2 more buns gone home , an adult rex and a rex baby boy...
they wil be back for tris as soon as my doe co-operates too
got someone else interested in a couple angora...fingers crossed
trying to make room for 2-3 new MEAT does since that's what I realy need to focus on...found some fairly local, just need to make sure ive got cage space to put them in.
finished the bunny ac unit today and VERY happy, need to reinforce the attatchemnt points (going to cable tie to the down vents nd then re-ducttape)
ran it all morning and while it wasn't a big breeze there's enough airflow to make a difference...added a couple bottles of ice around 2pm when I noticed one of my angora does panting and a little wet on the nose....seems to be holding out great, its not omg AC, but it is enough of a cool breeze that the bunnies do sem to notice it...my angora boy was sat right infrnt of his vent
planning to get some spray foam insulation so I can add insulation to the lid of the cooler sinc theres now 2 big holes cut in it reducing its insulative factors lol.
but otherwise is good to go! very happy with how it came out, though ill admit I wish It was prettier lol.
eventually ill build it a little house to live in so its not just sat ontop of the cages lol. but hey if it works im happy.
next big job up there is putting up some kind of shade structure so im not bending and clambering under the tarp tents ive rigged up...I want to put proper roofs on the cages then put up some poles along the perimeter of the rabbitry, in the summer ill have shade cloth up...in the winter the tarps...just need to figure out the actual logistics of all that and real roves on the cages come first...
other news...
spent 2 hourse chasing an excapee duck though the brush the oher day, finally caught her when she got her foot stuch between 2 rose branches where the throwns intersected just right...shed been out since the afternoon before...silly duck is now names Houdini...
our older gosling is spending her daytime in the rabbitry right now and seems to be enjoying the sunshine and grass, the younger 4 come out for a few hours a day supervisd, another week or so though and they'll be out full time during the day.
we need to get their pen set up too
banty cochin has 3 eggs left under her, 1 pipped and raring to hatch...so far we have 12, looking at 13-15 for the final head count. hopefully we can find a buyer, if not were going to have micro-chicken in the freezer lol.
otherwise things are...going..
almost finished the back flowerbed...need some more mulch and another stretch of border fence and thatll be done on my part...dad still hasn't decided if hes screening in the oil tank or not...I hope so...its ugly...lol. same with the ac unit...if he doesn't do it...I just might lol.
got a couple small beds with just a tree here or there that needs weeding and mulching too and then we start the front bed...(ive got multiple large beds in the back that need work too but dad wants the front done next.
theres a beautiful climbing rose in front that I want to save, and were planning on saving a couple of the large shrubs if possible as they do make nice anchors, theres also a Japanese pireas that im planning on keeping and some hosta that need rescuing underneath it all. so those will become the basis for the front bed...planning an English country cottage feel, roses, peony, chamomile and echniacea are definates, in the more shady parts bleeding hearts and various hostas and astebile...fingers crossed I can pull this off.
anywho...
got a chicken roasting in the oven for dinner, baby potatoes form the farm stall at the fleamarket, plenty of greens in the fridge for me to have a salad...though ill admit ive been bad and had chocolate today :/
not much planned for this week...just keep on tuggin along.
