If you have a colony, or ideas about a colony set up, please feel free to chat about them here. (Or problems you've encountered). Many things are the same with a colony as with cages, (like needing fresh water, how to GET fresh water, whether to feed greens, how much to feed and WHAT to feed) but other things like "how on EARTH do I catch these mangey critters???" are different
I'm looking for ideas for my NWZ colony that will get finished this Spring. My PLAN is a 30x40 pen, fence dug down 2 feet into the ground, with a feeding house at the center. Also a 2nd colony grow out pen near by. At first just 1 buck and 2 or 3 does. They'll be at the edge of an old hay field...partly under the hardwood trees (big old apple tree right there) and partly in the pasture area.
I have a ton of predators in the area, so I'll put up an electric wire around the outside, and netting over the top.
If anyone has any thoughts on my PLAN, I'd be happy to chat about them! and would LOVE to hear about your colony, your plan, or see pictures
I'm looking for ideas for my NWZ colony that will get finished this Spring. My PLAN is a 30x40 pen, fence dug down 2 feet into the ground, with a feeding house at the center. Also a 2nd colony grow out pen near by. At first just 1 buck and 2 or 3 does. They'll be at the edge of an old hay field...partly under the hardwood trees (big old apple tree right there) and partly in the pasture area.
I have a ton of predators in the area, so I'll put up an electric wire around the outside, and netting over the top.
If anyone has any thoughts on my PLAN, I'd be happy to chat about them! and would LOVE to hear about your colony, your plan, or see pictures