We have been busy here with spring time, not only do we have the two bottle lambs but we also brought all the rabbits home this last weekend. I love having my bunnies back home where I can spoil them and love on them. One of our adult breeders Sly got to retire and went to a wonderful pet home. Sly will have other rabbits to be around as well as cats, I am so happy he went to such…
It was a beautiful day outside Saturday and Jeff took Gus and Olive to work with him. Sheba spent some time outside laying in the sun, while I finished cleaning the house and opening the windows to air out the house. I planned a wonderful day getting some quilting done and when Jeff got home we had a dinner date night. Spring is almost here I can feel it and I haven’t finished my spring wall hanging! That is what…
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…
I spent the day shuttling rabbits to our friends barn for her to watch while we sell our house. Dixie did remain with us since she has a brand new litter. Olive went with me today to be my copilot, which she did a great job of. I stopped to get gas and stopped again for food at sonic on the way. While we were waiting for our food Olive suddenly realized the car was full of rabbits… excellent observation…
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…
Dixie had her babies today as planned! She is such a great mom. 8 little giant chinchillas all survived and are warm, clean and healthy.
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…