Dixie Chicks

[vehve]

Been keeping busy wit hall kinds of stuff, but thought I'd pop in for a bit again.

Mini, how many did you get? We had a litter yesterday, dumb first timer mom decided to give birth in the toilet instead of the tunnels so we had to give her a nest box. This is my own design, featuring a huge 130 liter Ikea container, a 5 liter bucket, and some zip ties. That's about 40 gal and 1 gal respectively for the metrically challenged people.










We might be getting another litter any day now too, if Lisbeth's sister Inkeri is in fact preggers. They both went for a weekend visit to a buck about a month ago.Today would be day 30-32. I don't know how many wee ones were in this litter, but I'd say close to ten.

In chicken news, Klaara who survived the hawk attack has regrown her feathers pretty much. You can see the Sussex blood in her, a lot of white tipped feathers have appeared among the black ones. Wilma started laying a while ago, and Töyhtis just came back online this weekend after quite a long molt. She is sporting quite an interesting hairdo. Klaara's been visiting the nest boxes a bit too, so she might start producing again soon as well. Her sisters are still freeloading though. Have to place an axe by the coop or something.

Hope you all had a good turkey day and whatnot. We just celebrated our independence day in the weekend, along with Karin's mom's 60th birthday.

 

[hennible]

That's cool Felix

 

[Peep_Show]

How many kits?

 

[vehve]

I'm not sure, we didn't actually count them, but I'm guessing closer to ten than five. I'll have a number for you once they start moving about. I was just out, and the other bunny was in the upstairs nest box, lying on her side. Might be giving birth at the moment, I guess we'll know in a while. We might suddenly find ourselves being the owners of 20+ bunnies

 

[bamadude]

I'm not sure, we didn't actually count them, but I'm guessing closer to ten than five. I'll have a number for you once they start moving about. I was just out, and the other bunny was in the upstairs nest box, lying on her side. Might be giving birth at the moment, I guess we'll know in a while. We might suddenly find ourselves being the owners of 20+ bunnies

Cool.
Been missing my favorite Finn. Pop in on Oz's thread if u get time. We were talking about u earlier today

 

[getaclue]

I didn't even know Oz had a thread. Nobody tells me anythings. What's the name of the tread?

 

[Ravynscroft]

I didn't even know Oz had a thread.  Nobody tells me anythings.  What's the name of the tread?

Getting the flock outta here - diary of a crazy chicken man

 

[Amberjem]

well started the staining on the masterbathroom vanity yesterday..rubbed and stained until my arms turned into noodles...

today some sanding on the carcas then staining that should be ready to start asembling it fully soon

 

[minihorse927]

@vehveours had 4 and one was stillborn so we have 3 kits left. She was super fat, still kind of is, so the small litter doesn't surprise me. Figure we'll knock some weight off her and we will try breeding her again in February. That way the weather is a little warmer and it will be easier to take care of the kits.

 

[vehve]

Mini, sorry about loosing a kit. Yeah, like in humans, in bunnies obesity hinders reproductive abilities a bit... Hope you have better luck next time.

Bama, been saving that thread for when I have time to read it but I guess I'll have to take a peak.