Miss mouse
Loving the herd life
Hey all, I've been on here for about a year now and often have the urge to write about my day or recent events so I think I'll start a journal. Honestly not sure I'll be consistent on when and how often I post but at least I have an outlet to share the happenings of my rabbits when I don't really have a question.
So here we go:
Today I had one of the ladies that is interested in buying kits from me send me a kijiji ad for Champagne D'argents just 20 minutes from my place (and yes when you live in the country thats pretty close!) I've been admiring the breed on instagram's #meatrabbits so when I got the text I was pretty excited. I made my boyfriend come with me and buy us a pair. We're going to breed the doe back to their breeding stock when she's old enough. I was so thrilled because I honestly didn't think there were any of the breed up in this area!
So now we have:
2 Flemish Giant x New Zealand bucks - a frosty and a sandy
2 Flemish Giant x Dutch?, a doe and buck both black
2 Californian does
1 Flemish Giant mix doe - sandy
3 Pedigreed Pure Bred Flemish giants - 2 does (sandy and fawn) and a buck (sandy)
2 Champagne D'argent (a doe and a buck)
We also currently have 18 babies - 9 are 6 weeks old and 9 4 days old and a litter due tomorrow.
We have 4 more pregnant does after that.
And such insane demand out here I'm not even confident with all those litters coming I'm going to have the "rabbit a week" in the freezer I was planning for!
We finished our giant rabbit skid yesterday and finally got it outside today. There's 2 6 week old's out in it right now to test it out for flaws. We'll move the rest of the grow outs out there if they can't escape. The baby cage is getting pretty busy!
Well I think that's all I feel like chatting about/documenting for today. If you decided to read all that, congratulations! I'll add some corresponding photos from my phone later .
So here we go:
Today I had one of the ladies that is interested in buying kits from me send me a kijiji ad for Champagne D'argents just 20 minutes from my place (and yes when you live in the country thats pretty close!) I've been admiring the breed on instagram's #meatrabbits so when I got the text I was pretty excited. I made my boyfriend come with me and buy us a pair. We're going to breed the doe back to their breeding stock when she's old enough. I was so thrilled because I honestly didn't think there were any of the breed up in this area!
So now we have:
2 Flemish Giant x New Zealand bucks - a frosty and a sandy
2 Flemish Giant x Dutch?, a doe and buck both black
2 Californian does
1 Flemish Giant mix doe - sandy
3 Pedigreed Pure Bred Flemish giants - 2 does (sandy and fawn) and a buck (sandy)
2 Champagne D'argent (a doe and a buck)
We also currently have 18 babies - 9 are 6 weeks old and 9 4 days old and a litter due tomorrow.
We have 4 more pregnant does after that.
And such insane demand out here I'm not even confident with all those litters coming I'm going to have the "rabbit a week" in the freezer I was planning for!
We finished our giant rabbit skid yesterday and finally got it outside today. There's 2 6 week old's out in it right now to test it out for flaws. We'll move the rest of the grow outs out there if they can't escape. The baby cage is getting pretty busy!
Well I think that's all I feel like chatting about/documenting for today. If you decided to read all that, congratulations! I'll add some corresponding photos from my phone later .