Carla D-Great new adventures and an Amazing Life

The dwarfs were quite busy when I took this video. I was a bit concerned they may be able to get through the bars. They may still yet. But, as long as we keep the door closed they can’t get very far. It’s a good thing the door opens outward.

I made rabbit cages. The bottoms were 1/2"x1" and I extended that wire up about 3". The sides, door and top were 1"x2". Before I started extending the bottom wire up the sides, baby kits would wriggle out and fall to the ground. Hint: if you find a cold unresponsive baby out of the nest, out on the wire, just tuck the little ice cube in your bra. Warm up one side, then turn it over and warm the other side. I did barn chores many a day with a bunny or two in my bra. LOL

I can’t wait to go out and check on Ginger this morning. But it’s going to have to wait until my hubby gets back from the doctors this morning.

Baymule said:

I made rabbit cages. The bottoms were 1/2"x1" and I extended that wire up about 3". The sides, door and top were 1"x2". Before I started extending the bottom wire up the sides, baby kits would wriggle out and fall to the ground. Hint: if you find a cold unresponsive baby out of the nest, out on the wire, just tuck the little ice cube in your bra. Warm up one side, then turn it over and warm the other side. I did barn chores many a day with a bunny or two in my bra. LOL

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This is good to know.

This is only a thought. Because baby bunnies are almost free, if you think of their mother as a pet. Bunnies are frequently sold really cheap. It got me thinking about how I can charge a bit more for my bunnies than $20-25 each. Do you think selling them for $50 is outrageous if they come with a “starter kit”? Like a small cage, bag of bunny food, and treat. Plus a water bottle and food dish. I need to do some actual number crunching to figure out a respectable price though. I’m also thinking of creating a “starter kit” for goats hen I get around to selling baby goats. I was really caught off guard when I bought my boys. I’d like to ensure their new owner knows how to care for them when they leave our farm. I’m thinking about a small bag of milk replacer, a Pritchard nipple, card with some basic care for babies with things like recommended vaccines, when to have them disbudded, when to worm them for the first time, castration, and signs to look for to keep their baby/babies healthy. Things like that. Instead of charging $5 for a baby buckling or $100 for doelings I could charge something like $75 and $175 for them. I plan on selling Nubians as babies down the road. Does this sound like a good/clever way to sell baby goats?

Baymule said:

Hint: if you find a cold unresponsive baby out of the nest, out on the wire, just tuck the little ice cube in your bra. Warm up one side, then turn it over and warm the other side.

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Is there shrinkage?

I tried to measure my goats weights tonight. It’s getting tough to measure these guys. They are so wiggly and keep trying to give me kisses. I’m in some really serious trouble when when they get a couple months older. I can still stand up with two goats trying to give me kisses. But I can’t be caught off guard when it happens or I’m on the ground or pushed against the wall. I’m sure they will try and give me kisses for the rest of their lives. Some of my boys have gotten pretty hefty. Others I wish they would put a bit more weight on. They are almost 5 months old to the day. I don’t think I did a very good job measuring them tonight. The two goats I thought weighed the least don’t. The same goes for who I thought were the heaviest. Except for Billy. He’s always been one of my biggest boys.

Bruce said:

Is there shrinkage?

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For which? The baby bunny or the boobies? I have to admit, loading one's chest up with several ice cold bunnys is not a lot of fun. About the time they are warming up, ya' gotta turn 'em over and warm the other side.

You three crack me up. I needed that tonight.

Nope, not yet. I’m starting to think that my taking her out of her hutch and into the warming shack on Tuesday, then swapping her cage with the dwarf later that night, and then moving her again on Wednesday might have stressed her out and made her lose them. But I never seen any signs of birth. She’s still looking thinner now than she did earlier this week. I should have waited until she had given birth and the babies were about a week old before I moved her the second time. I had so many troubles finding a decent size cage for the dwarfs to live in for the next 2-4 weeks in and a space big enough for Ginger to move around in, kindle in, and still have space enough for at least Wednesday or Thursday before I move her back into her hutch. I might try breeding her with my really small buck Clover next time. Ideally I’d like to have a smaller size rabbit to sell as pets. They are easier to cuddle with and possibly find indoor homes for than a larger rabbit.

I guess it was bound to happen. I went into the ditch with the biggest and strongest vehicle in our entire family. I’m in deep. It’s going to take a tractor to get me out, a big tractor. I think I’m really lucky I didn’t roll it.

We have a whole lot more snow coming too. Prediction is 10-18” this coming weekend. I am so very done with winter. Make it stop!