manure sales

So I have sold 16 bags of rabbit manure this week. I am learning the easiest ways to do it too. I get those bags so heavy that I can't pick them up! So next time I will fill them while on the trailer  ;) maybe we outta be in the manure business! Haha! $5.00 a bag if anyone needs any! Daryl also found a neighbor willing to give us feed bags. I could have sold much more if I just had more bags. Everyone is getting ready for spring gardening and I am happy to help out by selling the poo!

Mary

Easter Prep

So yikes...at this point I am REALLY wondering if we will have rabbits to sell at easter. I am always worried before hand and most years we make out ok. It is not as easy as people think. I saw some other rabbit breeders talking about it at fb. That phrase about multiplying like rabbits just isn't so true. It is not easy to get rabbits to breed, or at least the ones you want together to breed! We have 1 doe in the house right now. daryl says she is pregnant, she was one of our free range rabbits so the daddy is unknown! We saw her run through the yard with a wad of pine needles in her mouth (she was nesting). So now we wait.

I am off to feed the animals!

Mary

warmer weather

Oh this week has been so pretty! Highs in the 70s and no freezing nights! So nice! Over daryl's last days off we got out and did some work on the farm. Got another rooster area set up, got another old boat positioned so it can be a above ground garden and did some yard cleanup. it is looking great outside! We also moved a few roos around & bred more rabbits. I am so looking forward to spring! I am sure we will have more cold weather before it actually gets here, but for now I am going to enjoy the sunshine!

MARY

Seeds

Ok, this is the last blog! Haha, I haven't been updating like I should! Tonight I am starting my seeds. I have my peats all puffed out on the kitchen counter now. Really here in Florida we have just 4-6 weeks before Spring & I can't wait! I miss the warm weather and the sunshine!

MARY

Incubator!

So I have started the incubator and set the eggs! WOOHOO! Hope to hear the sounds of peeps in the next 20 days & I can't wait! I am selling some and giving a few to a friend. Any extras will belisted for sale. We did EEs, silkies, 1 Duccle, cochins & frizzles.

MARY

virus

So like I mentioned in the previous blog we are pretty sure jenny has a stran of the herpes virus. We bought a vet book over the weekend that showed us pictures and they match the way Jenny looks. I had also called the older man we purchased her from and he knew nothing about it. His Jack is the carrier of it and he needed to know about it. The man is currently selling the rest of his donkeys so I have no idea if he will tell anyone purchasing them. I doubt it. So Daryl I I have read that the virus is the same as with humans and the outbreaks come and go. We do plan to have a vet come out and do a farm call sometime in the next few weeks. I just hope my pretty jenny is not pregnant. Donkey's with Jenny's condition can give birth to babies that have respiratory problems. I would just be happy having my Jenny not go through all that!

So since I was unable to find any info on this I wanted to post about it so maybe I can help other people looking for information. I will post more as we learn more.

MARY

Shopping for Jenny

So Saturday we headed up to Dothan and did some shopping for Jenny. We went to Jeffers. We got her big totes with the handles for her food and water (and of course we got pink) we made a tag for her halter, got her wormer, file & foot meds & few other things for her. Oh we got books too. Now we should be well informed on Jenny. We are pretty sure now that she has a stran of the herpes virus, but from what we read it is common and it can clear up on it's own. But anyways, we seem to have everything we need for her now.

MARY

Mary and Jenny

Mary giving Jenny a good brushing, just before she goes rolling around on the ground.

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Nice morning

Right now the weather is so nice! 70 degrees, sun is out & my animals are loving it! I got a handful of hatching eggs for the incubator & my Tom was gobbling like crazy & all puffed out! Everytime I'd hollar at him he'd gobble again! It was neat! There are storms coming in this afternoon, but right now the weather is great!

MARY