So, recently, we've been finding our life is way off balance. For some people it might work, but everyone is different so for us it was just too off balance. We were finding ourselves being pulled into the rabbit aspect of our life so much so that everything else was failing. By the time we fed, watered, cared for 150 rabbits plus organized shows, clubs, answered questions, website upkeep, blog entries, shipments, sales we were spending 75% of our time doing this. (75% being not overally generous somedays it was almost 100%).
Our goal for this year is to get our life much more in balance. For us, that many rabbits was becoming more of a job that we weren't/aren't being paid for, and was becoming more and more demanding and "why are we doing this?"
I don't know about you, but I want to go into the barn and be able to spend time with my rabbits not just clean, feed, clean some more. I know my Uncle says we have the cleanest barn he's seen(he worked for another rabbit breeder who also shows) and said we were being too picky. Well lately we couldn't even keep on top of everything. Grooming all those Jerseys(mainly babies/jrs) the seniors don't need to be groomed, keeping on top of nails, cage tags, health checks, breedings, weaning litters, culling and figuring out who to keep and sell and butcher, regular cleaning(pans, floors, wire scrubbing, hair deplucking off wire. Then we got the 2nd barn and for the first month it was going okay and then it was like AHH!!!! This is too much! So our life is going to be much more in balance now. I have 31 woolies I am keeping, and Cristina has 45 Mini lops(was 39 plus 17 babies to go through) we went through all the babies and picked our keepers and now it is 45 total plus one litter of 3 less then 2 weeks old. Much easier!
Now that our life is going to be more in balance we are hoping to do some extra activities. We've started painting and rug hooking(not free painting for me, paint by number is just fine lol!!)(I'm NOT an artist) in fact I'm terrible, but I can admit it AND enjoy it : )
I'd like to start swimming again and we both have plans for better eating and dieting. We'd also at least I would like to find my own place by the summer(it is so hard with dogs/cats) that is my biggest obstacle. And get set up with work. So many things but so much better balance!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Sunday, January 6, 2008
2 silkie guinea pigs
Here's the 2 silkies, and Jester the Harlequin Mini rex looking for a great pet home.
Hollands for sale
Blue Otter brood doe. Has some shoulder faults, and color is a bit washed out but nice and smooth with a good head and ear/crown. $30.00
Blue Otter showier doe- super short and tiny! Tight crown(right now ears are either straight up or out to the side/airplane). Would be a good start to Otters, though. $35.00
Creator's Jericho- Blue Senior buck- super sweet buck with a great head and smooth body! Ears are folded for my liking but nice buck otherwise! $50.00
Fuzzy Peach's Kikiee Black Senior doe out of GC Sunny's Ted(Pitney lines) and Rudolph's Miranda
Pic coming this week, mom to Blue otter babies above though. Throws nice babies! Can be bred to a Tri color buck, or Jericho free of charge if I knew before tomorrow(as the tri buck leaves tomorrow).
Blue Otter showier doe- super short and tiny! Tight crown(right now ears are either straight up or out to the side/airplane). Would be a good start to Otters, though. $35.00
Creator's Jericho- Blue Senior buck- super sweet buck with a great head and smooth body! Ears are folded for my liking but nice buck otherwise! $50.00
Fuzzy Peach's Kikiee Black Senior doe out of GC Sunny's Ted(Pitney lines) and Rudolph's Miranda
Pic coming this week, mom to Blue otter babies above though. Throws nice babies! Can be bred to a Tri color buck, or Jericho free of charge if I knew before tomorrow(as the tri buck leaves tomorrow).
Huge long blog- major herd reduction!
We are so busy these days with non-rabbit activities that we've decided to majorly cut back on the number of rabbits we have at least for right now. We've gone from around 150 rabbits early December to 100 now, and would like to get down to 75ish......50 would be great but that isn't likely to happen! Mainly herd cut backs on our smaller breeds, or just cutting back on lines/colors or too many bucks/does. I have too many JW bucks and Cristina has too many ML does :- )
Here's the list...
Hollands- we were going to work on Otter Hollands but find we do not have time for this right now(we're working with friends on this project). They have first dibs on who they want but I know they are also tight for cage space. With us it isn't even cage space as the lower barn is 90% empty(about 20 empty holes if not more!) but time is just not in our favour : )
Fuzzy Peach's Kikiee Black Senior doe - $20, proven excellent mom out of GC Sunny's Ted X Rudolph's Miranda
Creator's Jericho- Blue Senior buck- $50- out of Miss Mustache mom to Cobalt a really nice blue doe we had.
