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Yes if we have it we do try to raise offspring from them usually. We sell our surplus.
We do not always have everything at the same time. For example- right now we do not have any water buffalo, we sold the last ones a couple years ago, and when and if we get quarters set up at the new ranch for more we will possibly get more in the future.
Last fall we sold all our quail, partridge(ecept Roul Rouls) and most of our pheasants. Cutting back by over 200 pens. I love raising them all, but with the price of feed, sluggish economy, high work load they created, it was time to cut back; I am now going to focus on our rarer type birds- like the Vulturines, Curassows, Chachalachas, etc. I'm sure I will get more pheasants again, We do still have about 30 pens of pheasants left.
Also some very good friends of mine own a small zoo in Wisconsin, I help them out and handle alot of their animals. They use alot of my animals though for the summer in their zoo & a few other zoos that they lease animals too. I have had large cats in the past, but no longer keep any myself right now, so those photos are from working with their's. We also locate animals for others, so sometime they are only here for a short time.
Yes if we have it we do try to raise offspring from them usually. We sell our surplus.
We do not always have everything at the same time. For example- right now we do not have any water buffalo, we sold the last ones a couple years ago, and when and if we get quarters set up at the new ranch for more we will possibly get more in the future.
Last fall we sold all our quail, partridge(ecept Roul Rouls) and most of our pheasants. Cutting back by over 200 pens. I love raising them all, but with the price of feed, sluggish economy, high work load they created, it was time to cut back; I am now going to focus on our rarer type birds- like the Vulturines, Curassows, Chachalachas, etc. I'm sure I will get more pheasants again, We do still have about 30 pens of pheasants left.
Also some very good friends of mine own a small zoo in Wisconsin, I help them out and handle alot of their animals. They use alot of my animals though for the summer in their zoo & a few other zoos that they lease animals too. I have had large cats in the past, but no longer keep any myself right now, so those photos are from working with their's. We also locate animals for others, so sometime they are only here for a short time.
I love this thread. You are living the life i want to live when i grow up!
Becareful of what you wish for.
Don't get me wrong- I LOVE raising animals, and have an incredible life that I am thankful for. But it is long days, filled with as much anguish as pleasure! It is wonderful to have a new baby born, but discouraging when you loose one too. Great to buy a new pair of birds but then have a predator kill some. When your only income is derived from the animals you raise it can be challenging to just stay ahead of a feed bill, let alone build new things, buy new animals, etc.
We do have alot of animals and work hard to keep them, but there are alot of times we have to sell something I would love to keep so we can stay afloat. Which may be a good thing or I would never get done with chores. I am furgal in my spending. Little things like not buying a soda at a gas station but rather buying a case at the grocery store and taking some with me when I leave the house; SO THAT I can then go and buy a pair of birds for hunderds of dollars.
Becareful of what you wish for.
Don't get me wrong- I LOVE raising animals, and have an incredible life that I am thankful for. But it is long days, filled with as much anguish as pleasure! It is wonderful to have a new baby born, but discouraging when you loose one too. Great to buy a new pair of birds but then have a predator kill some. When your only income is derived from the animals you raise it can be challenging to just stay ahead of a feed bill, let alone build new things, buy new animals, etc.
We do have alot of animals and work hard to keep them, but there are alot of times we have to sell something I would love to keep so we can stay afloat. Which may be a good thing or I would never get done with chores. I am furgal in my spending. Little things like not buying a soda at a gas station but rather buying a case at the grocery store and taking some with me when I leave the house; SO THAT I can then go and buy a pair of birds for hunderds of dollars.
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