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Poor little rabbits my rabbits are inside

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I love how big your coop is , so much easier to clean then ours

It's fun watching them through a camera because they often act differently when no people are around. Mine still argue when I'm out of site but they often sit patiently and are less anxious when I'm out of the picture. Not sure what that says about me. LOL Fun video!

the flowers are really pretty ,

I don't know what chicken was going off while you were petting Mable but it sounded a lot like Trinity or Sweepy when they go crazy!! LOL I didn't realize you were actually making a building around the rabbits... wow! What kind of plants are you thinking to get to climb around it? I keep wanting to get some but it keeps not happening. So are you building all of that by yourself?

Love'em🐔🐓🐥

I like your coop, it's longer. Do you mind posting picture/video of your coop design (interior and exterior). Thanks.

oh yea that wind was picking up , hopefully everyone stayed dry

How are your barred rocks when it comes to eggs and poopy butts? I hear so many good things about the breed however, my two both have various issues. They both get horrendous poop on their butt, and I need to wash them off quite often. One of them is on borrowed time because her eggs, if and when she lays them, come out without a shell and have been known to get stuck inside her. Eventually, she will need to be culled so I’m just giving her a good life until that happens. The vet believes she’s just an oddball and does not process the calcium correctly. The other hen is better but even she has weak shelled eggs from time to time. Luckily her eggs are small so they end up coming out just fine. I’m wondering if I got a bad from the hatchery 2 1/2 years ago. It is what it is, but I’m curious if this is something that happens with this breed all the time or if it was just luck of the draw. Your black chickens are very pretty. Do their feathers shine iridescent green in the sun? That’s what my two black chickens do. I love it!

Hello, I love watching your videos. I like your Rabbitry and the size of your cages. Where did you purchase them from?

We get strong wind gusts here as well. Not all the time but occasionally up to 35 miles an hour. Luckily that’s not all the time and it’s just the gust. We’ve had a bit of rain here as well, which is expected since it’s spring, but in another week or two, I’ll be wishing it would rain.

It just got flooded, huh. I didn’t catch how… did the roof leak or was it from the grassy area outside.

What’s funny about this is that I was thinking to myself that it appeared you were slowing making walls and sure enough 😂 Looks like it will still be open air tho

I hear you talking about freezing weather and realize we do some things the same... pre-pre-preparing! I'm always thinking about what the changes I make today will mean months from now. Protect from the heat, cold, rain, snow, wind, hail. Always so much to consider. Your chickens are getting way too nosey! I'm thinking taking care of rabbits may sound easy but there's a lot to it!

Looking good!

Oh! That table-like perch system is what I had in mind when I turned my chair upside down for my hens. I like what you have there and so many of them are hanging out on it. What you have is too big for my pen but I bet I can modify a bit and have something similar. I would love to have a chicken run that's covered and as large as yours but we've spent so much time and money on what we have, that I simply can't make it bigger (yet)... but I like it anyway. Soon my video on the chicken tunnel we made will be out... that gave them more room.

That's funny... hope you're ready for these two bunnies!

Can’t wait to see their babies.

That's funny... Henry reminds me of my chicken Starla who always digs through the chicken feed to find the perfect pellet somewhere at the very bottom. Luckily, they will eat it off the ground. He sure got lively suddenly! Is it ever advisable to put them in a large pen area or will they escape and run off? Oh man... chickens under the rabbits... seems like they'll learn before too long. That's why I've removed so many of my chicken perches... everyone was getting pooped on! LOL The comment is getting longer and longer... lol... I watch and type as I go. I put my used straw in a compost pile but often there's too much so I'll spread it around areas needing mulch. I'm not always sure what to do with all the chicken poop that I scoop out of their coop (I let it fall on the wooden floor and scoop it out every day). Oh! Essential oil drops... that's a good idea. I have some lavender planted but it's never quite enough. There is a lavender farm near by that I pick from but that can get costly.

I forgot about Charlotte! Is she growing at a normal speed now? I’m curious how they react out there compared to inside. My set up is way different so they end up inside a brooder box when they’re chicks and then eventually go out to the small coop. The first couple nights they were pretty frantic because they didn’t know where they should sleep. I love that set up where the other chickens can see them and get used to them.

