New additions to C&DFarming!!

[Duckfarmer1]

So, in case anyone cares to look us up..we now have a little FB page...C&DFarming. It’s the picture of a silver goat. The FB page went nuts and is making me a bit too busy for my liking. Hoping it settles down. Not sure if you all know but we breed Juliana mini pigs...had our first litter about a week ago!! They are sold. I didn’t advertise, other than the pictures and videos on FB. I also have 3 people on my waiting list for the next batch!! Crazy! I knew they were a hot seller in this area a year ago..which is why we decided to buy some bred pigs from a farm. Then we added 5 more to our breeding stock. It’s going very well!! Other new additions...we’ll, unfortunately, I had to sell a Pygmy goat that I’ve had for a long time. She is very skittish, and we never were able to make a bond. Plus, then in December we bought more ND, and she was causing terrible issues With the new goats. We tried to separate...didn’t help. So, we ended sellin* her on Wednesday...went to buy an alpine/Nubian mix, Brooke on thurs....then on Friday we bought a French Alpine FF and her buckling. To be quite honest, my head is spinning. The French Alpine seems like she’ll will want to dominate my herd, I dont want that because I have a lovely goat, Busty...she’s in charge...and she’s my dear dear goat. So, if the mix doesn’t work, I’ll sell the French Alpine. All the new goats are beautiful...Brook definitely has a great temperament and I think will follow Busty’s lead. I sold the trouble maker to get harmony...so I won’t tolerate any issues. It’s just not worth it. I really didn’t want 10 goats, but that’s where I’m at. If I can get them..to be a good bunch..it’ll be great. I can manage them. I have a wether for the buckling. We plan to breed Brooke right away so she is in milk, while my great dairy goat, Busty dries up to be rebrEd. We love the milk, etc! Plus, I enjoy the milking. Tried 3 machines, even one for $500...but, I much prefer doing it b6 hand....

As for my chickens, we are up to 55 and two Roos. The6 are good boys so far! The hens, we kept adding more as our farm grew. Now I sell eggs to a store, a restaurant and a baker, plus a few very regular customers, then what’s left I sell out of our garage fridge. Believe it or not...I usually am sold out! We had egg eaters so, hubby made rollaway nest boxes. Every once in awhile, one will get stuck, because it’s too big, or there are too many in th3 tray. Those few get eaten..bu5 we don’t lose that many.

ive expanded my rabbit breeding quite a bit! I have about....32 rabbits, four breeds, that I keep in my breeding line. I have New Zealand, California, I cross those two and get spots...people lov3 the spots! I also just added lionheads..she’s even got a pedigre...but I don’t care. Lol. Then we jus5 got some jersey wooly’s...sure are cute little balls of fluff.

only have four ducklings. I don’t want more. i don’t have th3 time anymore, and, hate to admit this, but my large livestock, are just more loving back. Ok..so, I thought I’d give an update, since things are changing sooo much, and sooo fast. Hope everyone else is doin* well during this difficult time! Stay safe!

 

[The Moonshiner]

Cute piglets but just a heads up. I'd be cautious about selling those as Julianas. Pure Julianas are always spotted.

 

[Duckfarmer1]

Cute piglets but just a heads up. I'd be cautious about selling those as Julianas. Pure Julianas are always spotted.

No, that’s not true. The mother is spotted, so was the boar. I promise you, these pigs have the bloodlines..we have done our homework, we have gone to several breeders to buy our herd. I have connections in AZ, helping m3 out with our business. Thank you very much for your concern, but, on this one...you are wrong. I’m not afraid to say this bold of a statement this time. I never speak up to anyone, but this time I will. We have papers on the pigs.

 

[The Moonshiner]

No worries about disagreeing or flat out telling me I'm wrong.
Just a discussion so my feelings won't be hurt.
What kind of papers do you have on them? JPAR is the only legitimate registry for Julianas and they're quite clear that a Juliana has to be spotted.
https://www.julianapig.com/BreedStandard.html
https://www.julianapig.com/RegistrationReq.html
I've raised mini pigs for years. Pot bellies then mixed breed minis and then Julianas.
In all my years I've never had two spotted pigs have nonspotted piglets. Also never had a spotted bred to a nonspotted have any spotted piglets unless the non spotted carried a spotted gene. I have crossed a spotted to nonspotted then bred a solid offspring to a spotted and had litters of spotted and nonspotted.
In my experience the spotted gene is recessive so it takes a copy from both parents and two spotted pigs can only each give a spotted gene to their offspring.
I'd love to see if you have any info that contradicts that because I'm moving on to kunekune and they are acceptable with our without spots and I'd like to eventually bred for both.

 

[Duckfarmer1]

I don’t have...information other than what three breeder told me..happyquack farm out in AZ is my pig consultant. She’s been raising mini’s forever. She knows her breeds inside and out. Out there, she can get $4,000 for my punk, blue eyed piglets..out here...in PA, the black ones sell the best. I have a pig I thought was a pot..she told me it is a Juliana based on her snout. The breeders we bought the sisters from gave us papers...registration papers..like you get with a goat....but, they were different. But, what did we know. The third breeders had the tiniest pigs we bought. These girls are all over a year and are at best...25lbs? We have two boars....one is silver, one black with a silver spot on his head. I’ve been told the telling characteris tic is the looong snout and the thick hair...not the course pig hair that’s wiry with regular pigs. Our one boar, his hair curls. We bought the breedeing sisters from a Richards family farm on FB....look them up and tell me what you think?