. Chris is going along with it all, only because my gamble is working out. I started selling them off because I got scared of the virus. Bu5 then I realized, that bunnies sell for a lot right now and I can, somehow, buy them up, at a good price? I guee I found good connections? I did make friends with this fancy pants breeder who shows and she realllly knows her stipulated! She’s been telling me tg3 ins and out about rabbit genes. It’s still confusing, but I’m glad for the help. She’s also sending business my way. I can’t believe how easy it was to get this goofy “Rabbitry” started. But, we have made drastic changes to our raising from last year. No rabbits on the ground...ever. That breaks my heart...they loved this rabbit tractors. Yesterday, I put plywood down, and put the tractors over it all, then put some bunnies in..they had a ball! Most breeders don’t deworm at all. I’m still confused on that one. I’ve learned different ways to treat illness, and how to build up immune systems so it doesn’t happen in the first place. So, this summer, my goal is to just get my herd strong and healthy. This winter...my goal is to breed for color...I’m going to learn all that I can about genes a try really hard to breed so that I get certain results. This requires more than one buck in each breed. That’s ok. Ok, thanks for reading!!❤️🐰🐷🐐🐓
so, the “Rabbitry “. yes I used a fancy, dorky word for selling bunnies...🤣🤣🤣. But somehow it works! Right now the bunnies for kids has phased out. I sold three does that were meat breeds...sold them to a girl that is starting but won’t dare sell them to meat buyers. She bawled at the thought of it....anyways. I bough5 out a breeder, now I’ve been buying fancy pants pedigree rabbits...that’s what I’m going to have from now on. I’ll keep a few for kids around Easter for $15. But now I’m targeting other breeders. This is going to sound NUTS....I’m able to buy rabbits from one breeder...because I buy multiple bunnies I ge5 a deal. Then I sell them individual..and make a bunch. I’m doing this all for the farm fund, going towards the barn costs. But, I really do want to build up my rabbit herd. So I’m buying bunnies, and keeping the best, selling the rest. But, it’s absolutely crazy what these people pay for rabbits...now, I say this after I just drove today to get two fancy pants rabbits...but I got a really good deal. Chris is going along with it all, only because my gamble is working out. I started selling them off because I got scared of the virus. Bu5 then I realized, that bunnies sell for a lot right now and I can, somehow, buy them up, at a good price? I guee I found good connections? I did make friends with this fancy pants breeder who shows and she realllly knows her stipulated! She’s been telling me tg3 ins and out about rabbit genes. It’s still confusing, but I’m glad for the help. She’s also sending business my way. I can’t believe how easy it was to get this goofy “Rabbitry” started. But, we have made drastic changes to our raising from last year. No rabbits on the ground...ever. That breaks my heart...they loved this rabbit tractors. Yesterday, I put plywood down, and put the tractors over it all, then put some bunnies in..they had a ball! Most breeders don’t deworm at all. I’m still confused on that one. I’ve learned different ways to treat illness, and how to build up immune systems so it doesn’t happen in the first place. So, this summer, my goal is to just get my herd strong and healthy. This winter...my goal is to breed for color...I’m going to learn all that I can about genes a try really hard to breed so that I get certain results. This requires more than one buck in each breed. That’s ok. Ok, thanks for reading!!❤️🐰🐷🐐🐓
they work slick for us here.
