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As I have told people for years, if you can't get the breed you want, get any bunnies you can get your hands on. All rabbits are made of meat, after all! :D So, we now have Azalia, standard rex doe (a cull for many reasons but she gets a pass if she raises her kits born yesterday), a mini rex...

I think - though I may be wrong - that doves only breed seasonally?

Pigeon is really REALLY yummy!!! Still waiting to hear on an allotment but if one doesn't come through, a 5 by 5 section of the shed will house a few pairs with a sunning cage over the window. The nice thing about pigeon is it is so rich that it only takes one per person to do a lovely dinner...

Our 4H group had pigeons and they took about 6 min a day to care for and half of that was spent just looking at them. I asked my family what they thought of me with a dip net and some bread at the local square and got a "DON'T you DARE!!!" Awwwwww party poopers. :lol:

Did they live flight free in with your hens? And how bloody stupid of anyone to do that!!! The older I get, the stupider my species seems to be. :roll:

How funny, I have been wondering that as well! Just waiting for either an allotment or spring (whichever comes first) to get my first King pigeons. Ooooooo pigeon is fantastic meat and I had no idea they were used for eggs as wel at one time. :shock:

https://www.rbst.org.uk/hill-radnor They are indeed a breed of sheep. I need a solidly felting wool for the core of my gnome-ies and after paying so little for full fleeces it is hard to pay the asking price for roving. Well, it is for me anyway. :oops: I just hope it works for what I need...

No worries! As they are in the soap nut family I was dubious at best so erred on the side of caution and didn't feed them but when we have pigs again they can give them a try. Pigs seem to be better able to tell good for them from bad better than most livestock. Or perhaps they are just...

They do taste nice Zass but I prefer lamb/mutton because it is so much fatter.

I have three hats to make so the black fleece at least is earmarked for one. Got it washed yesterday and then found that my new to me washer has no spin cycle. A wash and spin but not just spin so I am grumpy. When the fleeces are spun dry they finish drying on the radiator in just a couple...

I did the same thing with my first goats, gave them to someone with the money/time/experience to keep them alive, never mind healthy! :roll:

I decided to just compost them (and plant four to see how they do as house plants) as he is fat as a house right now on nothing but kitchen scraps and hay. The fruit is delish and is in season so my greengrocer is ordering them in for us. :D

I got two small carding brushes and have just about worn them out now, they keep shedding bristles :evil: but as they are still working, I will keep using them (and picking the bits out) until I get the workshop done and the picker made. So far I have made a needle felted Highland Cow for a...

Thank you! :D I did a test sample and while it worked out fine - took a million years longer to felt though - the reason behind the experiment has not shown up this year. :roll: Dry Feet! My thinking was a throw rug with lots of natural lanolin should be good for my winter time dry feet...

I LOVE the colors you got and how pretty is that hat!

I have done a quick search but am not getting any info either way. They are in season right now and I hate throwing the seeds away so it would be nice if Geno bunny could eat them. :D

I have seen it done with a pole, the sides of an old yurt and horses to run round with it but, as all I want is a rug with natural lanolin left in, does anyone know how to felt without soap? Not needle felting but either wet or dry, no soap required, felting? Wool felts ON the sheep (or...

Have I said how much fun raw Shetland wool is? It is SO MUCH FUN!!!! Have made a scarf and a hat and have traded a hat to be for a real leather sofa and cushy chair. List of must haves? A wool picker and a drum carder!

How pretty are they! We used to get teenage cats dumped on us, or mothers with kittens. :evil: Never pretty ones like that though, mostly black ones which are the devil to get a home for, yours should fly out the door.

I have loved reading your post! We are getting sheep this year coming - 6 Shetland Ewes - but can't get them until we get one of the larger allotments which we are on the list for, it is just a case of wait and research til it comes through. Until then I have been buying raw fleeces to learn...