That's neat that they pick a particular corner to do their business. And I was going to ask how they are interacting with you and it sounds like they are playful. Is that a normal thing or because the person who bred them played with them? Wow... already that hot where you're at? Ugh. I'm not looking forward to when the heat hits my area. I always worry but we are working on another shade system to help with the front of the coop (it's in the direct sun but hopefully next year the trees will be tall enough). Thank goodness for fans!!!

I've heard that rabbits don't always get along... is that true? Someone told me that's one reason to keep them separated in addition to breeding.

So cute!

Those curtains are very cute! I don’t remember if any of your other videos if you mentioned that you have raised rabbits before? Based on everything you’ve done here it’s pretty obvious you’re committed to it! 😊

That’s so funny that they were all on the perch at noon. Crazy chickens!! If we leave the garage door open that leads to the backyard, one hen will wander in 😂 Are you keeping all of those chickens or are they ones you’re selling? That’s so funny… There’s our home! And then they visit the old hatchery area 😂

Love the curtains! Those rabbits going to be uptown with their new home😊

Is there a chance they gave you a bantam? She sure is cute and seems in good spirits. But I would guess her to be about 2-3 weeks old based on her size.

Awww she is a cutie! So glad you kept her.

Sounds interesting. I've thought about rabbits and dismissed the idea quickly because I wouldn't have anything to do with them other than treat them like pets (like my chickens but they give me eggs). I have a friend who processed them and canned the meat but I'm really not interested in doing that. My son heard of someone who raises them and uses their fir to make yarn of some sort. That sounds fun but not fun enough for me to do it LOL!! Sounds like you're plan is to raise and sell. Have you had a lot of interest in people wanting to buy them?

Such awesome chickens. 🐔🐔

It's an endless in and out of chickens! How many chickens do you have that are yours that never get sold or donated?

Nice! Added this video to my playlist "favs of others". That way I can find it later! ;)

Not as bad as ducks😊

Even tho chickens are a lot of work, I sure do miss mine.

I had to smile at your process because I am always looking around my yard to see what I can or should change and during that, I am always doing the “what if”. What if I do this and how will it work in the winter or the summer etc. We must always think about how a change will work all year long!

They look happy, you could get a flat rock and put under the water.

Gotta love little chicks, in two weeks I’ll be adding another half dozen to my flock

Wow very nice . ❤

I really enjoy your chicken journey and how awesome your progress is.

Yep no since of wasting it. Looks good.

I grow wheat grass for my cat. She has her own edible plant. She now leaves my other house plants alone. It’s easy to grow and she loves it!

We use paws and claws cat food

So I don't know if you've ever seen any of my videos when I see my own shadow but... when I saw yours all I wanted to do was sing SHAAAADOWWWWW. 🥸It made me laugh. I just cleaned out my coop today because it smelled so bad of ammonia! I apparently am not geared to do the deep litter method no matter what I try. No big deal I guess... just frustrating when I can't get things to work. You sure are a busy lady!!

It's amazing how fast they go from chick to laying eggs LOL! The first couple weeks are so cute and fun to watch them. Huh... I've never given mine a foot bath but one of my hens keeps getting hard balls of dirt/mud etc that builds up in the pocket area of the bottom of her foot. She has fairly big feet compared to her sisters and somehow stuff gets in there. Speaking of poo on the boo... last summer I was walking through a local store that happens to sell chicks and I went to the front counter to let them know that at least half of their chicks had very bad pasty butt (or at least balls of poop in that area). The girl at the cash register was horrified that they could be like that so I explained it's very dangerous and could kill them. That made her move even faster. What I don't understand is how on earth they could all get that bad unless no one was really looking or taking care of them. I have never purchased chicks there and won't after seeing that.

Regarding the chickens, eating the eggs, mine do not eat the eggs in the nesting boxes either. When I give them an egg, I don’t let them see me crack it because I don’t want them to know where the good stuff comes from. They just see the inside of it in a bowl or on the ground for them to eat. 😊

I added petroleum jelly to a couple of my hen’s combs when it was below freezing. Then I noticed they were dark in color. At first, I was worried until I realized that it was the dust and dirt they pick through that was sticking to the jelly. 😂😂😂

Awwww, look at my girls❤❤❤❤

Glad all your babies (big and little)made it through the cold spell alright.Those roosters are some pretty boys. Their tall feathers are beautiful.