All the Things…
Why is it that I run out of cages right before I go on a work trip?! I am going to Duluth to present my dissertation research for five days. […]
Category Archives: Rabbits
More Americans
I fell in love with this rare rabbit breed that is critically endangered. I decided to breed some pure breeds, so I needed a Buck. On my way back home […]
Hot as Hades
Well, all of the rabbits have moved to the shade, and I separated out Magicians litter. There are two females and seven males. They aren’t gaining well because they are […]
Two New Does: American Blue
The American Blue rabbit is another breed that is on the livestock conservancy’s endangered list. They are a great multipurpose meat and fur breed. I managed to get two of […]
Bunnies!!!
Yesterday, my stupid Crackhead dogs managed to topple over a stack of empty rabbit cages, and knick over a barricade to eat every. Single. Pheasant. Chick. I am so upset […]
Introducing Huey, Duey, and Louey
It is oppressively humid tonight, and I can see lighting flashing across the Western sky. Anyways, I wax poetic from time to time, but things are humming along on the […]
And Again… Magician Delivers 9
A productive rabbitry is very important to stay viable. I have a lot of demand for raw fed rabbits, and therefore, more kits means I can sell rabbits on demand. […]
Rough Week for Producing
I was practicing herding with my dog, and all of a sudden, one of my female ducks lets out a horrible squack, and blood starts pouring out of her leg. […]
Nine Kits for Syren
Syren hadn’t had kits since last December. So, this was her last shot to produce for me, as I have many more solid producers that I can keep. She did […]
Eight Kits for Sorceress
After her disastrous loss of all her kits a little over a month ago, Sorceress had eight healthy kits in her new nestbox on 4/29. At least one of them […]
Fyre had bunny babies
Fyre delivered nine babies on Friday, April 24. Sadly, I interrupted her, and she lost one of them because she didn’t clean off the nose of the baby. But eight […]
Darke had Bunny Babies
Darke was on her last chance. She had not had a successful litter in the six months I have been trying. I upped her food and added fodder into her […]
Poor Queste
So, Queste was the female I took out of the cage because she refused to lift for any of my males. It has been a little over a month. Before […]
Brimstone Had Rabbit Babies
A little over a month ago, I got a black doe I named Brimstone. Well, on 4/16/15, I came home from work to the worlds neatest nestbox, and 10 wriggling […]
General Homestead Update
It has been pretty quiet on the homestead. There have been no new babies born since Saturday, even though Butters the guinea pig looks like she will pop any minute. […]
Magyck Had Babies
Like her sister Flyte, she gave birth on day 33. At least I knew I could expect that. We had six healthy kits. Flyte lost one of hers, and one […]
Out of the Nestbox
Magicians kits are two weeks of age, which means it is time for the nestbox to come out of the cage (and its time for her to be rebred). There […]
Hoppy Easter from Flyte
Rabbits gestate for around 30 days, and you put in a nestbox around day 28. Well, it is now day 33 (I have never had a rabbit go past day […]
Magician Had Babies
So, on my way back from my agility trial this weekend, I get a call that Magician had some bunny babies. I tried for several days to breed her, and […]
My New Doe: Brimstone
Went to the wicked chicken auction and wound up getting this black rabbit for $8. She turned out to be a doe (in heat). Since she is a little big […]
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