So today is day 31 of bunny gestation period and Flopsy was sitting in her nest. She is arranging the straw and appears to be pulling out her fut to make a nest. She is very lazy today we can only hope she is in labor and we will soon have baby bunnies. However, we shall see what happens next.
Yesterday we did some clean up and planted a couple of Buford Hollies around the house.I'm really focusing on simplifying so anything we do not use is going to the dump or to Goodwill. So we've been filling up the
back of Wayne's truck.
I am procrasting on the garden but we have to get this thing under control. Since the twins got here we have not been in the garden. I was surprised to walk out there and find onions, okra & banana peppers were still surviving and producing. I really need to mow between rows and weed the back corner where we grow things in rows and weed out boxes. Sometimes I wonder if life will get back to normal around here?
We have 50 chicks arriving on Wednesday, So Parks will be busy preparing the pool with bedding, food & water and the lights this weekend. We even have a few things to do for our bees too. We still have some more planting to do today, a Camellia and more Hollies (which were on sale!). The garden is over run the bunnies are not producing and my mind keeps drifting to a milk cow or goat. Maybe if we get a goat they can eat all the grass in the garden? Hmmmmm.....
It seems there is always a little something to do around here.Which is good because idle hands are the devils workshop!
Rooster Hill!
So we have had bunnies since about April when Jess & Pearson decided to take them on as a new farm project.We have, however, been unable to breed them successfully to to this point. Flopsy has had litters that have all died.
Breeding attempt 1 Flopsy - The rabbits were born on the wire, fell through the wire (several times) and we put them back in with the rabbit. We put Vicks on the Mama's nose but she never took any interest her kittens. So they all died in less then 8 hours.
Breeding attempt 1 Cottontail - Did not fertilize.
Breeding attempt 2 Flopsy - Flopsy had 1 baby on time and then she had about 6 more babies 2 days later. Rabbits have two uterus so we managed to get both uteri fertilized. This time Flopsy took care of the bunnies for a few days before she abandoned them. Thus, all of these bunnies died within a few days.
Breeding attempt 2 Cottontail - Did not fertilize.
Tonight was breeding attempt 3 Flopsy.
There will not be a 3rd breeding attempt with Cottontail as we sexed the bunnies and determined she was actually a he. So we have tried to breed two males together and we can now confirm this does not work! Oh and by the way Cottontails new name is Bob. Additionally, Bob is for sale on Craigslist so if you need a male rabbit please give us a call!
The bunnies are here, sadly they lost the battle of cuteness against my sweet little Sugar Pie.
These are Californian bunnies they are for show and meat. We will build a range coop for them and they will be housed in the chick house. Chickens can act as
sanitizers for rabbits. The first of many moves as we slowly move toward a more "whole farm" model.
Does anyone know anything about lamb?
Well, as we are slowing moving forward with our farm venture. The first of the two animals and I use the term loosely is....red wiggler composting worms. These worms are going to serve many purposes on the farm. First, these are composting not fishing worms. Second these worms can compost manure. We plan to use them to compost both the chicken and the new 'mystery' animals manure. We will be purchasing a pound a month for a 4-5 months so we have enough worms process the manure produced by the animals and the kitchen scraps. So, hopefully by the Fall we will start selling composting worm and worm castings, i.e. worm compost. Once the worms process the manure we have a compost that we will be selling by the gallon.
We are also adding a mystery animal in the next two weeks. We are currently preparing a place for them. This is an unexpected venture that we hope will do well in the near future. Farmer Jess will post more information on the mystery animal soon!
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So today is day 31 of bunny gestation period and Flopsy was sitting in her nest. She is arranging the straw and appears to be pulling out her fut to make a nest. She is very lazy today we can only hope she is in labor and we will soon have baby bunnies. However, we shall see what happens next.
We have 50 chicks arriving on Wednesday, So Parks will be busy preparing the pool with bedding, food & water and the lights this weekend. We even have a few things to do for our bees too. We still have some more planting to do today, a Camellia and more Hollies (which were on sale!). The garden is over run the bunnies are not producing and my mind keeps drifting to a milk cow or goat. Maybe if we get a goat they can eat all the grass in the garden? Hmmmmm.....
