LocoYokel
Loving the herd life
( I am backing up a bit here in an edit so folks can know a bit more about me n mine. I also started a kindling thread so my journal isn't all rabbit...
Born and raised in North Idaho, third generation, I am a true Yokel. I will be 55 this fall and have no kids of mine own but DH has 3 from his previous. Alas, they live too far for me to spoil grandbabes but... my neighbor was kind enough to have a couple for me! So I am auntT (TJ, or Tami Jo here). The oldest just turned seven in Feb and is my #1 farmhand! Her brother isn't quite 2 yet and is absolutely in thrall with the chickens, not so much with my 3 small dogs . Gonna work on that this summer!
Being raised on farms and small ranches I have always been around livestock, except sheep. I can raise a bummer lamb but that is as far as my experience goes. Now that I have seen, and read about, @norseofcourse's Icelandics....
Which brings me to: I only have about a 1/4 acre to work with! I moved here 20 years ago to care for my elderly mentally handicapped cousin. Sadly she passed 3 years ago. We are in the county tho so I can have my chickens and rabbits. Two mini-goats came and went also.
The current herds are 8 black sex-links, 3 does and 1 buck (meat type) rabbits, 3 rather yappy small dogs, 1 dat (cat that thinks he's a dog), 2 noisy fishtanks, a noisier lionhead buck house rabbit, THE super sweetest Chinchilla and a husband who is not always patient but is one helluva carpenter!
I only work occasionally, refurbishing rentals and resales, but don't count me out if you don't see me post for a while, I am just lurking.... I do that. I like that I am home mostly but when there is work it's Getter' Done time!
Hello Spring!
Am just lovin' it here at BYH!
Thanks for tunin' in...
End of Edit, finally)
Since I have no idea where to start guess I'll just jump right to the good stuff and fill in the rest later.
My doe Tilda was due yesterday, 3/13/17, and had shown absolutely no signs of nest building or pulling fur. This is her second litter and with her first she had started arranging her hay and pulling fur 4 days prior to kindling. Being the "Other Mother" I took it upon myself to do some research on fur pulling. (Tilda said I was a worry wart and to just let her handle it.) The first site I picked on my search was BYH. Within ten minutes I had my answer and within the hour I was signed up.
Being raised on farms and ranches where we grew most of our own food I am familiar with most types of farm animals and pets however questions always come up... like how long before kindling will a doe start pulling fur? Except for two litters last fall it has been almost 10 years since I have raised rabbits.
Getting back to Tilda, she was just giving me dirty looks and not speaking to me by 2 am. I was checking her every two hours due to the cold weather... I finally gave up, deciding day 32 just might be her day and went to bed.
Imagine my surprise when I went out at 8 to give the hens their scratch and there was a huge furball and 7 baby bunz in the box (8 actually but 1 did not make it). All are fat little squirmies so it seems her milk is in and she is doing everything right...
SEE! I just KNEW she could handle it!!
(Here is my Tilda, it was too cold and wet to get baby pics today.)
Now if Suki would just kindle, she was due yesterday too... and off to the barn I go!
Born and raised in North Idaho, third generation, I am a true Yokel. I will be 55 this fall and have no kids of mine own but DH has 3 from his previous. Alas, they live too far for me to spoil grandbabes but... my neighbor was kind enough to have a couple for me! So I am auntT (TJ, or Tami Jo here). The oldest just turned seven in Feb and is my #1 farmhand! Her brother isn't quite 2 yet and is absolutely in thrall with the chickens, not so much with my 3 small dogs . Gonna work on that this summer!
Being raised on farms and small ranches I have always been around livestock, except sheep. I can raise a bummer lamb but that is as far as my experience goes. Now that I have seen, and read about, @norseofcourse's Icelandics....
Which brings me to: I only have about a 1/4 acre to work with! I moved here 20 years ago to care for my elderly mentally handicapped cousin. Sadly she passed 3 years ago. We are in the county tho so I can have my chickens and rabbits. Two mini-goats came and went also.
The current herds are 8 black sex-links, 3 does and 1 buck (meat type) rabbits, 3 rather yappy small dogs, 1 dat (cat that thinks he's a dog), 2 noisy fishtanks, a noisier lionhead buck house rabbit, THE super sweetest Chinchilla and a husband who is not always patient but is one helluva carpenter!
I only work occasionally, refurbishing rentals and resales, but don't count me out if you don't see me post for a while, I am just lurking.... I do that. I like that I am home mostly but when there is work it's Getter' Done time!
Hello Spring!
Am just lovin' it here at BYH!
Thanks for tunin' in...
End of Edit, finally)
Since I have no idea where to start guess I'll just jump right to the good stuff and fill in the rest later.
My doe Tilda was due yesterday, 3/13/17, and had shown absolutely no signs of nest building or pulling fur. This is her second litter and with her first she had started arranging her hay and pulling fur 4 days prior to kindling. Being the "Other Mother" I took it upon myself to do some research on fur pulling. (Tilda said I was a worry wart and to just let her handle it.) The first site I picked on my search was BYH. Within ten minutes I had my answer and within the hour I was signed up.
Being raised on farms and ranches where we grew most of our own food I am familiar with most types of farm animals and pets however questions always come up... like how long before kindling will a doe start pulling fur? Except for two litters last fall it has been almost 10 years since I have raised rabbits.
Getting back to Tilda, she was just giving me dirty looks and not speaking to me by 2 am. I was checking her every two hours due to the cold weather... I finally gave up, deciding day 32 just might be her day and went to bed.
Imagine my surprise when I went out at 8 to give the hens their scratch and there was a huge furball and 7 baby bunz in the box (8 actually but 1 did not make it). All are fat little squirmies so it seems her milk is in and she is doing everything right...
SEE! I just KNEW she could handle it!!
(Here is my Tilda, it was too cold and wet to get baby pics today.)
Now if Suki would just kindle, she was due yesterday too... and off to the barn I go!
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