Gypsy's Rambles, Wanders, Wonders and Blunders

[Baymule]

Modern Hippie Culture Most of the "old" hippies grew up, got jobs and strongly resembled their parents with a few twists here and there.

That's a great score on the Satin buck. On a copper color, does he have rings of color like a chinchilla?

 

[GypsyG]

I could teach the class on modern hippie culture! You are right about lots of the old hippys, but I know a few still carrying the torch. I was told once that's why there are two ways to spell the word-
Hippy= hypocrite
Hippie= highly intelligent person pursuing infinite enlightenment

@Bunnylady explained to me that chestnut agouti is called copper in satins, so he is a chestnut agouti. I believe that the chinchilla gene suppresses the yellow pigment... Someone out there please correct me if I am wrong about that.

 

[Baymule]

@Bunnylady is our resident expert on all things rabbit.

 

[GypsyG]

I ended up getting the four hole hutch that I went to look at yesterday evening. It's really nice, but it needed a lot of clean-up. I have spent the better part of my late morning and afternoon scrubbing and sanitizing. I'm going to use it for weaning cages. Posey and Munchkin's litters will be ready to wean next week, so now that I got this hutch I don't have to be in such a rush to finish building my new one.

Today is also breeding day! I exposed three of my girls this morning and will expose them again after I get done with my lunch break. I matched Coco with Rosco one last time. I don't plan on reserving any kits from their litter, but together they produce big litters that grow out really fast with good meat to bone ratio and they have pretty pelts. I matched Brownie with Lewis. It was the first time for Lewis, but he caught on quick enough! I just couldn't stand to wait, so I took a gamble and matched Roanie with the new Satin buck, Thumper, that I got on Thursday. I did put Roanie in her own quarantine cage in a different corner of the property just to be safe, but he looks to be extremely healthy and I wasn't worried enough about it to not take the gamble. I am working with two unproven bucks and one unproven doe this time, so cross your finger for me!
The Helena×Peter, Zelda×Rosco, and Hosta×Barry litters will be due on Dec. 30th.

Today is the day. I bred Rosco one last time and I'm sending him out on a good note. Hate to do it, but he had reoccurring bladder sludge and his eye injury just won't heal. I'm sick and tired of getting sprayed too!

Well, lots left to day today! At least I have been given a respite from the icky weather, it's a beautiful day, so I'm not dreading getting back to work!

I hope y'all are having a wonderful and productive day too!

 

[Baymule]

Bunnies!

 

[GypsyG]

Well, I had totally forgotten that I'd made plans to go out with my sister and brother-in-law last night. She called saying they were on their way to pick me up just as I'd got my butcher station set up and was putting on my butcher apron... so Rosco did not get dispatched last night. Grandma would have never forgiven me for butchering a critter on the Sabbath so he didn't get knocked off today either. I agreed to go Christmas shopping with my sister-in-law tomorrow late morning, so It won't get done until tomorrow afternoon. My new Hopper Popper and Hopper Popper are supposed to get here tomorrow anyway. He sprayed me again this afternoon. I'm not going to be all that sad to see him go. l didn't get any work done on my new rabbit hutch today either... With the holidays coming up I'm getting backed up on chores. I've got to catch up tomorrow afternoon before I get more backed up and start feeling overwhelmed.

The new junior doe I got the other day is just the sweetest thing I have ever seen. My little niece is quite taken with her. She stands up and begs for cuddles every time anyone passes her hutch, and the fearless little thing has already befriended the dog and the cats. If my grandma and my niece had it their way I think they'd try to make a house rabbit out of her, and I think that would suit little Miss Mittens just fine... When I went out to feed and water today Mittens' cage door was open and she was not in there. When I went in the house my niece was laying on her belly on the living room floor and Mittens was stretched out in full bunny flop fast asleep across her back. I think I may be fighting a loosing battle trying to not allow any of the rabbits to become pets.

The weather was unseasonably pretty again today. Even though I didn't get everything I set out to do done, it was still a pretty good day. I hope y'all have had a good day too!

 

[GypsyG]

I hate to have a bah humbug attitude, but I am so ready for this holiday season to be over! I'm tired of cooking, baking, holiday parties, fighting with rolls of wrapping paper, braving the crowds at the store... Bah humbug.

That said, happy solstice everyone! I thought I'd share my solstice playlist with y'all before I get back to my cookies and wrapping paper.

https://open.spotify.com/user/radio...jma4RxyHlTRvDw602tf?si=o5aJTLECR0Cpb3h1pLFjvw

 

[promiseacres]

You know most our bunnies are show, a few pets. .. but we are contemplating meat bunnies after the move... DH loves chicken but so hard to find good chicken anymore.... so maybe bunny will be a good alternative. In any case I think some pets, some show and some meat wouldn't be a bad thing. So sweet your niece loves the doe. I hope she keeps her good attitude for her.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

I hate to have a bah humbug attitude, but I am so ready for this holiday season to be over! I'm tired of cooking, baking, holiday parties, fighting with rolls of wrapping paper, braving the crowds at the store... Bah humbug.

That said, happy solstice everyone! I thought I'd share my solstice playlist with y'all before I get back to my cookies and wrapping paper.

https://open.spotify.com/user/radio...jma4RxyHlTRvDw602tf?si=o5aJTLECR0Cpb3h1pLFjvw

You could do what we have done for the last five years....nonthing, lol....we celebrate the reason ...not the season with a great meal....no shopping, parties, hours of baking, or croweded stores filled with germs and colds ....no stress here happy holidays and merry christmas to you and yours

 

[Rammy]

You know most our bunnies are show, a few pets. .. but we are contemplating meat bunnies after the move... DH loves chicken but so hard to find good chicken anymore.... so maybe bunny will be a good alternative. In any case I think some pets, some show and some meat wouldn't be a bad thing. So sweet your niece loves the doe. I hope she keeps her good attitude for her.

Thought about raising your own meat chickens?