Chicks are growing like crazy. I've only had them a week and they changed so much from when I brought them home. Few are starting to fly a bit and a few have tail feathers plus the wings. You sure an tell the difference between the broilers and the layers. The broilers are half again as big generally.
Shiloh is still gone. I know that she isn't coming back, but it would of been nice to find something or hear something. Someone I know said they thought they saw something that looked like one of my dogs on the side of the highway. I will have to walk the ditch again, if it her and it hasn't been too long I will take her in to be cremated. If it is her at least I know what happened to her. I'm not even sure why the dogs got out that night, they just did. One thing I can hope for is that Shiloh did not teach the younger dogs how to chew a hole in the chain link(which is how they got out).
Bred a bunch of rabbits and still have a bunch to do. I have been reading other breeders blog's and from reading the one blog I know I have some tough decisions to make this summer and fall. What the author wrote rang true with me and I have to do something to change what I am doing to make things better. I will be cutting back a lot and will be more selective about what I keep for replacements. Some cuts will probably be easy to justify as there will be does that I can't get bred or won't raise a litter. It won't be easy to actually send them on their way, though, as I get a little too attached to some of them and I do know most of the rabbits just by looking at them. The bucks I have will need to be evaluated as my ratio is far from the "ideal" and I really don't need that many boys. The lops are the worst for being buck heavy, all three breeds are closer to the 50/50 mark than I care to admit. The Lionheads and Harlequins are where they should be. I would really like my herd to get down by a third or even a half if I get really picky. It will not be easy to get down that much though.
The Florida doe has yet to kindle and I'm wondering if she absorbed her kits as I was sure she was pregnant. Will check her tomorrow and if nothing will put her to the buck. She hasn't even built a nest and just ate the hay/straw, so I'm thinking no babies from her for another month or so.
Supposed to be going to Grande Prairie on Friday. I am getting three new hedgehogs and I have to take Brianna her chair that we missed when coming back from Chestermere. I am getting two females and another male. Briar will finally have his girlfriend that we have been waiting a long time for. They will be coming from Winnipeg and hopefully everything will work out for Friday. Tomorrow I will know for certain if they are coming Friday or if the date has to be changed.
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