Free doors

Also managed to catch the last rabbit that had gotten away.  His freezer camp appointment will be Tuesday, because Wednesday is trash day.  I could compost the offal in the woods but I don't want to attract predators, especially after losing my first flock of chickens.

Rob has started selling apple bread to the people at his work.  It is surprising how much business he is getting every week.  I think it started three weeks ago, and this week he needs to deliver 35 loaves.  I have been cutting up a lot of apples.

Out of the rabbit buisiness

The baby rabbits had their cage broken into Sunday and we didn't discover it until we got home.  We only found two out of the three.  Today was their last day and the dogs had cornered the last bunny that had gotten loose under the deck but before I could get into position he took off.  So we were still down to two younger ones.  Miss Bun is still living under the front deck, basically wild now.  I can't seem to find a way to catch her, and I have pretty much given up on the thought.

So today was freezer camp day for the last two young bunnies and Mr. Bun.

You never appreciate how exhausting it is to do that sort of work until you do it.  It isn't pleasant, and it is a little sad, but at the same time it is something I needed to do, much like other distasteful chores.

The rabbit business never really took off, no one was really looking for the meat and I didn't try very hard.  They're easy to raise and not hard to clean, in comparison with defeathering birds, but without an easy market it isn't worth the time.

It will make it a little easier in the winter since I won't have the rabbits to worry about.  I am now down to laying hens, the turkeys and the two goats.  The turkeys will go to freezer camp in November.  If Miss and Camo don't produce kids then they will be sold.  If Miss gets pregnant and produces then Camo will be sold and we will go from there.

I need to start concentrating on clearing more land but even with the work my dad put into the chainsaws that don't run that great.  But you do what you can with what you have.

The Summer is over.  Winter is coming.

So I've been bad.

I kept meaning to post more here and I just kept putting it off.  Really not much to report.  Miss Bun is out living in the yard because Camo knocked her feeder off her cage to get at the rabbit food and released her.  I can't remember how many times that had happened, but this time she isn't going to let herself be caught.  Any time we get near her she takes off.  So its been about two weeks and she isn't suffering.  I would like to catch her, but I am not putting much effort into it.  I think I will end the bunny experiment.

The baby chickens are about a month away from laying (I hope) while the older two birds seemed to have slacked off in their egg production.  Also Old Dog has been caught eating eggs, so that isn't helping.

I am ready for the turkeys to go to freezer camp.  They were cute and fun, then they grew up and are sloppy.  I will probably raise some again next year but may get them later in the year.  I am curious to see how much these monsters weigh.

I need to get on the ball and chop up some wood for the winter.  I hope it won't be as bad as last year but a lot of folks and the farmer's almanac is calling for a hard winter.  Dad brought up another chainsaw he fixed so hopefully between the two I can get rolling on the wood.