Following out of Kikiee above and Creator's Magnum
Blue Otter Jr doe- Show $35
Blue Otter Jr doe- Breeding- $35
Back Otter Jr buck- Breeding/Show $35
Black Otter Jr doe- Breeding $35
Also have a Tri buck and Black doe who are pending ? $25 each if not already sold.
Mini rex:
Fuzzy Peach's Jester- Harlequin Senior doe- pet home, awesome personality!
KT's Cezanne- Broken black senior doe out of KT's rabbitry in Oregon, fantastic lines. Big girl though! Prefer a pet home/retirement home but would consider the right breeding home. Super personality, has had 3 litters- 2 of 8, and one of 5.
Red Jr buck- out of GC Hangtown's Fireball X Hangtown's RH26- pending?
Mini lops:
Velotta's Keaton - Opal Sr buck. Out of GC Velotta's Waltor X GC Velotta's
Renee. Breeding/Show. All Velotta lines. 2 GC legs. $50
Velotta's Posey - Silver Tipped Steel Sr doe. Out of GC Velotta's Waltor X
GC Kitsemble's Ella. Proven breeding doe, excellent mom! 2 GC legs,
Registered Red/White. Kitsemble/Velotta lines. $50
Posey's Armoni - Broken Chestnut Sr doe. Out of GC Velotta's Adson X GC
Velotta's Olivia. Breeding/Show doe. All Velotta lines. $40
Posey's Abby - Broken Steel Sr doe. Out of Velotta's Sam X GC Kitsemble's
Ella. Show/Breeding doe. $65
GC Velotta's Olivia - Broken Chestnut Sr doe. Out of GC Velotta's Dodger X
GC Velotta's Francie. 5 GC legs, proven doe excellent mom. 2 yrs old. $150
GC Velotta's Cattabrie - Chestnut Sr doe. Out of GC C.C's Jack X GC
Velotta's Francie. 10 GC legs/BIS win. Proven doe, excellent mom. 3 yrs old,
still producing great! $100
Velotta's Chloe - Chinchilla Sr doe. Out of GC Velotta's Dodger X GC
Velotta's Cattabrie. Registered Red/White/Blue with Gold Star. Excellent
mom! $50
Black, Opal and Chestnut Jrs (2 does, 1 buck) out of GC Sunny's Audrey X GC
Hutholm's Broken Opal buck. Some very nice Juniors! 1 on hold for now. $40
ea.
Milkhouse's Summer - Chestnut Sr doe. Out of Milkhouse's Desi X GC Desurra's
Sietta. All Desurra lines, with a bit of Velotta's. Excellent mom! $60
Mitchell's Quentin- Broken Chestnut senior buck 2 GC legs, produced 2 super daughters for us and we are getting fantastic grandkids. Super sweet personality, still breeding. Will be 5 in May. Otherwise he will live out his days here if we can't find him the perfect retirement/pet occasional breeding home. Still breeding just fine! Doesn't seem arthritic this winter, has an ez mat regardless but he likes to throw his toy around and he LOVES food ;) Free to the right home... references may be required!
Fuzzy lops: Selling last 5- It does look like most are spoken for now. I will repost as I know. The only one I can't remember on is Violet. Will update as I know
Leapin B52 Tort Senior buck 1 GC leg for BOS first time shown, 2nd in his class other show. Very nice buck with a fantastic body and head! $125
Amelia's Kyoko- Tort Senior doe- ELS RIKU X Mason's Louie- Hollands in the background. $30
Wilder's Violet- Siamese Sable jr doe, tight crown, good type, cute doe! $30
Jersey woolies:
Leapin' AOV buck- All that Jazz- out of Leapin' Black Prince X B-Mac's Canadian Mist-N-Cream PW. I got this buck in Laura's herd sell out, and his mom was rebred to the same buck for the 2nd time. I've kept back 4 of the 5 from that litter(all black) and will be selling something from there as well. This guy is going to wind up on the larger size, and be more breeding quality overall. He has a very nice head, super massive body. I just would like to see him shorter/showier. Nice pieces buck. Goes back to GC Jentle's Hero, PP's and Brian's lines, and B-Mac's and Ft's. $40
Leapin Honky tonk- Sable Marten Jr buck out of GC RH's Tonka X Jentle's Tikki- Cute buck with a super head, short ears and small cobby body will be tiny! $75
Leapin Siamese Sable Jr buck out of same cross as above. This guy is going to be teeny! He got chewed by mom before he was weaned(and could be weaned) so currently is more Netherland Dwarf looking(because of short hair) tiny cobby body with super tiny ears and a big fat head. Little dark in color. $50
Posey's Black Jr buck- out of Leapin Black Prince X B-Mac's Canadian Mist-N-Cream PW- cute buck with a very nice body, good head and ear as well. $50
I will be selling one of my 4 sable point bucks towards the summer, if interested in getting on the wait list for either : Leapin Butch, Leapin Munchkin, Leapin Sable point jr buck out of Mona Lisa X Snookums, or Leapin Too Hot 4 U please contact me.
