Chick with It

Orphan chick was fine this morning, but I found him with a bum foot at noon.

After some work, we got his foot in a cast and he is inside to recover. Hard for him since he has been living solo for 3 days.

UPDATE: The chick did not make it. After 2 days he just stopped crying and got too quiet. The hen knew he was defective.

Here There be Mini Bunnies

This is our bunny garden. There is a black bunny in this photo.

Shade for the bunnies.

3 month old black mini Rex buck

same age mini Rex buck

So soft and fast. It will take time to get them to relax and trust us like our older bun.

Pet Pop-Up Tent

These cool things are pet pop up tents. I bought one two years ago to house my foster kittens away from my cats. These things are great! They fold up for storage, are easy to hose out and wash fabric, lots of colors to choose from, roomy for the animals and they can't get out. My cats could not hurt the kittens while in this. Kittens like to climb the net top, but they are still contained. The tops and bottoms unzip for easy access. They come in all shapes and sizes. I had food, water and litter pan along with room for the kittens to rest. After they outgrew it, I could clean and fold it up. Great idea for travel with pets.

The Nugget Growith

After a minor setback the wild baby bunny is steady on. He hops in a blink of the eye and blends in with everything.

He is not free to roam about my house, he has a special cage. These photos were after putting up our cats and after his morning feeding. Little Nugget had the run of the place, supervised. 

He is 20 days old and is a mini wild rabbit. He has a full set of teeth and tiny paws to run with. He is just about ready to be set free out in the wild he longs for. He is a night animal and loves to run amok in his cage at night.

Top O' the Poppy

This is the kind of wild flower that grow around us. You just have to stop and take a photo of this fist sized beauty.

Lawn Nugget Setback

Our tiny baby bunny slipped behind his box and was trapped on his back for hours last night. When I got up to check up on him he was lethargic, trapped and in shock. After fast triage, he was given heat, sugar KMR and cuddled. He recovered, his cage was adjusted so this will not happen again. These tiny babies can jump and climb fearlessly.

We had weaned him off the formula. Wild babies can lose a lot of calories when stressed. Keeping is gut bacteria in line is crucial.

Great Wide Open

Warning Graphic Photos:

Last Wednesday was a decent day to work on electric fencing. Out it in our woods putting in electric arms set out from the barbwire to keep the horses off the wire. We were almost done when my husband tripped and fell into the rusty barbwire fence slicing open his arm. We hurried back home on foot to access his damage and flush it out. Stitches were going to be needed. Deep cuts, skin loose and muscle seen, blood trail to our house. I cleaned his wound out and wrapped it well then drove him to the ER 40 minutes away and got seen quickly. The ER doctor flushed the wounds and stapled the skin back in place.I got to watch and ask questions.

 The other punctures did not need stitches. We came home by nightfall. So grateful it was not worse. And we got to keep the stapler. So grateful a friend came to put up our animals for us.

Smell My Hair, no, really smell it!

I have been trying different shampoos for years. I miss my grandmothers and mother-in-laws perfumed shampoo that is no longer made. Long hair and perfumed shampoo are a great combination. Not that salon smell, not that artificial fragrance smell, but clean flowers and perfume.The Koreans got it right with Aekyung Kerasys Elegance & Sensual Perfumed Shampoo that you can buy on Amazon. You get a big bottle, soft hair, easy to dry after and your hair smells great for days, better in the sun. The conditioner is perfumed as well and great for your ends. I have found my shampoo. If you miss your perfumed hair, this is the brand to give it back to you.

Lawn Nugget

It has been a week since my dog brought me this tiny newborn bunny. With care and advice from experienced people, we have a happy healthy growing bunny.

He is eating well and is alert and getting longer and fluffier.

I am glad he survived. Many wild born do not after trauma and human interaction. But I listened to the wise ones and take my time. It helps to have another set of hands helping me feed him. It helps to have the food, tools and housing for these tiny creatures. Once he is old enough he can run around free with the rest of the wild ones in the warrens.

The Poppy Life

Poppy the barn cat resting on a feather duvet and fur pillows on a handmade rocker.

Just looks so nice I need to try this sometime.

Home on the Range

My baby ducklings are now outside full time. My house is duck free until another hen gets broody again. Ten of these can stink up a brooder box fast. This time we have left them outside instead of the coop. At night they have a large crate to sleep in that locks and my dog to keep out predators. They will stay in the nursery yard a bit longer. They will soon be big enough to go into the coop and join the flock. They share their yard with our indoor adult bunny during the day. 

Food, mint, straw and pool make ducklings very happy.

Rouens and a couple of Cayuga all home grown.

Hippitus Hoppitus

This week my dog brought me this tasty rabbit nugget. I get these rabbits babies once in a while from my barn cat and in worse shape. I told my dog to drop it and I looked it over, it was unharmed. I looked all over for the nest and old warrens but no sign of a doe nor nest. So with slim chances I brought it in and hit the web for info about care and feeding. After some trial and errors we got him to eat. I still give it low chances, but so far so good. KMR, probiotic and a heating pad and quiet room/cage are working well for this wild creature. Oh and they can jump far and fast so we keep it on the ground for all feedings. He will be set free once he is eating greens and off the KMR. Wild rabbits are very different from domesticated ones. Luckily, we have a lot of experience raising rabbits and we have the time to care for it.

This is a monster mega Rouen duck egg. These ducks lay big eggs but this is a really big one.

Here is the egg in a jumbo carton with jumbo chicken eggs. I can't even get the egg partition to close in the fridge.

10 little Indians

About a week ago a single duckling hatched under a hen. She ignored it and after 2 days I brought it inside. A week later two more hatched and they moved inside the brooder box.

They were doing great inside learning how to used the water bottle and eat.

But then I went into the coop and found 3 dead ducklings killed by a hen. 

I saved the rest and they are now inside the brooder with the older ones.