SuburbanFarmChic Journal - update and rant 5/5

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Preggo is still preggo. Her udder has gone from puffy to roundish. The kind people I am getting the buck from were up until 2am doing Christmas shopping so I'm being kind as well and picking him up next Saturday instead. Some of the girls were in heat this week but hopefully a buck coming will kick them back.

 

[Roll farms]

Our 'good mama' rabbit always has 7-8 kits and raises them fine. She's awesome, but nothing fancy.

The $$ Silver Fox doe had 4 kits, lost one, so we got 3 kits out of her.

Just doesn't seem fair, does it???

 

[marlowmanor]

SFC

Hoping you get Christmas babies!

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

It just seems to work that way. The ones we need to kid or kit out at higher rates never seem to do so. I did discover that the big white godzilla bunny from bad momma's litter is a girl so I'm going to keep her. She's got all the bulk of he daddy, a crazy growth rate and is sweet to boot. Her brother that is solid black is a little psycho pants and growls at me from the minute I open the cage to the min I close it. Has from the day he was born. I think he has short man syndrome and he's going to freezer camp first! I'll going to hang on to Sasha (godzilla) and we'll see what she does mothering skill wise. I'm hoping she gets mama's fertility and dad's chill personality and build. He's just a very large very relaxed fuzzy meat brick. I adore him and won't ever eat him. I might consider a buck trade at some point though to refresh the genetics.


In other news, my grandmother passed away today. It's still pretty fresh but expected news and I don't really know how I'm handling it. This is the first death which I have been close to the person. My grandfather, her ex husband, died several years ago but I barely knew him. My other grandmother's twin died 2 years ago but same thing. Not close to her. This one had Alzh and we kind of "said good bye" to her about 5 years ago. She always stayed her core self though, she just lost her ability to interpret the world and kind of got younger and younger and sweeter and sweeter. She never did the angry old person thing.
She's being cremated and will be "buried at sea" or in the garden so a service is happening later.

 

[77Herford]

Happy Holiday's

 

[daisychick]

 

[elevan]

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Thank you for the holiday surprises.


We are all trecking up to NJ the day after tomorrow for the funeral. Fun Fun Fun. Guess I should find my black dress. I KNEW I should have dry cleaned my husband's suit.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Thank you for the holiday surprises.


We are all trecking up to NJ the day after tomorrow for the funeral. Fun Fun Fun. Guess I should find my black dress. I KNEW I should have dry cleaned my husband's suit.

Sorry you have to go to a funeral. :/ But if you're coming nearby would you care to drop off a piglet?

 

[Mamaboid]

Sorry to hear of your loss.