North Carolina

[sbrooks88]

Ahh that time of year again. Whew! I'm not getting any chicks this year I have nowhere to keep them. Lol

 

[sbrooks88]

Off topic, but not getting anywhere on craigslist....

Anyone have a pair or a trio of rabbits for sale?  Looking for California or New Zealand ideally, but doesn't have to be.

Thanks!

I'm not sure if he still has any but i think there's a man close to buckhorn n wilson county who may have some. I will have to check when I'm out that way again.

 

[jfaith51]

Thanks!

You're welcome. I hope it was helpful.

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Off topic, but not getting anywhere on craigslist....

Anyone have a pair or a trio of rabbits for sale?  Looking for California or New Zealand ideally, but doesn't have to be.

Thanks!

I've got a few purebred NZs I just weaned and was about to put in the freezer. They are littermates, of course, but I could part with one or two and you could find the opposite gender elsewhere. I just put half of a cow in the freezer, so there's not a huge amount of space left anyway...

Speaking of which, I picked up the last of the beef...two halves....this morning and drove them to my folks in Georgia. Hubby's brother and my sis each took a half. Now all of the beef has been disbursed! Yay! Now to look hard at what we are doing this year!

I'm starting late due to NPIP testing, but I'll be loading ten dozen eggs in the incubator when I get back tomorrow evening. Buff Orpingtons, EEs and OEs in plenty, plus a few more Golden Cuckoo Marans for me! I'm trying to find more of those from a different bloodline, by the way. And the upcoming batch of EEs/OEs is mostly blue and black Ameraucanas covered by the GCMs. Can't wait to see how they turn out! Of course, first generation may not show much; second gen will be more interesting. I'll have to see which color pattern is dominant.

Here's one of the GCM boys:

 

[CricketR4]

You're welcome. I hope it was helpful.

It was helpful. Now I just need to get hubby to go get it and put it up then I'll be able to get my sheep.

 

[McCaskill]

does anyone want 6 chicks? all mixed breed

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

You're welcome. I hope it was helpful.

It was helpful. Now I just need to get hubby to go get it and put it up then I'll be able to get my sheep.

Oh, I miss my sheep! What breed/s are you getting?

 

[CricketR4]

Oh, I miss my sheep! What breed/s are you getting?

Hoping to get katahdins. I know a guy that breeds them so he can train herding dogs. He's got too many so he's selling some of last years lambs. They're actually about 75% katahdin and 25% dorper.

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Oh, I miss my sheep! What breed/s are you getting?

Hoping to get katahdins. I know a guy that breeds them so he can train herding dogs. He's got too many so he's selling some of last years lambs. They're actually about 75% katahdin and 25% dorper.

Lovely! Meat sheep! We used to raise them for both wool and meat up until a couple years ago.

 

[dutchbunny83]

While we're talking about meat sheep--

Does anyone raise and process lambs? I don't have the land to raise a flock of sheep, but I could buy 2 baby lambs and raise them to slaughter. I don't know much about livestock, are there breeds better for lamb meat? I know once they are a year old they become a sheep, but is there a certain time period of being a lamb you should raise them out to? Lamb is my favorite meat ever, but crazy expensive. I figure if I spent a couple hundred dollars on 2 I'd be able to fill my freezer & it'd still be cheaper than buying it.

Also, I know a flock of sheep are really loud, how about 2 lambs??? I really don't think my neighbors would care as we are really on the outskirts of town (I can see the next county from my house & they're allowed to have everything, but technically Fayetteville you aren't supposed to have livestock). Though you also aren't supposed to have 17 dogs as my next door neighbor does, so he really doesn't have the grounds to say anything, and honestly, I think he really likes all my animals....