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Bug n Flock
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- Jun 13, 2015
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Ahh, shoot! You asked me questions! Sorry about that, I have been crazy busy lately.
Managed to pawn the boys off on a member of my extended family. She was suuuuuuuper excited and was going to only take one and breed them as a meat project (she has 6 kids and feeds her family any way she can: chickens, rabbits, etc etc etc). She was going to trade me a flemish giant/silver fox cross for my rabbit project and we were both super excited. But then her 16 year old daughter and her friend got in an accident on some 4 wheelers and the daughter's friend had to go to the hospital for xrays (she is OK. Just has a badly bruised arm) and I figured she had bigger things to worry about than a critter trade. I left the boys at my aunt's farm for her though and she seemed happy thru text. Said she would give me a rabbit when I see her next but I'm not too stressed about it. Lol she is an awesome person and my cousin's cousin; family as far as I'm concerned. So I'll be going to the agricultural fair this weekend for a rabbit doe hopefully. And if there is nothing appealing there, my cousin has offered me a doe out of her flemmish doe when she breeds her(to a regional champ flemmie buck, exciting!).
I feed my pigs all the hay they want (I buy compressed bales from tsc, *muuuch* cheaper than pet shop hay), I give them manna pro rabbit pellets free fed sometimes and other times a measured amount, daily I give them veggies and or fruits from my supply. They love banana peels and kale! Pocket really likes tomatoes, Chili wont touch them, and Vladimir will go after them if he can see Pocket eating them. Orb and Milhouse (baby girls) don't seem interested in tomatoes yet. Cucumber is another favorite. They don't seem to like snap peas, blueberries, broccoli, summer squash. Lettuce is a hit, carrots and tops, beets and tops, turnip greens, apples... I like giving them a variety whenever possible. Being in the city I don't often give them fresh grass, but I'll sometimes not pay my lawn guys to come for a few weeks and then go out with scissors or a scythe or something and collect bags of "yard mix" as I call it. They love them some "yard mix". I also offer BOSS, which mine actually really seem to enjoy. Also offer safflower on occasion, and sometimes I'll even toss them a handful or two of chicken food, which they and my rabbits go crazy bananas for.
Have not offered many grains yet, plan to though.
Managed to pawn the boys off on a member of my extended family. She was suuuuuuuper excited and was going to only take one and breed them as a meat project (she has 6 kids and feeds her family any way she can: chickens, rabbits, etc etc etc). She was going to trade me a flemish giant/silver fox cross for my rabbit project and we were both super excited. But then her 16 year old daughter and her friend got in an accident on some 4 wheelers and the daughter's friend had to go to the hospital for xrays (she is OK. Just has a badly bruised arm) and I figured she had bigger things to worry about than a critter trade. I left the boys at my aunt's farm for her though and she seemed happy thru text. Said she would give me a rabbit when I see her next but I'm not too stressed about it. Lol she is an awesome person and my cousin's cousin; family as far as I'm concerned. So I'll be going to the agricultural fair this weekend for a rabbit doe hopefully. And if there is nothing appealing there, my cousin has offered me a doe out of her flemmish doe when she breeds her(to a regional champ flemmie buck, exciting!).
I feed my pigs all the hay they want (I buy compressed bales from tsc, *muuuch* cheaper than pet shop hay), I give them manna pro rabbit pellets free fed sometimes and other times a measured amount, daily I give them veggies and or fruits from my supply. They love banana peels and kale! Pocket really likes tomatoes, Chili wont touch them, and Vladimir will go after them if he can see Pocket eating them. Orb and Milhouse (baby girls) don't seem interested in tomatoes yet. Cucumber is another favorite. They don't seem to like snap peas, blueberries, broccoli, summer squash. Lettuce is a hit, carrots and tops, beets and tops, turnip greens, apples... I like giving them a variety whenever possible. Being in the city I don't often give them fresh grass, but I'll sometimes not pay my lawn guys to come for a few weeks and then go out with scissors or a scythe or something and collect bags of "yard mix" as I call it. They love them some "yard mix". I also offer BOSS, which mine actually really seem to enjoy. Also offer safflower on occasion, and sometimes I'll even toss them a handful or two of chicken food, which they and my rabbits go crazy bananas for.
Have not offered many grains yet, plan to though.