Author Topic: Picture of your pet - pets (Read 7775 times)

JohnAnthonyMarie · « **Reply #20 on:** July 03, 2013, 10:51:29 AM »

Quote from: ShepherdofSheep

Beautiful goats and horse!

Now am I going to have to post ours, too?

Your pup looks quite intelligent.

Thank you so much! I do so enjoy their company.
The horse was a rescue from BLM at 5 months old; She is two and a half now.
The goats were also adopted; The female was orphaned, on formula, and seriously dehydrated when I rescued her (so I found a local herd from which I acquired milk every morning to improve her health). The male had his horns improperly banded and rejected by the previous owner at 8 months old. The pair proved themselves this past December with their first kid. I also keep a flock of chickens (adopted rooster and eight hens), and annually raise pigs (Poland China and Hampshire). I had a pair of Dorper sheep, and their first offspring, but found them a good herd to join so they have moved on (I can't say I really mind though, they sure did eat a lot, and they can be loud too).

ShepherdofSheep · « **Reply #21 on:** July 03, 2013, 11:55:28 AM »

Quote from: JohnAnthonyMarie

Quote from: ShepherdofSheep
Beautiful goats and horse!

Now am I going to have to post ours, too?

Your pup looks quite intelligent.

Thank you so much! I do so enjoy their company.
The horse was a rescue from BLM at 5 months old; She is two and a half now.
The goats were also adopted; The female was orphaned, on formula, and seriously dehydrated when I rescued her (so I found a local herd from which I acquired milk every morning to improve her health). The male had his horns improperly banded and rejected by the previous owner at 8 months old. The pair proved themselves this past December with their first kid. I also keep a flock of chickens (adopted rooster and eight hens), and annually raise pigs (Poland China and Hampshire). I had a pair of Dorper sheep, and their first offspring, but found them a good herd to join so they have moved on (I can't say I really mind though, they sure did eat a lot, and they can be loud too).

Your buck is quite handsome and I love the richness of the phaeomelanin he expresses, especially on his face! If it's anything like how sheep inherit that pigment, it should be expressed quite readily in the offspring.

Were your Dorpers white or the black-headed variety?

momofmany · « **Reply #22 on:** July 03, 2013, 01:06:07 PM »

momofmany · « **Reply #23 on:** July 03, 2013, 01:13:36 PM »

We have a dog, two cats and sort of a horse (10 year old Appie given to dd but we haven't taken possession and don't know if we will be able to swing it) but no pictures uploaded.

For the chicken people. We have Buff Orpingtons, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, Easter Eggers and one Australorp.

The chick pictured eating clover is a Buff Orpington named Violet. She was about 9 weeks in the picture give or take. They are 22 weeks now and laying.

ShepherdofSheep · « **Reply #24 on:** July 03, 2013, 01:36:59 PM »

Quote from: momofmany

We have a dog, two cats and sort of a horse (10 year old Appie given to dd but we haven't taken possession and don't know if we will be able to swing it) but no pictures uploaded.

For the chicken people. We have Buff Orpingtons, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, Easter Eggers and one Australorp.

The chick pictured eating clover is a Buff Orpington named Violet. She was about 9 weeks in the picture give or take. They are 22 weeks now and laying.

Your chicken run looks almost exactly like ours. I was going to ask about pullet above- I thought she looked like a Buff.

Here's a Silkie of ours... (quite youthful)

...and our 10h gray gelding Casper. The chick is present because my little sister went on a chick photography spree resulting in dozens of snapshots of chicks in every location she could find.