Cavies:
Posey's a Little RNR- Golden agouti/Red/White Silkie boar- fantastic density, not fully pedigreed. $20
Posey's Mosaic- Mosaic Jr sow! Out of RNR above and a TSW sow who was out of dilutes. Is Black, Red, White and Lilac. $20 Have pics of both taken today.
Cages:
Leanne- you are first on the list since I wasn't able to organize a day to be available- December was nuts here. We moved rooms around and lost internet in the process when we unhooked the wrong thing and lost wireless and regular highspeed(not sure how!) got that sorted out, then the neighbours phone line something happened to there line which did something to our internet so it went down. So needless to say it was a crazy month with Christmas parties, Christmas, family, friends etc! I can make time next week for pick up of cages/rabbits though for anyone interested. Next week is pretty open- : )
4 hole 30 by 18 each hole $30
2 hole 24 by 15 each hole $15
2 hole 24 by 15 each hole $15
8 24 by 30 holes(singles) $10 per hole
2 hole- 18 by 24 - $10
5- 30 by 30 holes $15 each hole
2 hole 36 by 18- $15
White indoor pet cage- Free- stained bottom, and top is a little bent but would work for someone needing an emergency cage or a cavy cage etc. We've had it for years.
Black Indoor cage on wheels, ramp to top level. Had our pet New Zealand in here is about 3 1/2 feet long by 2 or 2 1/2 feet wide, and 4 feet high. Paid $65 for it. $35
2 hole French lop size carrier- would work for senior Mini lops or senior large breeds at shows. $30 Great condition
Metal feeders- Brianna you get these at VIRBA as I go through them again, please let me know again how many? :- ) Oh, we also have some nestboxes French lop size or meat rabbit size but would work for Mini lops as well if anyone wants some..... Have one that we paid $20 for in the US, would like $10 for it. Some free, and some $5 each.... First come first serve, the faster you can get them the more you can take for a good price :- )
I may also have one stacker for sale- I need to make a decision next week on it.... 4 holes- either way would be 24 by 24 whichever way I decided to go(if I sold it)
Stock can be held until the VIRBA show mid February but there is a fee of $5.00 a rabbit to cover the cost of feed/treats/hay until then. Discounts on multiple purchases...
k_c_lops@telus.net
Website is NOT updated, and won't be until later in the week most likely so if interested in new pics please e-mail us personally for more information and pictures. The website hasn't been updated for at least a few weeks, however, the pics of the rabbits on the website are recent within the last 3 months for almost all.
tini67p@telus.net
Sometimes some peoples e-mails bounce to the k_c_lops one not sure why, e-mail the other address if any problems. If you don't get a reply within 24 hours please e-mail us again!
Kim & Cristina
Happy New Year! Sorry this was so long... I warned at the beginning!!!
Here's the list...
Hollands- we were going to work on Otter Hollands but find we do not have time for this right now(we're working with friends on this project). They have first dibs on who they want but I know they are also tight for cage space. With us it isn't even cage space as the lower barn is 90% empty(about 20 empty holes if not more!) but time is just not in our favour : )
Fuzzy Peach's Kikiee Black Senior doe - $20, proven excellent mom out of GC Sunny's Ted X Rudolph's Miranda
Creator's Jericho- Blue Senior buck- $50- out of Miss Mustache mom to Cobalt a really nice blue doe we had.
Following out of Kikiee above and Creator's Magnum
Blue Otter Jr doe- Show $35
Blue Otter Jr doe- Breeding- $35
Back Otter Jr buck- Breeding/Show $35
Black Otter Jr doe- Breeding $35
Also have a Tri buck and Black doe who are pending ? $25 each if not already sold.
