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Peacocks
I love working with peacocks. The biggest challenge is the transition from chicks to young adulthood. They are prone to worms, and must be treated with a wormer monthly. We hatch all our eggs in an incubator, and have very sweet birds as a result of them imprinting on us. Our peacocks live in a flight pen to reduce the risk from predators. Most of our birds will eat treats from our hands.Come visit me, Bentwillow Bunnies & Pittsboro Peafowl.
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11/30/2011 08:37.56 AM
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What we have found out with the red waddle is that NOONE will sell semen so at one point you are inbreeding, crossing breeding or not having babies at all. We've seen "100 %" RW and they are slow growers and light weights.
Now with son's cross breeding to either a hampshire or an exotic he's putting the hams on them to compet in the show ring. So far all he can show is in the market class. Which fits him just fine because they are coming home anyway unless they bite and then he's the one biting back with a fork.Come visit me, The Homestead.
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11/30/2011 06:06.59 AM
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Large Black Hogs
I appreciate you answering my question about them. I look forward to hearing your updates on their progress. I picked them for the same reason you wrote about on my page. I like the tamworths too. Good videos on Tamworths on youtube. Not so much on the blacks. Thanks again for the feedback! Good luck!Come visit me, K&B Ranch.
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11/30/2011 02:56.20 AM
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Hello again
Glad to hear back from you. I'm sure after you've done things a certain way all your life it must be hard to abandon your way of thinking & try something new, even if it is the "old" way of doing things that worked for hundreds of years. Good luck--sounds like you're on to something good though!Come visit me, Browns' Windy Acres & The Goats of Browns' Windy Acres.
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11/29/2011 06:37.55 PM
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Our son is in 4H and you should hear the comments in the show barn for hogs when they see him come out with his belt looking red waddle/hampshire cross. Are those large warts on the face and our son starts to laugh and makes the adults look stupid when a 10 year old stands there and tell them how he breed to get his very own show pig.
Merry Christmas to ALL!!!Come visit me, The Homestead.
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11/29/2011 08:10.25 AM
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Tell me more about your tameworth hogs? Are they anything like the red waddles? Come visit me, The Homestead.
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11/28/2011 01:56.38 PM
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Welcome!
Too cute!Come visit me, Larkshire Farm.
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11/17/2011 05:58.25 PM
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Welcome!
I'm interested in getting started with black hogs too. How many do you have?Come visit me, K&B Ranch.
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11/17/2011 02:04.29 AM
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Good Morning
Aww, what a sweet baby!Come visit me, Bentwillow Bunnies & Pittsboro Peafowl.
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11/16/2011 05:13.27 AM
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hi
You sure have a busy farm. I hope someday to have just a portion of something like that.Come visit me, Tom and Suzannes & Nearly Heaven.
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11/16/2011 03:38.34 AM
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Wow!
Sounds like a very impressive farm for being less than a year old. Welcome!Come visit me, Browns' Windy Acres & The Goats of Browns' Windy Acres.
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11/15/2011 07:39.42 PM
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Welcome!
AAAAWWWW......adorable!Love to watch them romp and play.Come visit me, Talley Farms.
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11/15/2011 04:50.18 PM
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