Well the day finally came, the day to harvest our hard work. See here about my decision to raise rabbits for meat. I learned A LOT! I have to admit I am proud of myself and my boys, who were a huge help to me. This was the hardest post to write because I know a lot of...
It was 106 F today and the animals on the homestead are feeling it. Let me tell you how to help your chickens or rabbits through this heat wave. Shade, the deeper the better! You need it. If you do not have a shady place for your animals they will not make it through...
Have you ever finished a project and been quite proud of yourself? You worked hard, used your ingenuity and then it went horribly wrong. Well maybe this just happens to me. The exercise pen for the baby rabbits, to grow out in, was finally completed. They had room to...
I want to introduce you to the new addition to our urban homestead. We have meat rabbits! I have one buck and two does. The newcomers are Sergeant, Adeline and Cookie. Yes, I named them. These are the breeding stock so I can get attached to them. Shh, don’t tell...