Mini rex:
Fuzzy Peach's Jester- Harlequin Senior doe- pet home, awesome personality!
KT's Cezanne- Broken black senior doe out of KT's rabbitry in Oregon, fantastic lines. Big girl though! Prefer a pet home/retirement home but would consider the right breeding home. Super personality, has had 3 litters- 2 of 8, and one of 5.
Red Jr buck- out of GC Hangtown's Fireball X Hangtown's RH26- pending?
Mini lops:
Velotta's Keaton - Opal Sr buck. Out of GC Velotta's Waltor X GC Velotta's
Renee. Breeding/Show. All Velotta lines. 2 GC legs. $50
Velotta's Posey - Silver Tipped Steel Sr doe. Out of GC Velotta's Waltor X
GC Kitsemble's Ella. Proven breeding doe, excellent mom! 2 GC legs,
Registered Red/White. Kitsemble/Velotta lines. $50
Posey's Armoni - Broken Chestnut Sr doe. Out of GC Velotta's Adson X GC
Velotta's Olivia. Breeding/Show doe. All Velotta lines. $40
Posey's Abby - Broken Steel Sr doe. Out of Velotta's Sam X GC Kitsemble's
Ella. Show/Breeding doe. $65
GC Velotta's Olivia - Broken Chestnut Sr doe. Out of GC Velotta's Dodger X
GC Velotta's Francie. 5 GC legs, proven doe excellent mom. 2 yrs old. $150
GC Velotta's Cattabrie - Chestnut Sr doe. Out of GC C.C's Jack X GC
Velotta's Francie. 10 GC legs/BIS win. Proven doe, excellent mom. 3 yrs old,
still producing great! $100
Velotta's Chloe - Chinchilla Sr doe. Out of GC Velotta's Dodger X GC
Velotta's Cattabrie. Registered Red/White/Blue with Gold Star. Excellent
mom! $50
Black, Opal and Chestnut Jrs (2 does, 1 buck) out of GC Sunny's Audrey X GC
Hutholm's Broken Opal buck. Some very nice Juniors! 1 on hold for now. $40
ea.
Milkhouse's Summer - Chestnut Sr doe. Out of Milkhouse's Desi X GC Desurra's
Sietta. All Desurra lines, with a bit of Velotta's. Excellent mom! $60
Mitchell's Quentin- Broken Chestnut senior buck 2 GC legs, produced 2 super daughters for us and we are getting fantastic grandkids. Super sweet personality, still breeding. Will be 5 in May. Otherwise he will live out his days here if we can't find him the perfect retirement/pet occasional breeding home. Still breeding just fine! Doesn't seem arthritic this winter, has an ez mat regardless but he likes to throw his toy around and he LOVES food ;) Free to the right home... references may be required!
Fuzzy lops: Selling last 5- It does look like most are spoken for now. I will repost as I know. The only one I can't remember on is Violet. Will update as I know
Leapin B52 Tort Senior buck 1 GC leg for BOS first time shown, 2nd in his class other show. Very nice buck with a fantastic body and head! $125
Amelia's Kyoko- Tort Senior doe- ELS RIKU X Mason's Louie- Hollands in the background. $30
Wilder's Violet- Siamese Sable jr doe, tight crown, good type, cute doe! $30
Jersey woolies:
Leapin' AOV buck- All that Jazz- out of Leapin' Black Prince X B-Mac's Canadian Mist-N-Cream PW. I got this buck in Laura's herd sell out, and his mom was rebred to the same buck for the 2nd time. I've kept back 4 of the 5 from that litter(all black) and will be selling something from there as well. This guy is going to wind up on the larger size, and be more breeding quality overall. He has a very nice head, super massive body. I just would like to see him shorter/showier. Nice pieces buck. Goes back to GC Jentle's Hero, PP's and Brian's lines, and B-Mac's and Ft's. $40
Leapin Honky tonk- Sable Marten Jr buck out of GC RH's Tonka X Jentle's Tikki- Cute buck with a super head, short ears and small cobby body will be tiny! $75
Leapin Siamese Sable Jr buck out of same cross as above. This guy is going to be teeny! He got chewed by mom before he was weaned(and could be weaned) so currently is more Netherland Dwarf looking(because of short hair) tiny cobby body with super tiny ears and a big fat head. Little dark in color. $50
Posey's Black Jr buck- out of Leapin Black Prince X B-Mac's Canadian Mist-N-Cream PW- cute buck with a very nice body, good head and ear as well. $50
I will be selling one of my 4 sable point bucks towards the summer, if interested in getting on the wait list for either : Leapin Butch, Leapin Munchkin, Leapin Sable point jr buck out of Mona Lisa X Snookums, or Leapin Too Hot 4 U please contact me.
