In a perfect koi world we would spend all our time with the fish, but other jobs need to be done to keep the farm running.
Dan is going thru some reclaimed wood that was sent to the farm. The good wood will be used for future structures here on the farm. Wasp have nested in the wood, so Dan had to suit up to do the job!
Chuck has been busy clearing and grading another spot on the farm. Ummm…what is Mat thinking of putting there????
The breeding of our Kikokuryu was on Jun 22nd.
We used to males to breed with her. One a Doitsu Kujaku and the other a Yamabuki Butterfly to add more variety into our butterfly line.
The first cull of the spawn was done Aug 4th. Here a few shots of some babies.
On June 22nd our Gin Rin Showas were breed.
We used a Female Gin Rin Showa bred by the Nisei Koi Farm in 2005
Female Gin Rin Showa
And we used 3 males
The first male was bred by Toshio Sakai of the Matsunosuke blood line. We recieved them in 2008 ship of tosai for us to growout and find future parents from.
The second male used is our #1 Male Magoi Showa, supplied by Toshio Sakai. This koi has “New Sumi” and was used in this breeding to improve the sumi quality with in our Gin Rin Showa
The third of the the males used in this spawning was a Long Fin Kin Matsuba. We introduced him into the spawn to make long fin Gin Rin Kin Showa, along with other varieties.
Outlook from this breeding is to produce large (with the infuence of Magoi) high quality Gin Rin Showa
The first cull was on July 27th 2010
Here are a few more babies from the cull that went back to the mud to grow on
Mat and Jen review pictures of the parents that have given such great results.
Tuesday morning the guys headed out in the rain to bring in the babie Sanke for their first cull
Note: Koi bags doubling as rain gear
The koi came in on avarage of 2 inches. Mat was very happy with the results, but even more pleased with the number of High Class Sanke that came from this spawn. Looking like a good year for Sanke.
This week we did the first cull on the Sanke
The Sanke were bred May 29th 2010
I don’t have much information on the parents Mat choose for this breeding. As you can imagine, he’s pretty busy running around on the farm right now. So here are the pictures of the breeders and i will share more about them when i can get Mat to sit down!
Female Sanke
Matsunosuke Maruten Sanke Male
Gin Rin Sanke Male
Last night we had a large storm roll thru Salem County. Luckly, not much damage was done to the greenhouse and all the koi are doing great.
The storm did do damage to the office. We have got back our phones but at this time we do not have a customer greating or unable to accept voicemails. This issue is to be resolved on monday.
Until then, please feel free to email us at info@qualitykoi.com or visit our website for farm information and directions.
thanks you!
May 21st 2010 marks the beginning of the Nisei Koi Farm’s breeding Season for 2010.
One female Kohaku is being bred to 3 male Kohaku.
Female pond temp 80.1 degrees F.
Male Pond temp 76. degrees F
Breeding Mud Pond temp – 68.5 degrees F PH- 7.5 3 drops of Alkalinity
Breeding Bag in the Mud Pond
Female Kohaku – 80cm. “Tamara” was bred here at the Nisei Koi Farm in 2005 from Magoi parents.
This is a historical breeding, as she is not only the first ever home produced female parent koi our farm has used, but she will be the start of our own line of Magoi Kohaku.
Tamara has been chosen for her body shape, skin and Beni Quality.
Tamara -Female Kohaku
Male Matsunosuke Kohaku – 65cm. “Toshio” was inquired from Mr. Sakai 2 yrs ago after he used him in one of his own kohaku spawns.
Toshio - Matsunosuke Male Kohaku
Male Nisei Kohaku – 55cm. “Chuck” was bred here at the Nisei koi farm in 2005 from our female Kohaku “Yuri”. Chuck is the best male kohaku we have produced. His pattern is still developing and showing signs of splits to become a four step pattern.
Chuck - Nisei Male Kohaku
Male Hiroshima Kohaku – 45cm. “Kevin” was purchased just this March at the 2010 Orlando Koi Show from Genki Nishikigoi. This Sakai Hiroshima kohaku was grown by Hosokai Koi Farm in Japan and purchased by Kevin of Genki Nishikigoi.
This level of a male Kohaku to be purchased directly from the original breed would be very difficult to acquire.
Kevin - Sakai Hiroshima Male Kohaku
Here are some of the big girls heading to mud!
Moving Koi out of the Greenhouse Koi getting an Id photo
Measuring the koi being taken out to the mud ponds
Releasing of the koi
Two Big Girls heading to mud