Hi guys, true to the chat box - here's how one year of a small French Angora herd went for me.
I started with an imported trio, and had 4 purebred litters kindled over the year.
So we got a lot of fluff:
Which packed down nicely into bags in the end:
All in all, there was 1160g or 2.6lbs minus the few grams I took (and forgot to record) to make this neck-warmer:
All in all, it's been a good year, with the only real tragedy being the eventual loss of my herd buck this fall. Thankfully, I believe I have two nice solid young bucklings out of both of my does who can go on to replace him in year 2.
And now I have to make plans for all my angora. I haven't sold any fibre because that would involve being ORGANIZED. And well, this year has not been conducive to that at all. But if I get my ducks in a row, I think I want an angora-alpaca-silk blanket. Maybe I can work that in as my "Master Spinner Level 5" final project somehow, because in level 5, they're going to finally let me use angora for my homework... About dang time, I say, as I may be literally swimming in it!
I started with an imported trio, and had 4 purebred litters kindled over the year.
So we got a lot of fluff:
Which packed down nicely into bags in the end:
All in all, there was 1160g or 2.6lbs minus the few grams I took (and forgot to record) to make this neck-warmer:
All in all, it's been a good year, with the only real tragedy being the eventual loss of my herd buck this fall. Thankfully, I believe I have two nice solid young bucklings out of both of my does who can go on to replace him in year 2.
And now I have to make plans for all my angora. I haven't sold any fibre because that would involve being ORGANIZED. And well, this year has not been conducive to that at all. But if I get my ducks in a row, I think I want an angora-alpaca-silk blanket. Maybe I can work that in as my "Master Spinner Level 5" final project somehow, because in level 5, they're going to finally let me use angora for my homework... About dang time, I say, as I may be literally swimming in it!