Harvesting in the US,...

[luke frisbee]

Kohaku #1 looks like it is gonna be a sanke....A big sanke
but i like #2 and #4 the most

[Brady Brandwood]

Luke,... prop your eyelids open with toothpicks, and squirt some Windex in each eye. What are you talking about? Sanke? Explain. The close-up I posted is also of Kohaku #1.

Best Wishes,
Brady

[koifishgirl]

Good one Brady, He has gave me a hard time too! Its good to see you get him with windex Heck I will even buy the windex!. Ha, Ha, Ha, Im rolin over, good one.

Nice koi Brady and I am green, I only hope to do as well with my breeding as you have. jWish I could come to fall harvest and get to lay my eyes on the koi coming from the mud ponds, it would be so much fun. When in Oct do you plan to start the harvest?

Judy

[kgt1223]

Been following your efforts for a quite awhile. Your hard work and dedication are really starting to show Brady! I am RED WHITE and BLACK with envy!

[luke frisbee]

Brady, My only pc is an old laptop..often the screen has shown me "hidden" sumi....I think with your professional background you can understand how that might happen.
I figure it is a longshot, but hey if it does show some sumi in a year or two I expect you'll wanna swap this ol laptop for some serious koi....huh?

This ol laptop might be "The (maybe) REAL Brady Time Machine"

[cocoyboy]

Wow, nice to see koi born in the US looking that good. And almost all American at that! I know you must be proud of your hard work. Keep it up, would love to have one your koi some day!

[Arthur]

Staighten your back and walk tall Brady: you are doing things right.

[Clay]

I was thinking of your sale all weekend and wishing that my pond was done so that I could put a couple of those beauties that you have in the pond. Wonderful fish - love the sumi, love the shiro! Great job

Thanks for sharing,

Rick

[Brady Brandwood]

Thanks very much Koi Pals, harvesting is always a tense and exciting time of the year. You plan, sceme, work hard doing all this "stuff", snuffing out fires, adjusting, throwing food into holes of water,... see something come up and eat it,... wonder what it is,... then, at harvest time you finally get a close look at what you've sweated and fretted over for the past 4 to 6 months. Sometimes you're elated, and sometimes you're broken. Now I'll do some more of that till the end of October.

Luke,... I'll have to send you pics of all Sanke fry and we'll run them through your old laptop PC and use it for culling. Can it handle a hundred thousand hi-res pics?

Best Wishes,
Brady

[Dale Torok]

Quote: Originally Posted by Brady Brandwood Some photos from my harvest in North Carolina this past week. These Koi are some that were harvested early,... my main harvest happens at the end of October, more in line with the Niigata harvesting schedule. Kohakus all 16 months old, 40 cm, born here in may of '04. The primary lineage characteristics are Yagozen type, though I also use parents with Sensuke & Manzo characteristics. Best Wishes, Brady Brandwood

Thanks for posting Brady!

Just last night I was watching the new issue of the Koi Fixx DVD, looking at the feature aboiut sorting tosai at your farm. Very interesting and educational. You do a great job with your videos.

My friend Randy & I had a great time last October when we came down to North Carolina to help you harvest your last 3 ponds with larger fish. What fun! We are going to try to come back again this year if you'll have us.

For those of you that might like to see Brady's koi farm, here is a link to several pictures I posted of our harvesting adventure at Brady's last October.

http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6398

Dale