Vieira Ranch & Homestead

09/05/2022

Celebrating with a little . Putting meat in the freezer. 💪🏽 😊 👩‍🌾

06/27/2022

The kids preparing to

06/26/2022

Kohl putting a little meat in the freezer today.
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06/15/2022

Vieira Ranch & Homestead
On top of our we also have a herd of Heat-Resistant . We purchased the last of the remaining rabbits from (TAMUK) when they ended their rabbitry program.
This is a 6 month old first time momma. She bred first service in the Gulf Coast heat, built a great nest and kindled a nice litter today, with a 103 degree heat index!!

We made it! 💪 🐇 🧬 ☀️

Dr. Steven Lukefahr was the geneticist who created the Tamuks. He has spent over 40 years studying rabbits around the world in different climates and cultures. Many of his projects were to help develop rabbit farms in order to address hunger insecurity in many of the third world cultures that he visited. Many of these regions don’t have feed mills or commercial rabbit feed, therefore the rabbits must be able to thrive on locally grown forages. His work over time developed an amazing line of rabbits with incredible adaptive traits, including heat resistance, allowing for year round meat production without the use of fans, ice or misters! The perfect breed for production in the south.

***(Profesor Lukefahr retired from A&M and the University decided to dissolve the rabbit project, we purchased their entire TAMUK/Composite breeding herd)***

TAMUK - A new breed - About 30 years ago, Dr. Lukefahr began crossing different breeds for backyard meat production to feed his own family. Another objective was steady production, which is enhanced by hybrid vigor due to crossbreeding. Yet another aim was choosing breeds that harbor major genes for coat color. As a result of crossing seven breeds over the years (in chronological order: New Zealand Red, Siamese Satin, Californian, New Zealand White, Dutch, Champagne d’Argent, Harlequin, and Havana), this composite breed now possesses all of the major genes for coat color. In the photo to the left, nine rabbits from the same litter are each of a different color! Examples of colors in this population include agouti and black, blue, chocolate, and lilac, creme and opal, seal and siamese, chinchilla, himalayan and albino, and steel, harlequin (japanese and magpie), and red. As a family activity, this color feature will hopefully pique the curiosity and active interest of children. Also, the skins can be tanned using the natural colors (without dyeing) and made into products that can be sold, for example, at farmers markets. Lastly, this population was recently crossed with our commercial Tamuk NZW line to infuse genes for production for vital traits such as fertility, litter size, milk production, and growth, while adding some additional hybrid vigor as a boost to performance. It should also be pointed out that these rabbits are with that include long ears and thin fur coats . Several breeders now in different states are reporting good production success with this new breed.

05/03/2022

The is just minutes from the 😊 🐊 🐍 🐢 🦅 🦢 🦆 🦉 🦩 🐌 🐠

04/12/2022

A couple other 😊

04/12/2022

Yahna found a baby 🦉 on the ranch today while out climbing trees. 🌳 We always hear them at night, and sometimes see them while riding, but this is the first baby! I love their sounds. You can listen in the link below .

https://youtu.be/zbL-LfGNMl4

03/15/2022

Photos from Michael Vieira's post

02/11/2022

Some daily visitors to the this morning. ☀️ 🦌 😊 ♥️

02/05/2022

Meet Yahna, if you want to get up close and personal to and everything 🐍 🐊 🐟 🐢 🐌 🦢 she’s your . Rather it be on foot 🦶 or 🐎 she will get you where you want to be. , and you better be 😊 🎥

02/05/2022

🌱 🐇 🐰 ♥️
Since we purchased all the remaining 🐰 from the , we have had customers drive as far as 18 hours to come purchase the renowned, easy keeping, , hardy, fertile, TAMUK. The perfect breed, developed specifically for

12/31/2021

Still have 🍅 and 🌶 December 31st. and the 🍑 doesn’t know what to do? ♥️

12/31/2021

***RABBIT HERD MONITORING WHEEL EXPLAINED***
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12/30/2021

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Built this today to make it easier to manage the s. We will be able to see what stage every doe in the barn is in at a quick glance! Now to perfect and get professional graphics.
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12/12/2021

11/22/2021

🐇 Production

11/17/2021

method of feeding your Production
Can you replace pellets with home grown feed?
How much would I have to feed?
How do I figure ?
What’s the best way to process and feed fresh forage?
Let us show you how to answer all these questions and more. Keep following.
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10/21/2021

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🐇 100% Let our teach you how.

10/18/2021

on the
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10/09/2021

😊 🐇 👩‍🌾 🌱 🌎
Did you know that it would only take four, quality, 10 to 12 pound, 🐇 to produce as much meat as a 1,200 pound cow on an annual basis?!? Not only that but you can do it in town or your own back yard, and we can teach you how!

10/02/2021

We made it! 💪 🐇 🧬 ☀️
This will definitely bring new Genetics to the !

Dr. Steven Lukefahr was the geneticist who created the Tamuks. He has spent over 40 years studying rabbits around the world in different climates and cultures. Many of his projects were to help develop rabbit farms in order to address hunger insecurity in many of the third world cultures that he visited. Many of these regions don’t have feed mills or commercial rabbit feed, therefore the rabbits must be able to thrive on locally grown forages. His work over time developed an amazing line of rabbits with incredible adaptive traits, including heat resistance, allowing for year round meat production without the use of fans, ice or misters! The perfect breed for production in the south.

***(Profesor Lukefahr retired from A&M and the University decided to dissolve the rabbit project, we purchased their entire TAMUK/Composite breeding herd)***

TAMUK - A new breed - About 30 years ago, Dr. Lukefahr began crossing different breeds for backyard meat production to feed his own family. Another objective was steady production, which is enhanced by hybrid vigor due to crossbreeding. Yet another aim was choosing breeds that harbor major genes for coat color. As a result of crossing seven breeds over the years (in chronological order: New Zealand Red, Siamese Satin, Californian, New Zealand White, Dutch, Champagne d’Argent, Harlequin, and Havana), this composite breed now possesses all of the major genes for coat color. In the photo to the left, nine rabbits from the same litter are each of a different color! Examples of colors in this population include agouti and black, blue, chocolate, and lilac, creme and opal, seal and siamese, chinchilla, himalayan and albino, and steel, harlequin (japanese and magpie), and red. As a family activity, this color feature will hopefully pique the curiosity and active interest of children. Also, the skins can be tanned using the natural colors (without dyeing) and made into products that can be sold, for example, at farmers markets. Lastly, this population was recently crossed with our commercial Tamuk NZW line to infuse genes for production for vital traits such as fertility, litter size, milk production, and growth, while adding some additional hybrid vigor as a boost to performance. It should also be pointed out that these rabbits are with that include long ears and thin fur coats . Several breeders now in different states are reporting good production success with this new breed.

09/10/2021

Owner Michael Vieira, a passion for everything

09/05/2021

Meet your ♥️
We, the Vieira Family are a colorful lot, with a passion for everything We can’t wait to share a little bit of our life with Y’all!
Over the next several weeks we’ll be introducing you to our family one at a time.

09/05/2021

Some of the things you can expect to see on your