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.
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