Cavies:
Posey's a Little RNR- Golden agouti/Red/White Silkie boar- fantastic density, not fully pedigreed. $20
Posey's Mosaic- Mosaic Jr sow! Out of RNR above and a TSW sow who was out of dilutes. Is Black, Red, White and Lilac. $20 Have pics of both taken today.
Cages:
Leanne- you are first on the list since I wasn't able to organize a day to be available- December was nuts here. We moved rooms around and lost internet in the process when we unhooked the wrong thing and lost wireless and regular highspeed(not sure how!) got that sorted out, then the neighbours phone line something happened to there line which did something to our internet so it went down. So needless to say it was a crazy month with Christmas parties, Christmas, family, friends etc! I can make time next week for pick up of cages/rabbits though for anyone interested. Next week is pretty open- : )
4 hole 30 by 18 each hole $30
2 hole 24 by 15 each hole $15
2 hole 24 by 15 each hole $15
8 24 by 30 holes(singles) $10 per hole
2 hole- 18 by 24 - $10
5- 30 by 30 holes $15 each hole
2 hole 36 by 18- $15
White indoor pet cage- Free- stained bottom, and top is a little bent but would work for someone needing an emergency cage or a cavy cage etc. We've had it for years.
Black Indoor cage on wheels, ramp to top level. Had our pet New Zealand in here is about 3 1/2 feet long by 2 or 2 1/2 feet wide, and 4 feet high. Paid $65 for it. $35
2 hole French lop size carrier- would work for senior Mini lops or senior large breeds at shows. $30 Great condition
Metal feeders- Brianna you get these at VIRBA as I go through them again, please let me know again how many? :- ) Oh, we also have some nestboxes French lop size or meat rabbit size but would work for Mini lops as well if anyone wants some..... Have one that we paid $20 for in the US, would like $10 for it. Some free, and some $5 each.... First come first serve, the faster you can get them the more you can take for a good price :- )
I may also have one stacker for sale- I need to make a decision next week on it.... 4 holes- either way would be 24 by 24 whichever way I decided to go(if I sold it)
Stock can be held until the VIRBA show mid February but there is a fee of $5.00 a rabbit to cover the cost of feed/treats/hay until then. Discounts on multiple purchases...
k_c_lops@telus.net
Website is NOT updated, and won't be until later in the week most likely so if interested in new pics please e-mail us personally for more information and pictures. The website hasn't been updated for at least a few weeks, however, the pics of the rabbits on the website are recent within the last 3 months for almost all.
tini67p@telus.net
Sometimes some peoples e-mails bounce to the k_c_lops one not sure why, e-mail the other address if any problems. If you don't get a reply within 24 hours please e-mail us again!
Kim & Cristina
Happy New Year! Sorry this was so long... I warned at the beginning!!!
Saturday, January 5, 2008
To sum up our trip to Calgary just after Christmas, was, it was great : )
Last Thursday we left Vancouver Island and took the 6:30 ferry to Vancouver. We caught the 620 bus to Airport Stn(which we thought would take us to the airport) but we had to catch another bus to the airport, then a shuttle from our hotel picked us up and took us back(by this time it was 1am and we had to be up by 7am to take our plane to Calgary). In the meantime another shuttle service dragged an empty airport cart beside it and caused lots of commotion! The hotel didn't have the credit card information for our step mom who paid for everything so we had to deal with that at 1:00 in the morning-- it was an eventful night! ;)
We got up last Friday morning, and got our flight to Calgary. We went shopping in Calgary, Banff and Canmore. We stayed at the 3 sisters resort village where our step mom lives. Because Selina, Cristina and I are sisters we had our pictures taken under the "3 sisters" sign : - ) We went up the Gondola in Banff, and checked out Lake Louise Chateau and Banff Springs Hotel(where they sell $50,000 coats!)
