DKRabbitry ~ Constantly on the go

[DKRabbitry]

My favorite thing about snow is, it covers MUD.

I hear that! This year is honestly the first that I have been HOPING for freezing weather. All the poultry have the yard out by the barn a solid mudpit. We had to put pallets down in paths all over. AND it is supposed to rain today and tomorrow, again.

We weighed Leroy (that spotty Nubian buckling) again today. STILL 35lbs. Been 35lbs since we got him a few months ago at 6 months old. Not good. I am 99% sure that he was stunted from coccidiosis, buuuuut I am not 100% sure so I think I am going to go ahead and wether him. He is such a nice, friendly soul, but if he has weak/funky genetics I don't want to breed him even if he does grow into his age at some point. So, he will be the farm wether (possibly I will train him to a cart if he ever grows) and my reminder to not be impulsive and listen to my mentor when she says, "That is a bad idea...."

 

[DKRabbitry]

We had two does kindle today. They both built textbook nests!

First to pop was Baby, our flemish mix. She was bred to a giant chinchilla buck. Second was K50 (she doesn't have a name LOL), a NZW. She was bred to a 6lb mini satin. When it is cold like this we don't take head counts, we just feel around in the nest for anything cold/dead and count heads when they have more fur.

I decided to bring my Champagne doe that is due on the 31st into the house. Since losing 2 champagne litters to the cold already (even from an experienced mother) I don't want to take a chance with this first-timer. We have a couple people waiting for champagne kits and I hate to dissapoint. It really isn't THAT much trouble keeping one in the house till her babies are big enough to go outside.

 

[DKRabbitry]

Busy day today getting ready for tomorrow

Tomorrow, my AGH boar is coming home ANNNNND I am taking my 2 champagne bucks for the 4Hers to show. I am also taking our last Giant Chinchilla My favorite of all of them. He is just wonderfull all-around. The good news is that our nephew is purchasing him for showing. He is really excited to finally be graduating to a "big" rabbit.

I just realized yesterday that Trader, my younger Champagne buck, isn't tattooed yet. So I will have to pull him out today and get that done, I figure while he is out I can snap a photo of him for the website. We weighed the boys the other day to make sure they fit the standard to be shown and Wayne came in at 9lbs 5oz. He just turned into a senior, so he isn't huge, but he is above the minimum. Trader is at 8lbs 8oz, which is still good since he just turned 6 months and bumped up to the intermediate class past this week. I am very hapy with their sizes so far. The last couple of Champagne bucks I have purchased were lacking in the weight department. They were really nice structurally, just a tiny bit under senior weight. So I am pretty excited that these boys are maturing bigger.

 

[autumnprairie]

Good Luck tomorrow

 

[that's*satyrical]

OMG, those piggies are so cute!!! And YAY for new bunnies!!

 

[DKRabbitry]

OHHHHH My word has this been a busy weekend....

First... The rabbit show. I forgot how much fun those things can be I ended up scratching one of my bucks from the show because he broke a toenail. Poor guy. So the kids showed the other one and he was 1st out of 3 for the 6-8 bucks. YAYAYAY! And the highlight of the show was when my nephew got BOB with a 12 week old Giant Chin doe they got from me! He was so happy about that one.
The problem with rabbit shows? You always come home with another rabbit. My newest aquisition is a Mini Lop. I have wanted mini lops for a while, but DH says they are a waste of time and space since they are so small, but I really wanted one, mostly as a pet, so I went to nose around a place that said FREE 10 week old Doe. Well... you can see why she was free LOL I call her Smooshie Face or just Smoosh. She is out of show quality stock, and her dad is a grand champion, but for some reason she has no crown going on. So her ears are a little confused But she is sooooo sweet and she is going to be a house rabbit as soon as I get a good area set up for her.

After the rabbit show, we drove a little further north to pick up my AGH shoat. He is sooooo cute! I named him Harry. He was born in October, so he is a pretty young guy still, and a little squirrely like most baby pigs, but he is pretty confident around us. He will come up to us, but run off if we approach him. He is much less wild than the potbellies when we got them, so I suspect he will calm down a lot as he matures and gets to know us.

The little spotty gilt that we got we ended up rehoming (you will see why in the next little blurb). We traded her for a 2 year old Boer wether that we will butcher (a lot more meat on him than that tiny pig anyways). She is going to be a pet piggy now LOL Much luck to her new owners.

Now... Why did we rehome that little pig so spur of the moment? Yesterday while I was up way too early to drive all the way to the rabbit show, I went out to do chores. Like any other morning, I walk in, turn the lights on, am greeted by the honking of geese. I grabbed Donkey to milk her, get that done. Feed the chickens and let them out, then go to feed the pigs. I walk in the pig stall and say hi to Pinkerton and little spotty pig and that is when I saw them... 6 MORE LITTLE PIGS! Turns out pinkerton was bred after all LOL. One was already really weak-like, but we threw up the heat light, got the spotty pig out of there and went to the rabbit show. The one was dead when we got back, and another acting weakish. That one was dead by this morning, but the other 4 are lively and doing really well!

And in the house news... Wrench was on the couch.

 

[Roll farms]

CUTE baby piggies. Good luck w/ them and congrats on the bun wins.

 

[DKRabbitry]

The baby piggies are doing great and getting a little bigger/stronger by the day. They are even walking around some today since it was a bit warmer.

And Momma...

 

[Roll farms]

I want that little spotty one.

No, really....I don't.

But oh, my...I DO!

 

[marlowmanor]

I want that little spotty one.

No, really....I don't.

But oh, my...I DO!

You're not the only one Rolls! The spotty one caught my eye too!