goslingfever
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We had a lonely Tom Turkey, Hansel
so we put up an ad offering to trade him for rabbits. A family with turkey hens contacted us, and offered us New Zealands in trade. And they raise Red, White, and Blue. And I LOVE Reds!!
They not only have lovely rabbits, they are COLONY raised rabbits! The does all get along, and they only use one buck per colony pen. The woman said she brought her colony with her from FL. I love that they've been established for a long time, and they discussed the time they tried to bring in new blood, and had problems with mites so they culled them out. They didn't want any of that in since their stock doesn't have that issue. Parasite resistance? Great maternal instincts + great colony relationships among the does? Oh my! I am just thrilled. :bunnyhop:
Better yet, check out the colors:
Now the darkest one is the Red I am used to seeing. The white looks like the standard white. But the lighter ones look to be kind of soft reddish fawns - just gorgeous! I am not sure now if I like the deep Red or the fawn but there was only one doe out of the five, a GORGEOUS fawn, so she is definitely a keeper. I am going to keep the dark Red buck for sure, and may just grow out the rest of these handsome bucks to see how the look.
They are now tattoo'd and I am looking forward to having a colony of these pretties in the future
The best news yet? They loved Hansel the turkey, and he gets to be top Tom at their farm. There isn't a guy who deserves it more! We are so glad he went to a good place with many hens for company.
I LOVE TRADES!
so we put up an ad offering to trade him for rabbits. A family with turkey hens contacted us, and offered us New Zealands in trade. And they raise Red, White, and Blue. And I LOVE Reds!!
They not only have lovely rabbits, they are COLONY raised rabbits! The does all get along, and they only use one buck per colony pen. The woman said she brought her colony with her from FL. I love that they've been established for a long time, and they discussed the time they tried to bring in new blood, and had problems with mites so they culled them out. They didn't want any of that in since their stock doesn't have that issue. Parasite resistance? Great maternal instincts + great colony relationships among the does? Oh my! I am just thrilled. :bunnyhop:
Better yet, check out the colors:
Now the darkest one is the Red I am used to seeing. The white looks like the standard white. But the lighter ones look to be kind of soft reddish fawns - just gorgeous! I am not sure now if I like the deep Red or the fawn but there was only one doe out of the five, a GORGEOUS fawn, so she is definitely a keeper. I am going to keep the dark Red buck for sure, and may just grow out the rest of these handsome bucks to see how the look.
They are now tattoo'd and I am looking forward to having a colony of these pretties in the future
The best news yet? They loved Hansel the turkey, and he gets to be top Tom at their farm. There isn't a guy who deserves it more! We are so glad he went to a good place with many hens for company.
I LOVE TRADES!