Oscar":1y9hbpz0 said:
I dont have the skill, talent, or patients to build my own cages, keep in mind that I'm only 13. ..... Would you say does or bucks are harder to show? What size nest box for my holland does?
Cages, while hard work, are not complicated to build, luckily. I just finished building a 4 hole run, 8 foot long, for my hollands. I didn't manage to escape unscathed, my hand was sore for a day or so, and I got a couple of scratches, but it could have been worse. It was the first time cage building for me and everything went smoothly except for running of out materials and having to run to the store two more times...
Wear gloves!
I, personally, have never shown anything. I dunno. I think bucks generally have more even temperaments/seem sweeter.
I bought mine off of Amazon.com, Ware Wood Nesting Box Small. It is 11x9x9.5. It was $9 or so.
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If you are going to be selling as pets for a couple of years, be ready to either sell the litter all at once or have some for a month or two.. The pet market is not as steady as we might like.
If you are going to have two does and one buck, then you would need at least 5 cages. One for each adult, and one for each gender of kits in litters. Depending on how soon you plan to start keeping kits for your own use or 'grow out' then you would need more than that.