I've updated my Web site with a bunch of new Texel boars for sale. They are red and white; one has pink eyes. Hard to tell on curl right now; mine tend to grow spirals and the curls aren't real pronounced at first. The one with the so-so distribution looks the most promising of course. The one whose markings I really like probably will be straight down the back and shoulders. This is my last Texel litter until spring and I have nothing to show right now; everyone is either chewed or senior and matting.

I went through the tots and juniors and decided who to keep for now and who to show. The little cream roan boar in the boys cage is going to a show this Saturday. Unfortunate color, but his coat seems to be coming in nice and thick and even.

I checked out the dalmatian-y tri roan in the same cage and couldn't decide whether to keep him. He has a sort of piebald face I love, but those spots... His coat is not quite as thick as the cream's. So I looked them up and they are littermates to each other and the roan keeper in the girls cage. So he's going. I don't think you can show a dalmatian with three colors, otherwise he'd be pretty decent. Maybe he'd work out in a dal program because I think he'd throw black and white as well as tris. And his sire has ticked me off for producing spots, but he's already gone.

Fortunately this litter's mom was a really nice roan, so the sow isnt too spotty and the cream had great roaning as a newborn, not that you'll ever be able to see it very well :-(

I'll have to get tri dalmatian's pix on my for sale page, but I thnk I'm gonna wholesale him if he isnt sold by Saturday. I also have a broken senior sow and a (pix not up yet) brindle sow with mostly black. I just made that decision today. I doubt the wholesaler would want her, so she'll be up for awhile.

I also have a 3-week old Teddy litter, but I don't like to let them go until four weeks and they are probably too small to wholesale anyway, so I haven't bothered to give them a good look for possible keepers. I have no idea about coat at this point but kink and density looks decent overall.

THE FEUD

My day wasn't going the best anyway and I suddenly heard a commotion in the closest top cage. Turns out mom and son were fighting! I mean she laid into him and he didn't back off. When I came up and shooed them they separated briefly, teeth chattering and circling, but I managed to grab the little boar who fled when I reched in. I nabbed him avoiding his teeth end but he didn't attempt to bite and had to be calmed; he seemed a bit traumatized.

Well I don't want to add him to either junior boar cage as he'd be odd man out and they're already crowded. So into the ex pen with him and mom. She ran into the hut and he went around sniffing and by day's end they were OK again. I'm just hoping he holds off impregnating his mom until I get him in his own or another boar cage. I haven't seen him mount yet but he purrs and waggles like crazy and I'm sure that's what ticked her off, LOL.