Office Work, Part Deux: Professional Mayhen

[NellaBean]

Is he a good buck? I think its pretty common to breed back to related ones if they are good enough to want "double" the genes.

 

[saddina]

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I agree. Once every few generations bring in some fresh DNa, but since you're planning on eating the bulk, why not?

 

[debilorrah]

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Especially for meat rabbits.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

He produces good kits, dense meat, good bones, sturdy from the get go. Type, meh, he's the NZ/Cal cross with a bit of Flemish Giant. So to his daughters, not daughters+granddaughters?

 

[saddina]

since he's a cross you should be fine going in 1-2 generations. honestly i go untill a problem shows up if it's a meatie. I just now brought in new DNa on my quails, they're multi generations of innerbreeding, no problems, just seemed "time" to out cross.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

Spiffy. He is a nice buck behavior wise. Which is always my first requirement. No point in breeding jerks who I hate working with, even if they are meaties.

 

[mclevinson]

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Off topic, but I totally love you for doing this.

He's a good kid, just got stuck in a rotten family who threw him out of the house for being gay. Really, I see no reason whatsoever to ruin this kid's life, the state has the most jacked up foster system right now, so any parent who WANTS to keep the kid pretty much gets to, plus he's 17, so they took a lot of what he said he wanted to do into this also. He's got one year of HS, didn't have another place to go, it sucks to move, but he figured it was better than living on the streets. And really, once you have more than 3 kids, it's all the same in the end.

I so couldn't foster kids normally, I'm not cut out for it. Boyd and McFly are WAY better people than I am.

Oh hey, I DROPPED the foster adopt idea after completing the training. Broke DH's heart for a while. I had a special situation going on with DD#1 at the time, she was just 2 yo, and I felt I could (from what they taught us) be putting her at risk. I'm not way better, the only thing I did brave was accept what was offered sight unseen. 3 times.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

DFS just broke my heart when he came to us. Parents kicked him out, Matt is his best friend, he called. We took Matt and Char out of school to help pack, then he asked if we were sure we didn't mind him moving in. Sigh. BTDT. I never will understand.

 

[mclevinson]

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That's just wrong. I'd have taken foster babies in any condition but DH couldn't stand the thought of having to give them back. I have A great deal of patience with babies but it wanes as they get older and I expect more. As it turned out DD#1 wouldn't suffer anyone else near her for ages. Wouldn't sleep but in my arms, then later in our bed. We were advised to let her cry it out. She.never.did.stop.

 

[LarryPQ]

I want to start the clases, but DH wont give in until I am employed again... Yet another reason I need a job.