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Howdy. Anyone ever raise Flemish x New Zealand buns? How big would one be at maturity? Somewhere in between the 2 breeds? If you kept does and rebred to New Zealand or Californian, would you get a good meat bun with good feed conversion? At what age could you breed a F x NZ doe?

Last night, I heard a ruckus out back around 11pm... found a flashlight and went running out to find that my chicken coop had suffered an attack. All was quiet when I got out there, then I heard a ""thud" in the woods, followed by my girl making a lot of noise back there. So I grabbed a...

On Friday I carefully moved mamma (w/o picking her up by hand/ using cage to cage transfer) into maternity cage. (This was later than desired due to prior litter still hanging our in there post-weaning for way too long.) This maternity cage is in my fenced garden. On Sunday I went out in early...

Been on a hunt for prolific natural feed and came across Water Spinach (Ipomoea aquatica). I understand in many states in the South it is illegal to grow due to invasiveness.., found this study Effect of increasing offer level of water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) on intake, growth and...

Help! My doe has a litter of 4 week olds. They were born in a tractor that has a tarp over part of it for dry/warmth. One got out from tractor and is hiding our in bushes that separate yard from woods (home to fox, coyote, coons, opossums and birds of prey.) I thought this new tractor was...

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