When I told my animal friends that I didn't know what to blog about this week, Carlotta said, "Talk about me! Blog about wild pigs!"
The Kangal is a very active dog breed with protective instincts whose talents are most commonly used as a livestock guardian.
The BueLingo is a moderately framed, composite beef cattle breed, developed for its quickly maturing beef and its beautiful white stripe along the midsection of the body.
While traditionally used to tend and herd livestock, because of their hardiness, they excel at trail, endurance, harness and as children’s mounts.
The first records of the Myotonic goat breed indicate it was first bred as a meat goat, and it remains so today.
California Red sheep are a dual-purpose breed noted for their silky, beige or oatmeal-colored fleece and their exceptionally tender, tasty meat.
As hair sheep, American Blackbellies are extremely easy to care for and require no shearing or tail docking.
San Clemente Island goats are one of the rarest goat breeds in North America. They are, at this time, primarily a conservation priority breed. Does give a reasonable amount of delicious, high-butterfat milk and could be milked as household dairy goats.
The Red Poll is a rare, exceptionally hardy, dual-purpose cattle breed raised for beef in North America, but it makes a fine household dairy cow, too.
Caspian horses are slim, elegant small horses ideally suited for driving and for small adult or young riders. Their beauty, background and rarity make them a favorite horse breed among wealthy, equine rare-breed conservators.
Dorper sheep are a large, hardy meat sheep breed from South Africa. They do one thing, and they do it well.
Nigerian Dwarf goats are perfectly scaled miniature dairy goats. Nigerian Dwarfs give up to two quarts of 6- to 10-percent butterfat milk per day. Nigerian Dwarfs, particularly bucks, have been used to develop a number of other small breeds, including the six breeds registered by the Miniature Dairy Goat Association (Miniature Alpines, Miniature LaManchas, Miniature Nubians, Miniature Oberhaslis, Miniature Saanen/Sables and Miniature Toggenburgs), the Miniature Silky Fainting Goat and the cute, fleecy Nigora.