Selina was the major shopper going home with little money. I bought a couple of sweatshirts from American Eagle, a pair of pants from Old Navy and some souvenirs from the shops in Banff. Oh and a T-shirt from the Garage. We went to the Old spaghetti factory and had one heck of an awesome waiter! The streets in Banff were so packed New Years eve that it was $100 cover charge in the pubs!
We were going to go and do some outdoor activities(we saw the ice castle at Lake Louise) but everything was so expensive and us 3 girls prefer shopping anyway ;)
3 sisters village has a sauna, pool, hottub, the pool game and each house is over 2 million dollars a piece so we had a great time : ) We had our own suite too!
We went up to Chinamens peak and of course saw the gorgeous rocky mountains and a frozen over water fall.
It took almost 12 hours to get home yesterday because of high winds, turbulence in the air, and delays with flights and ferries but we made it! I won't be getting caught up on e-mails until next week.
Kim & Cristina
We will get back into blogging at some point, although I do know this year is going to met with many personal changes for me so I may not blog all that much. Not that I was very good at it before ;) Rabbit wise all is well. All those does that were due one had 2 DOA, one had a peanut, and the others did not take. Very unfair as those mini lops have no problems this time of year, lol!! Our barn is FULL of Mini's :- )
Sunny Brook Rabbitry
Last Thursday we left Vancouver Island and took the 6:30 ferry to Vancouver. We caught the 620 bus to Airport Stn(which we thought would take us to the airport) but we had to catch another bus to the airport, then a shuttle from our hotel picked us up and took us back(by this time it was 1am and we had to be up by 7am to take our plane to Calgary). In the meantime another shuttle service dragged an empty airport cart beside it and caused lots of commotion! The hotel didn't have the credit card information for our step mom who paid for everything so we had to deal with that at 1:00 in the morning-- it was an eventful night! ;)
We got up last Friday morning, and got our flight to Calgary. We went shopping in Calgary, Banff and Canmore. We stayed at the 3 sisters resort village where our step mom lives. Because Selina, Cristina and I are sisters we had our pictures taken under the "3 sisters" sign : - ) We went up the Gondola in Banff, and checked out Lake Louise Chateau and Banff Springs Hotel(where they sell $50,000 coats!)
Selina was the major shopper going home with little money. I bought a couple of sweatshirts from American Eagle, a pair of pants from Old Navy and some souvenirs from the shops in Banff. Oh and a T-shirt from the Garage. We went to the Old spaghetti factory and had one heck of an awesome waiter! The streets in Banff were so packed New Years eve that it was $100 cover charge in the pubs!
We were going to go and do some outdoor activities(we saw the ice castle at Lake Louise) but everything was so expensive and us 3 girls prefer shopping anyway ;)
3 sisters village has a sauna, pool, hottub, the pool game and each house is over 2 million dollars a piece so we had a great time : ) We had our own suite too!
We went up to Chinamens peak and of course saw the gorgeous rocky mountains and a frozen over water fall.
It took almost 12 hours to get home yesterday because of high winds, turbulence in the air, and delays with flights and ferries but we made it! I won't be getting caught up on e-mails until next week.
Kim & Cristina
We will get back into blogging at some point, although I do know this year is going to met with many personal changes for me so I may not blog all that much. Not that I was very good at it before ;) Rabbit wise all is well. All those does that were due one had 2 DOA, one had a peanut, and the others did not take. Very unfair as those mini lops have no problems this time of year, lol!! Our barn is FULL of Mini's :- )
Sunny Brook Rabbitry
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Long time, no blog! Whirlwind month!
Well, it has been a very busy month as it is for many people. Last week on top of baking for our grandma, Cristina starting a new website for a Timberframe company, and I working for Patterson trucking for a couple of days it was just nuts! Last Thursday we met up with Ingrid and Sylvia at Fast Eddies in Naniamo for lunch and they picked up 12 rabbits! That was nice. Lots more cage space- all fuzzy lops and mini rex, and a jersey wooly as well. Then on top of it Saturday was our big Christmas party, so we were busy getting things prepared for it on Friday. Saturday on top of running around going crazy doing last minute things we did all the outside decorations and lights. Then we ran and fed rabbits, came home got changed and company started arriving. We all had a great time, wish we could have invited more people but 20 people in our house it just comfortable and anymore gets way too crowded(our house is tall but not wide, lol)
We had a very lazy Sunday morning but got to the barn as Dot and Dash our 2 rescued barn kittens from this summer went to there new home : ) They got a great home in Saanich with a couple of horses and 40 acres to play in!
