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Shetland Sheep
EWES:
Shetland Sheep
RAMS:
Buff
Orpington Chickens
American Buff
Geese
Angora Goat (3
wethers)
Cashmere Goats
(doe, wether)
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SHETLAND SHEEP:
With high prices of hay, we decided not
to breed the girls for the fall 2007 season. Then they broke into
the chicken food and 4 were dead before we realized how much they had
consumed.
ANGORA RABBITS:
Our oldest son is raising German
and French angora
rabbits. He has a few bunnies available.
E-mail Ian with questions regarding his ISeeSpots bunnies.
BUFF ORPINGTON CHICKENS:
We now have a flock of Buff
Orpington chickens hatched during the fall of 2006 and summer 2007. This breed was
selected because of their calm nature, good setting trait of the hens,
and numerous reports of roosters that were "non-attack" in personality.
We started selecting eggs that were darker brown for incubation in
January and February 2008.
AMERICAN BUFF GEESE:
This rare American-developed
goose has been desired for several years. This spring, Mary Ellen
finally broke down and snuck 8 goslings in as she was headed out of town
to a fiber show. With only one fatality (male gosling that didn't
seem to understand he couldn't stick his head out in the dog's mouth on
a repeated basis without shortening his lifespan), they are growing into
a nice gaggle of geese. With the very kind addition of a pair from
Wes Givens in OH over Memorial Day, we feel our first summer with these
geese is a success. A few eggs are being incubated in March 2008
for late month hatching.
ANGORA and CASHMERE GOATS:
Long teased about our "goats"
that were really sheep, we now have 5 goats. These are here for a
two-fold purpose: fiber production and in the rescue livestock
protection testing program.
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