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'kay, got Jacobs...got hundreds of pounds of fleece now.
Nascor and Regis as yearlings
Biosecure and I shear my own.
Got ele shears but prefer the old hand ones...go slow, no heat issues, voila...sheep sans a gorgeous fleece.
Regis...2008
Coupla years back...
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I figure the Mandarins ARE the most beautiful birds...plumage wise...in the entire world.
Nothing prettier or finer than a Mandarin drake all decked out in his regalia of finery...the gal Mandy ducks are pretty nifty in their own rights too considering they are suppose to be...
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Here is a bit full of our own personal experiences and opinions in regards to Australian Black Swans (Cygnus atratus)...
Summer of 2013; Pearl flapping, Fixins reclined, Ember standing in the foreground
My spouse and I have been raising poultry, gamefowl, livestock, and canines...
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Here is a tale full of my own personal experiences and opinions in regards to turkeys...heritage turkeys that is!
Our love affair with the Meleagris gallopavo began in earnest in 2008. We have had turkeys before but decided in the fall of 2007 to get a good line of heritage...
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I know I am suppose to be OK with winter...we get like what...TEN months of it here in Alberta? Snow in every month of the year (yes, blizzard of 2001 in August left two inches, sure it melted but the GROUND WAS WHITE!). Agh...so I will behave but I see white...all I see is WHITE...
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My spouse and I have over 90 years in poultry, canines and livestock; lifetimes of fun stuff, married with birds. My hero builds me the buildings which I put critters in. I have over 30 outbuildings, so I guess I have had my work cut out for me all these year in filling 'em up. Such...
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Loved this book (Sci-Fi novel by Robert A. Heinlein)...read it as a kid. Loved the context that his c@t was always asking to go out...but not by the door into winter...the door into SUMMER...ha ha ha.
I love winter! LOVE it...bring on the winter's white! Get like ten months of it...