Yesterday we headed to Naniamo and did some Christmas shopping then we headed to Nanoose to clean cages for Andrea and Wally, then off to Staples and grabbed dinner, then we stopped at the house to check on the Tigerlily(kitten) as she came down with a cat cold(vet said basically like a human cold but because she is so young and with a bit of this virus couldn't be vaccinated like all the other cats are yet. so on Friday on top of everything else she went to the vet(forgot to mention that one) and is on some antibotics. Doing great though. then off to our Aunt and Uncles to drop gifts off to them before they head to Hawaii for Christmas! Then visited until 9:30 then finally the poor bunnies got fed! Then off to Crofton to pick our mom up from work, and then home.. It was a VERY busy day and that has been how the whole month has worked..
Last weekend(the 8th weekend) we moved the TV room from upstairs to downstairs so had to move all our computers and equipment downstairs, and moved the dining room into the tv room upstairs. Cleaned all the carpets as Luke got into red food coloring(yes it was a diaster!). And then we re-arranged other rooms in the house as well.
Today I am working on my aunts DVD's to drop off to her tomorrow, and then we have a bunch of stops to make this week- need to stock up on feed, dog food, make sure we have enough cat food, make up the rest of the baking gifts and then of course barn cleaning etc, etc! Selina arrives from Yellowknife on Sunday the 23rd at 10pm in Victoria. So anyone wanting to see her come by on the 24th, 25th, or 26th, or early on the 27th :- ) As we leave on the night of the 27th for Vancouver and then off to Alberta until the 3rd. I can't believe how fast this month has gone!
Now rabbit wise... All is well. Not much to report. Had 2 JW litters that unfortunetly one was born on the wire, and the other the doe just didn't pull enough fur. I have I think 4-5 does due on Christmas day : ) I am going to breed 4-5 more this week as well! Some really nice shaded and self babies out there right now that are almost ready to be weaned! Otherwise not much else new JW wise- they are being very spoiled this winter- there treat mix consists of:
Dairy Text which is basically like cob but a little sweeter and a little higher in fat with added vitamins mixed with ground flax, flatted barley, alfalfa pellets, and fast track(what they use for horses that colic) a bunch of us breeders are trying it out to see if it helps with those babies that get upset stomachs. Too soon to tell yet for us!
Anyway, I have to go but there is at least an update : )
Oh, and yeterday while we were Shopping Dillon picked up his last 3 mini rex, as well : )
My dogs and cats got very spoiled for Christmas. The cats got a 12 pack of mice as well as a bunch of organic canned food(salmon and turkey mainly). The dogs got a huge 2 1/2 foot tall bone, a bunch of treats and marrowbones(liver treats, soft treats, hard treats lol). And I am going to buy some pig ears on the weekend as well for them(they LOVE those!)
We had a very lazy Sunday morning but got to the barn as Dot and Dash our 2 rescued barn kittens from this summer went to there new home : ) They got a great home in Saanich with a couple of horses and 40 acres to play in!
Yesterday we headed to Naniamo and did some Christmas shopping then we headed to Nanoose to clean cages for Andrea and Wally, then off to Staples and grabbed dinner, then we stopped at the house to check on the Tigerlily(kitten) as she came down with a cat cold(vet said basically like a human cold but because she is so young and with a bit of this virus couldn't be vaccinated like all the other cats are yet. so on Friday on top of everything else she went to the vet(forgot to mention that one) and is on some antibotics. Doing great though. then off to our Aunt and Uncles to drop gifts off to them before they head to Hawaii for Christmas! Then visited until 9:30 then finally the poor bunnies got fed! Then off to Crofton to pick our mom up from work, and then home.. It was a VERY busy day and that has been how the whole month has worked..
Last weekend(the 8th weekend) we moved the TV room from upstairs to downstairs so had to move all our computers and equipment downstairs, and moved the dining room into the tv room upstairs. Cleaned all the carpets as Luke got into red food coloring(yes it was a diaster!). And then we re-arranged other rooms in the house as well.
Today I am working on my aunts DVD's to drop off to her tomorrow, and then we have a bunch of stops to make this week- need to stock up on feed, dog food, make sure we have enough cat food, make up the rest of the baking gifts and then of course barn cleaning etc, etc! Selina arrives from Yellowknife on Sunday the 23rd at 10pm in Victoria. So anyone wanting to see her come by on the 24th, 25th, or 26th, or early on the 27th :- ) As we leave on the night of the 27th for Vancouver and then off to Alberta until the 3rd. I can't believe how fast this month has gone!
