04/30/2025
Hello friends!! Here’s a little life update. We have been getting some interest in bunnies, which I love! So here is where we are at with breeding -
First - we’ve been working on our yard more & enjoying time outside with our animal friends. Our animal friends have been enjoying what we’ve been planting 😂 the bunnies got banished first when they thought my tulips were their personal snacks! 🤣 but we set up a little play area where they can hop in & out of their cages, have access to shade, but also enjoy a good patch of grass & sunshine. I feel better having them a bit more secure, too. A few hawks have been a little too curious lately! The bunnies seem to love the setup, so it’ll likely stay!!
Second - baby bunny update! We got a new girl bunny last year with high hopes. We wanted to try to get a few more litters from Snowball if we could before he needed to retire, but he might be done. We’re not exactly sure where the issue lies, but no baby bunnies yet! We’ve all but left them together for months & nothing. It was winter & she would be a first time mom, too, So we’re trying to decide what to try next. Probably a new breeding boy first. We’d love to have a few litters a year, but we’re also in a busy season of life with our kids, so we’re not sure how many bunnies we’re willing to have. Snowball stays!! We’ll keep you updated!
Third, We need to do a major overhaul to keep the chickens in their own space. They got banished when they decided to eat my newly planted marigolds & dug up the bed of spinach. Their dust bathing spots have taken over our entire garden space, so it’s time to give them more room & a good spot for dust bathing. We also need a finer mesh so all of the little birds don’t eat us out of house & home! Haha
For anyone ready to comment, they have enough space, but we let them free roam our backyard most of the day. No one truly prepares you for the p**p! There’s a lot of it & it can be pretty gross. Nothing like finding the presents they leave for us on our back porch & steps! Haha it’s hard to enjoy a yard taken over by chickens! And I want our garden to have a chance. We’ll still let them out in the yard, but with supervision! Haha
