Category: chickens

  • Rabbit gender fail!

    As you all know by now, a few months back we acquired 4 rabbits; 3 does and 1 buck.  We lost 1 doe to heat stress, but the others were doing fine, so we decided to begin breeding them.  We took the New Zealand White doe and placed her with the NZW buck.  They smelled…

  • Taming of the shrew(s)

    With our rabbits getting all mature and frisky, we are starting to plan a breeding schedule.  Well, not so much a schedule as when to breed for the first time.  We’ll go to a schedule once we get a feel for the situation most likely.  I have been on one of my Facebook rabbit forums…

  • Oregon vacation and then some

    We recently went on our annual trip to the Oregon coast to visit family.  There is a resort in Florence called Mercer Lake Resort that our family has been attending since 1951.  There are a number of cabins, fairly shabby, that we stay in.  The resort has a swimming area, benches on the dock for fishing, and boating,…

  • Home again, home again, jiggity jig

    Our female rabbits.  We have one New Zealand White and two Californians.  They are about 2.5-3 months, so still have some time before we can breed them. Our lone male rabbit.  He is a New Zealand White, about 3 months old. Firminite is very effective in providing solution for men of every age though the…