The Locals

What's life in the country without the native animals. While I've been taking pictures of the domesticated critters, I've been lucky enough to catch theses guys as well.

A frog in the fish pond.

A sunning black snake I got a picture of with my phone as I got out of my car.

Skinks that live in the knot of a sweet gum tree beside our drive.

A fence lizard that lives in the brush pile at the goat fence.

Disco Stew and The Bun-Buns

We've added to our product line so to speak. This time we've added adorable English Angora Rabbits. They are all of breeding age, so it won't be long before there are baby bunnies on the farm as well. We will focus on growing our herd for now to include other coat colors. We will be selling duplicate colors and the bucks of the liters, plus the fiber. Hopefully, I'll be learning to spin the fiber into yarn to use in my other projects, too. 

This is Disco Stew. He has Disco already tattooed in his ear so Chuck added the stew as a Simpson's reference and even does the voice. 

This is Sweetie Pie. She will be the first to have baby bunnies around the end of May.

This is Sapphire.

Their houses are attached to our deck. It allows easy access for care, and protection by being so close to the house. Plus the cats and dogs like watching them through the porch rails. We have room for one more cage at the end, then 4 more added underneath. We'll add a slanted tray to collect the poop which will then go into compost. ( Coming soon- red worms! )

Chuck is also planning to build a mobile rabbit tractor this weekend so they can have some time to play and munch grass and still have protection from  predators without us having to hang around constantly. 

All 3 bunnies were shorn shortly before we got them so they are far from full coat. As you can see, Sweetie Pie has the most fur, but it's still only about 2 inches long, It can reach up to 7-8 inches! The goal is to keep them brushed and harvest the fiber by hand plucking and not shearing. More on that later! 

In other news: 30 guinea fowl have been ordered for pest control. Veggies and herbs have been planted. 

Welcome Pearl!

Introducing Black Pearl. 

We just added a new baby. Pearl is a 6 week old kitten from our friends barn. She is a bobtail like Topaz, and will hopefully be a good little mouser. She'll be an outside barn cat when she gets bigger, but right now has a cozy little place in the shed.