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When I had Cremes they were pretty straightforward- they did not carry REW- or self, and mine shared some ancesters. Litters were large- 12 was the biggest I had. Conformation was all over the place- drove me nuts, bad shoulders here, pinched quarters there- I actually had a entire litter of...

I'd always take the rabbit back- for free of course- with whatever equipment they want to give me with the rabbit. I must admit- I've even bought a rabbit back- she was a fawn Silver doe- and she went on to be the 'herd dam' for a large part of my Silver program. She was worth buying back...

This is neat, I still have some of my Breyers horses from my childhood- and one of them is the Arabian Mare above in Alabaster.

I have some very interesting mutts here- one is an opal- other is a chestnut. They come from a friends meat program and he was mentored by one of my rabbit guru friends- so these girls have type out the wahoo- body wise they are all that and an order of fries. Genetically they are very...

They did a study once- inbred full rabbit siblings to each other for 18 generations with no ill effects- rabbits can handle a lot of inbreeding, as can mice and rats. I myself have inbred Silvers for many gens- its the curse of having a rare breed- can't just pop out to a show and buy new...

Actually its been said that breeding chocolates into your BEW's causes some loss of the 'blueness' and makes the eye look more lilac-ish. This is caused by the ruby cast that chocolates have- and at one time was a big deal that was fought over. I had a chance to use an exceptional broken...

Crossing REW to BEW is a really bad idea- its not normally done by breeders of either color. Both REW and BEW are forms of albinoism- REW can cover BEW- which means you can have a REW thats also a genetic BEW, and you can have a BEW that carries REW as a recessive. Both are undesirable. You...

Mareks causes leg paralysis- have seen it a number of times, one leg stops working then the second one. They can live for some time without walking if cared for. It can hit both young and older birds- older birds often have tumors as well. That said it could be a simple leg injury- although...

I have crossed a red satin angora to a creme, and thriantas to fawn silvers- angora to creme I got both reds and fawns with light to moderate silvering- thriantas to silvers I got reds lightly silvered, because of the very heavy rufus that thriantas have. Silvering is dominant- although...

Not rare at my house at all, I do BEW Mini Rex. I'm seeing a goodly number of them on the East Coast, and I see BEW's in Hollands, Polish, ND's, Mini Rex fairly often. Beverens too, but they are a rare breed. BEW in Mini Lops is allowed but quite rare. If you cross that doe back to her sire...

My heart breed is shelties, love the darn things, their the perfect dog as far as I'm concerned. Some shelties do not have an outgoing temperament, but most of mine, particularly the girls, think their 10 feet tall and bulletproof. I have an oversized high white blue merle girl who is just the...

Florida Whites are a great breed for a small producer. They are thrifty, prolific, and normally excellant mothers right from the first litter. They continue to produce if not overbred, I have a 5 year old doe that her last litter two months ago was 7. They gain weight and keep it on, even in...

Same thing here, under a 100 square feet is fine, I can fill my property with such buildings all I want, anything larger needs a permit. Thats as long as it can be seen, I do have a 10x14 stashed way back in the trees, no permit, but no problems because I do not have neighbors behind me or on...

Well I'm very happy for you, but I must admit I was expecting new puppy pictures!!! Congrats!!!

It is a fun project, and the one that didn't look good has perked up. So if we had 8 viable eggs, and 6 hatched and survived thats 75% hatch rate, not bad for our first time using an incubator. We have tried using broodies to hatch in the past, without very good results, and we have silkies...

I'd get more than 6--my son just finished his 4H embryology project- we started with 12 eggs- 4 were not fertile- down to 8. Six hatched without a problem, one pipped and died in the shell, it was so close!! Last large one just never moved, we'll see how far it got when we do our dissection of...

IF I ever did get a Dobie again it would be a fawn female- every bit as gorgeous as a husky. The fawns have always made me stop dead in my tracks and just stare, and there's a shrewd mind behind that pretty face.

Oh my no Sibes won't guard anything, they often won't even do a warning 'bark' if someone shows up, and they do this yodel thing, and howl from time to time. Mine never barked, never was aggressive towards any human, even strangers, never warned me that someone was coming. As for shedding I'd...

I had a gorgeous one, before I got into shelties. Her name was Rhiannon, and she was a dark cinnamon with blue eyes. She was very well trained, did all the basic stuff, even did some hand commands, and was the best mannered husky I'd ever seen. I worked very hard on her- trying to make her...

Yes RO sends me 'where have you been' automated e-mails from time to time, although I do not think I have logged on there 4-5-6 years? Really don't remember. Do agree that it was the mods who were the most militant- one mod who was moderating the breeders forum was particularly bad- you...