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Buck is really enjoying his Dandelions and Daphne is wondering what I'm doing on that side of their home!!!

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@farmerjan My son got back to me on the price for solar, he said it would probably be around $20,000! I knew it would be high, but not that high! If I were going to spend that kind of money, I would probably convert my whole place to solar! Would be nice though!!!
 

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WOW i NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT MUCH. Yep, I would do the whole house solar if I were going to start spending that kind of money. I will have to see if I can find the name of the company that the farmer in Canada lused for his cattle watering system just out of couriosity.
It would be really interesting to know! Now, my son is much smarter than I am & a little eccentric, but he doesn't cut corners, so I'm pretty sure what he told me is pretty accurate! We have a 3hp pump! So, depending on what they used, there could be a big price difference!
 
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I've been trying to introduce the breakfast mash to my French Black Copper Marans...they finally got brave enough to check it out, to discover what's in it is pretty tasty and it's not going to eat them...lol! I'm hoping they will learn to be as excited by it as the rest of the flock! I can't wait to see if I have at least one roo, yet I'm afraid that I might have at least 3! They are still to young to even begin to guess! The smallest one is clean legged and doesn't have as much white...so I'm very curious to see him/her grow! Sorry for the long video, I was waiting for the biggest chicken to get brave enough to join the feast...big chicken... 😂

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Following! Love the bunnies, we raised some flemish giants before, beautiful rabbits. We crossed with the new zealand or californian to get produce some huge meat rabbits.
Good morning...welcome to my journey! We were just talking with our son about the rabbits. Flemish Giants are one of his favorites, as pets, not eating...lol! I might look into introducing them later on...depends on how everything goes with what I've got now! I'm hoping to get a nice steady food source for our family! :)
 

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Good morning...welcome to my journey! We were just talking with our son about the rabbits. Flemish Giants are one of his favorites, as pets, not eating...lol! I might look into introducing them later on...depends on how everything goes with what I've got now! I'm hoping to get a nice steady food source for our family! :)
Pets is pretty much where we ended up lol rabbits are hard because of the cute factor. So we never butchered any.... just sold for pets and/or food, we didn't ask. :gig They are such a gentle rabbit. The summers here get really hot so we had a hard time keeping them without proper cooling systems.
 

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Pets is pretty much where we ended up lol rabbits are hard because of the cute factor. So we never butchered any.... just sold for pets and/or food, we didn't ask. :gig They are such a gentle rabbit. The summers here get really hot so we had a hard time keeping them without proper cooling systems.
I wouldn't ask either...lol! Time will tell whether they will be breeders or just pets! They are very cute! :)
 
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We have water....YAY!!!
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