ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal

[autumnprairie]

Well Papa Rabbit is locked up in one of my coops for attacking 2 more young rabbits today...he'll go to the freezer on Friday. I'm currently working on building 2 hutches...not my critters but I can't let this continue on. The bun that I brought inside has stolen my heart.

I'm currently in negotiations to put my baked goods and jams / jellies in a specialty market that sells only locally produced items (this is a different market than the one that will be stocking my stuff in the Spring). Wish me luck!

good luck

 

[Queen Mum]

Good LUCK!

 

[elevan]

DH put some guineas and papa rabbit into the freezer today. He'll add more of both in a couple of days.

I got some pics of Vinnie, our little eaten up bun to share. I let him out of his cage and let him roam for a little bit and he was so excited. All I had to do was thump my hand on the floor a few times and he'd come running right back to me.

Here's a backside pic. You can just see where his rump got ripped off and can see his half ear:

And here he is next to my leg, when I thumped the floor with my hand coming back to me. You can see his ear better here. Sorry for the pic quality, the booger wouldn't stay still for nothing

 

[Southern by choice]

Poor baby! Will Vinnie make it?

 

[elevan]

Poor baby! Will Vinnie make it?

He'll be fine. He's already healing over...it'll scar and I don't know if fur will grow back on his rump, but he'll live.

Then he'll likely be kept on as a pet, he's such a personality and has stolen my heart

 

[autumnprairie]

He is a cutie I am glad he is going to make it

 

[Bridgemoof]

Awww poor little guy! I'm glad he's on the mend and is getting good lovin' in your house!

 

[elevan]

I just let Vinnie out to run around a little. He had a blast racing round and round the office chair jumping the caster legs like little hurdles. If it weren't for the fact that Boingo and Baboo (our inside dogs) would eat him, I might be tempted to litter train Vinnie and allow him to run during the day while I'm here.

I've never been much of a rabbit or a cat person but I guess sometimes a certain individual animal comes along and steals your heart. Vinnie and Little Roll have done that for the rabbits and Scratch has done that for the cats. Scratch was Mama's last baby before the dog next door killed her. He's such a sweet boy but he is especially attached to me for some reason and I just cannot resist him. Or maybe I'm just a sucker for the underdog or the injured.

I'm taking bets on when Daisy and Diva will kid. Daisy's udder is growing and every time I swear she can't get bigger, she does. Diva is starting to waddle as well and is starting to sleep off by herself, but no udder as of yet. Anyone wanna take a guess on them? I doubt they will be that close together...I'm sure Diva will be a few weeks behind Daisy.

Our neighbor's steer has begun similar escape tactics to what our steer was doing...he must have been taking notes. I got a text yesterday asking if I'd seen their steer because he was missing. We hadn't seen him but DH went to the other side of our property where there is an adjacent cornfield that was recently harvested...if I were a steer and got out that is where I'd go, but he wasn't there. We told them we'd keep an eye out but to let us know if they found him. We got another text after dark, they'd found him in the woods behind us. Of course those woods are full of briars and the neighbor was picking out thorns and all scratched up. I feel for her because I've had to go back there to get guineas before...not fun at all.

 

[bonbean01]

Vinnie is adorable

Now aren't you glad you get to eat yummy steaks from your steer and not go running after him?

 

[elevan]

I just got this message back from the store, I'm negotiating with..."these sound great. Can you bring a sample in next week?" So, I'll be taking a sampling in to them this week and continue from there!