Dinner rabbits, Journal

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I need a way to hang them open to dry...lol.
No longer frozen, so, in the house to dry, as they'll just freeze again....

 

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Been working on the hides all day.
The flesh also pickles and will "break" white-


Got pretty much all of theleft over flesh from the chocolate hide.
black is just slow to dry for some reason.
white still needs fleshing, but it's pickled, so there's no rush.




Last bags in the bins. Gotta buy more. Ugh.
Guiller-moo went in...oops. He's always sticking his head into the bins when I feed, today, the barber was down and he accidentally went in. Immediately turned around once he had the space. Slipping on the floor a bit, too.


Got about 12 bags moved over. The storage hut is not big enough...lol.




New layers of manure were put out and spread thin.

 

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Interesting how they don't process the same.


Finally have the colors of the latest Cruella litter.
Amber


Lynx

 

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Brought out old, more pickled hides to work on.

 

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Rebred two failed does. Need to rebreed the other failed ones.

Waiting on the friendly mutt and Hops to kindle.

Steely had her kits.
Sire is Mallow, the NZW.
I am hoping something great is in here to make the money I dumped on him worth it.



Cassy was bred to Mallow and Chinny, but I failed to check if they're rex furred or not. Any that aren't, means they're Mallow kits. I think there's a mix of the fur types, but I'll have to check later to be sure.

 

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$204 in the green. Plus 35 in bun sale and 8 in dog food.

Currently $247 in the green.

 

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Hops had her kits.
Sire is the Jet buck. One broken, rest solid.



Tappy and kits. Broken chocolate is a brave kit.

Cassy buried by her kits. They seem to all be regular furred. So, they're Mallow kits and I'll be expecting something worthwhile here, too.

 

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Will have to rewet small areas on the 2 old ones. One on the vent for not drying fast enough.
Four almost done and ready to be oiled with the other three.

Will start the other 3 old ones once these are all dry and on the ready pile, out of the way.
Then dig up more from storage. Lol.
Hoping to make something out of these, finally. I'm thinking a blanket would be easiest. Just not sure if I'll go all Rex or all Silver Fox or if I'll mix them together...That'll have to wait until I know how much of each I actually have.

 

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Realized that two big SF hides could make a vest with little changes to them! Lol. Maybe some side pieces, 2in wide or so, to make it more comfy.
Anyway, the rex was dry, off to the waiting pile. Others drying further, one still needs stretching.
And...getting stronger sucks. I keep ripping them.

 

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Dug out the box of hides.

The pile ready for oil.


These 2 just need small areas redone.


These 21 need to be redone.


These 12 seem stretched enough for oil.