Christmas 2009

Wow, time sure flies!

We were busy getting areas prepped for animals for winter, it took a lot more time than we anticipated. we had our first real snowfall today, and everything seems to be working pretty well. We had severe cold two weeks ago and lots several litters of bunnies, but all the adults were ok. We re-bred today so hopefully we won't have another cold snap like that when these are due! Here is a picture of the rabbitry in process- now it has plexiglass around the bottom of the cages and straw bales in between the roof of the barn and the roof of the cages. I was really pleased to day when no snow was in the rabbitry!

The chickens are now snug in the barn with lots of roosts. We combined chickens from 5 separate places into one, so far we only lost one rooster and they seem to be adjusting.

The kittens are really growing! They are so cute, climbing on everything they can find and playing.

Chris and an experienced cow-man friend got the heifers loaded up today and delivered to another friend who has a bull. Hopefully the girls will be bred soon and deliver calves in the fall. Tomorrow we are off to Noblesville for the day, Beckett is being baptized. Monday we are driving to Wolcott to visit with a Silver Fox breeder and decide the fate of our 12 Silver Fox juniors. We'll let you know what we decide!

All the stars aligned and we have photos!

 8 week old Holland Lop littermates ( the gemstone litter)

PEARL

JASPER

ONYX

JEWEL

4 week old Holland littermates

and 2 litters of 8 week old Silver Fox! 

We have another Holland litter and a Netherland litter in nestboxes. We have 2 Silver Fox, 3 Hollands, and 2 Netherlands due this week. We gave them nestboxes today and some of them went right to work getting those nests ready. They are so much fun to watch.