It’s the middle of October which means we are finishing the last few items on the winter is coming list. We have all the pieces to put together the chicken and rabbit shelter for winter and will be doing that hopefully within the next week. The pig is going to the butcher Monday with two of the lambs. We will be repurposing the box we brought Miss Purdy home in to bring the pig to the butcher. The project for…
Since returning from vacation in florida we have been busy packing and preparing to move in less than 30 days. We have been anxiously awaiting moving day and it is defiantly fast approaching. There are still many decisions left to be made and plans still to firm up. We still need to find and buy a lawn mower as well as an actual tractor for the farm. All of the fencing will need to be installed right after we close…
I got to visit my bunnies this weekend at the farm. The babies are getting very big and annabelle loves all the hay she is getting. Sly is super happy all the time as long as he can see the other buns. I think Sly has also made friends with the ducks as well. Pete however is completely unimpressed with the farm, the ducks and living outside. I will probably bring dixie and her growing babies out to the farm…
At Cacia Farms we like to ensure that all of our rabbits enjoy life as much as possible, even the ones intended for our freezer. We provide them with top quality food, plenty of room to grow and live in, as well as many treats to have. Our adult rabbits that we use for breeding all have unique personalities. Pete loves to run and he also likes to visit his girls. Pete is not a huge fan of hard treats…
We spent a good portion of the evening moving our rabbit hutches and compost from our backyard into the front yard driveway. Both the compost as well as the hutches are quite heavy. The hutches also boast the quality of being both heavy, large, and awkward. We used a sled to pull them through the 2 foot deep snow. Once they were in the driveway I was so happy to be done with this project I flopped down in…
We have two adult breeding Giant Chinchillas here at Cacia Farms. I love my girls Dixie and Annabelle they are both wonderful rabbits. Annabelle tends to be a bit more sensible than Dixie she is quiet and doesn’t mind being handled or me handling her babies. Dixie on the other hand is much more emotional about life in general. Dixie hates being picked up and handled and does not appreciate me touching or going near her babies. The one great…
You would think that I would have learned the last time that we had babies in the garage that they are prone to escape. Annabelle had her babies almost 2 weeks age meaning that they are getting brave and wiggly. I came home from herding with Olive and Gus to find all of annabelle’s babies had flew the coop. Luckily our garage is quite secure. I had to get Gus to help me first find then round up…
When I moved to upstate NY I wanted a healthy and sustainable option for meat. I chgives you beneficial vitamins and minerals such as B12, B3, selenium and phosphorus. While being nutritious rabbits also produce poop, a lot of poop. Rabbit poop is different from other manure that it does not need to age before being added to your garden. In the summer all the rabbits waste (urine, feces, and any extra food scraps) falls into worm bins. We mix…
Rabbits they are soft and furry as well as tasty and delicious. When I tell people I raise rabbits followed by we eat them, many people find this offensive. We raise Giant Chinchillas for meat mostly for our own consumption. The meat of a rabbit has more protein, less cholesterol, and less fat than many other meats including chicken. The money that we save in buying meat pays for the food for the rabbits. Knowing where my food…
I spent last night rearranging hosing in the garage for one rabbit. I am very fond of sly and the big hunky guy likes to see other rabbits. Sly gets so sad when he can’t see any other rabbits that he won’t eat or drink! Annabelle is due to have her litter next week Thursday. The temperatures in upstate New York have been quite cold so I want to be able to heat Annabelle’s house for when…