Sunday, January 31, 2010

The Meltdown

Well, it's about 38 degrees (F) here and the snow is melting. The warm sun is melting all the snow, but it's still on the grass; however, nothing is on the trees or roads. It's going to be 22 degrees tonight, so it will probably refreeze -- again.

The buns are doing great. Have a lot of does due next week. Yes! Can't wait for kits! I will probably end up keeping more babies than I need. I guess that's how it always is -- hold my favorites back and see how they develop. Then after 3 or 4 months, sell the one/ones I'm not happy with. Have lots of people on my waiting list for Easter buns already, so I'm not sure how many I'll get to keep this year. Hoping for some nice, big litters!

We have a chestnut doe, (Amber's Quinoa) that feels like she's bred. We aren't exactly sure if she took or not, because we left her in a buck's cage all night. If she's pregnant, she was bred to our broken tort buck (that is in a new home now), Trix. She will probably kindle around February 14th or 15th. We hope she's bred, because we really would like a broken chestnut doe out of the two!