Now rabbit wise... All is well. Not much to report. Had 2 JW litters that unfortunetly one was born on the wire, and the other the doe just didn't pull enough fur. I have I think 4-5 does due on Christmas day : ) I am going to breed 4-5 more this week as well! Some really nice shaded and self babies out there right now that are almost ready to be weaned! Otherwise not much else new JW wise- they are being very spoiled this winter- there treat mix consists of:
Dairy Text which is basically like cob but a little sweeter and a little higher in fat with added vitamins mixed with ground flax, flatted barley, alfalfa pellets, and fast track(what they use for horses that colic) a bunch of us breeders are trying it out to see if it helps with those babies that get upset stomachs. Too soon to tell yet for us!
Anyway, I have to go but there is at least an update : )
Oh, and yeterday while we were Shopping Dillon picked up his last 3 mini rex, as well : )
My dogs and cats got very spoiled for Christmas. The cats got a 12 pack of mice as well as a bunch of organic canned food(salmon and turkey mainly). The dogs got a huge 2 1/2 foot tall bone, a bunch of treats and marrowbones(liver treats, soft treats, hard treats lol). And I am going to buy some pig ears on the weekend as well for them(they LOVE those!)
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Adding pedigrees, barn chores, etc
I'm really stuck on what to write about. I really need to figure that out ASAP. About the 20th of December through the 5th of January is going to be so nuts around here that I don't know we will get any blogs done. We leave the night of December 27th for Vancouver where we stay in a hotel which takes us to the airport the next day. Then from there we fly to Canmore Alberta(well Calgary first) but head to Canmore and Banff for 7 days!
I got a whole bunch of pedigrees added to Evan's software last night. I still have lots more to do but it is finally a start. Most the mini rex are now gone, the rest leaving next Thursday and then next Monday so I was able to move everything around and start organizing my VERY messy pedigree book!!
Yesterday I was able to get the lower barn cleaned(it is easy to do) for its weekly cleaning(well we try to do bi-weekly for both barns but with only 18 holes now in the lower barn we end up usually only getting to that barn once a week. Anyway, got it cleaned and all the pans thrown in the scrap metal bin. (the pans that came with the cages from Laura, but since I converted the lower barn into only one side having double layers I've ordered 3 pans like we use in the upper barn for that barn. And because a bunch of cages are empty down there right now, I was able to just keep a couple of pans for that side. So we only have 4 more pans to get rid of after this! Yeah! I really need to do cage pictures today for Leanne(incase she reads this)! it has been mucky and yesterday poured with rain.. today looks nice!
Well I hope to do more pedigrees tonight. I bought a computer game called Farm Frenzy. it is very fun to play BUT! It is addictive. Night before last I spent 4 hours playing the dumb game. I gave myself 30 mins last night and I think I won't play it tonight. Last night I did get a bunch of various things done around the house.. I really need to clean my bedroom too!! Yuck!
I got a whole bunch of pedigrees added to Evan's software last night. I still have lots more to do but it is finally a start. Most the mini rex are now gone, the rest leaving next Thursday and then next Monday so I was able to move everything around and start organizing my VERY messy pedigree book!!
Yesterday I was able to get the lower barn cleaned(it is easy to do) for its weekly cleaning(well we try to do bi-weekly for both barns but with only 18 holes now in the lower barn we end up usually only getting to that barn once a week. Anyway, got it cleaned and all the pans thrown in the scrap metal bin. (the pans that came with the cages from Laura, but since I converted the lower barn into only one side having double layers I've ordered 3 pans like we use in the upper barn for that barn. And because a bunch of cages are empty down there right now, I was able to just keep a couple of pans for that side. So we only have 4 more pans to get rid of after this! Yeah! I really need to do cage pictures today for Leanne(incase she reads this)! it has been mucky and yesterday poured with rain.. today looks nice!
Well I hope to do more pedigrees tonight. I bought a computer game called Farm Frenzy. it is very fun to play BUT! It is addictive. Night before last I spent 4 hours playing the dumb game. I gave myself 30 mins last night and I think I won't play it tonight. Last night I did get a bunch of various things done around the house.. I really need to clean my bedroom too!! Yuck!
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