Apr 7Kohaku Fry First FeedingFry from the the kohaku parents just had their first feed of artemia the bight orange visible in the stomach are / were the live shrimp.
Apr 6Kohaku SpawningLast week the new kohaku parents spawned, we hand stripped the eggs and got about 200,000 from her so very good numbers these have now...
Sep 16, 2021Harvesting Update Mark Gardner KoiBeen busy few days here on the farm with lots of koi being harvested and sorted. This video is of some 12 week old kujaku bred from the...
Jul 20, 2021Showa BreedingShowa time, these were some of the parent koi used in our last round of breedings for 2021 season. We have successfully stripped and now...
Sep 18, 2020Goshiki at 4 months compare to 16 monthsPhotos of 1 of our Goshiki how it looked this time last year at 4 months old and 10cm, and photo of it this week at 16 months old 36cm....
Aug 24, 2020This years Shiro Utsuri and Showa Pond of shiro utsuri and showa due to be harvested mid September should be around 15cm ave size by then these were spawned late April so...
Aug 20, 2020Kohaku, Sanke and Shiro Utsuri ProgressThis seasons babies are developing very well mix of kohaku, sanke and shiro utsuri in this pond. Due to be harvested early September.
May 18, 2020Goshiki and Hi Utsuri FryVery good hatch on the goshiki and hi utsuri yesterday the kujaku seem to be the only batch that does not seem to have hatched in large...
May 17, 2020Shiro Utsuri and Showa fryThe showa and shiro utsuri we spawned 25th March have come along nicely outside considering water temperatures have been quite low over...
May 15, 2020A sample of the parents used so far this seasonA sample of the parents used so far this season. We have done 14 sets so far and plan to do 10-12 more in 2 weeks time. We will try to...
May 13, 2020Koi Spawnings3rd round of spawnings now done with 7 sets done in last 24hrs including Hi Utsuri, Kujaku, 2 different lines of goshiki, ochiba, doitsu...
May 7, 2020Kohaku Fry Some kohaku fry just been put out into their fry pond full of live food for them, 150,000 kohaku, sanke and gin rin sanke have gone out...
Apr 21, 2020Shiro Utsuri and Showa FryThe first spawnings we did this season have now been moved out to their summer growing ponds, they are about 1inch and all from shiro...
Apr 21, 2020Koi SpawningsThe eggs from the last round of spawnings have eyed up nicely and should start hatching today, we hope to have some available in 3 weeks...
Apr 15, 2020Kohaku, Sanke and Showa SpawningAnother couple of long nights with the latest parent sets that were moved into the breeding facility on Wednesday, All 3 females have...
Apr 1, 2020Newly Hatched Koi FryPhoto of some newly hatched fry with a pound coin to give perspective showing size and the 2 colours the fry from showa, shiro utsuri...
Mar 29, 2020Showa SpawningThe second spawning from last Monday was a female showa of our own, again we split the eggs into 2 lots, 1/2 we used a male showa from...
Mar 27, 2020Shiro Utsuri SpawningThis large female shiro utsuri was the first koi we spawned Monday night, after stripping the eggs we split them into 2 batches, 1 lot...