Well, I have my breeding trio now, so we’re off and running on the micro rabbitry, Well, sort of — I still have to wait for them to mature and then it might be too cold to breed them in our climate. I may have to wait until Spring for that first litter. So, in the meantime, we are working on putting in new cages and setting things up. I am on the look out for a few free-standing hutches to keep future, weaned babies in “on the hoof” so to speak. Now, the breeding stock we have, so far, is very friendly and well, CUTE. I keep having to remind myself that I grew up on a beef cattle farm and they’re “livestock”. . . because I keep thinking “Oh man, what if the babies are as darling as these guys, how will we eat them!?” Of course, if the economy has flushed by then and we’re hungry, I’m sure it will be easier to butcher the “babies” than I am thinking now. I am reminded of that T-shirt I once saw that proclaimed in large letters: MEAT IS MURDER! and then in smaller letters underneath, it said “tasty, tasty murder”. : )
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October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Yeah, that’s the …
Yeah, that’s the breed. Those and the lionheads are what EVERYONE is raising around here. The rabbit barn at the fair this year was full of those.
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Yeah, I corrected …
Yeah, I corrected myself in the annotations. He’s a purebred Californian.
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
He’s actually a …
He’s actually a Californian, or a cross
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
r u thinking of …
r u thinking of jersey wooley…they r small and fluffy:)
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Bunny berries
Bunny berries
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Maybe you shouldn’t …
Maybe you shouldn’t give up on your tomatoes. Rather than pulling them out, why not leave them and see if they bounce back? My blighty tomatoes are producing like crazy and even the small green ones have ripened indoors on a steel shelving unit with cardboard in front of a south facing window.
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
We are going to …
We are going to have to tackle this issue with our four geese. Cannot keep them over the winter as 1) no room 2) expensive so they are for the chop. I would like our neighbour – an old lady who kills her chickens to do it in return for half a goose – however, think I will maybe have to do it. They are intelligent birds but, as you say, you cannot get fond of your animals…
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Well hi there! …
Well hi there! You’re a ways north of us. Gorgeous area — my parents retired to Baldwin and we’d often take 10 over to Ludington for the day.
And YES — I think we are going to have an early winter. I expect hard frosts yet this month and usually, we don’t get them until October. Some trees are already turning down here!
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Not the rabbits in …
Not the rabbits in the video– they’re my breeding stock — but their children, yes, that is the plan. My husband says he can do the deed when necessary. I am skeptical, but giving him the benefit of the doubt. I’m going to have to ban the children from playing with (and getting attached to) the future babies. . . Now, who is going to do that for me? LOL
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Are you going to …
Are you going to eat these rabbits? They are still quite popular with smallholders in Poland!
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
I’m a Michigander …
I’m a Michigander too, live here in Mason Co., looks like winter is coming early this year.
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Oh yes — and it …
Oh yes — and it doesn’t burn plants, even when fresh! Great stuff!
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
We have a wooden …
We have a wooden board (about 16″ x 14″) in each cage. I definitely don’t want to be dealing with cage burn! Plus, I will be putting a nest box with straw in each one — even the buck’s pen as it gets cold here and I like to give them something to burrow into if they have to. It seems rabbits are more cold-hardy than heat hardy though. At least that’s been my impression with our pet bunnies.
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
My husband ( …
My husband (fisherman) wants to do that, but I need the storage space under the pens for my bedding straw. I’m not letting him read this comment.
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Rabbit feces make …
Rabbit feces make great fertilizer too.
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
I recommed placing …
I recommed placing cardboard covering 1/4 of the cage floor to keep their paws from getting raw on the bars (from experance we have had rabbits for 10+yrs. Keep em warm in winter too, they can catch cold and perish.
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Mounting a rabbit …
Mounting a rabbit pin over a worm bin will allow the worms to feed off of the rabbit droppings. Kill two birds with one stone. Use the worm droppings in the garden and grow food for the rabbits. lol