How to Breed Rabbits in Your Backyard for Meat Breeding rabbits in your backyard for meat can be a rewarding and sustainable way to provide for your family. Rabbits are relatively easy to care for, and their meat is lean and nutritious. Setting Up Your Rabbitry Breeding Process Caring for Baby Bunnies (Kits) and Their…
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Our First Incubator Hatchlings!
So, I thought incubating eggs was really easy and didn’t require too much effort but boy was I wrong! Our first batch of eggs didn’t hatch at all! I believe the problem was with the humidity. See, here in Austin, Texas it is naturally rather humid. And I mean REALLY humid. The humidity level inside…
Naming our Baby Turkey Poults
We have had the hardest time keeping baby turkeys alive, but we have 3 survivors this time. We ordered our first batch of turkeys from Murray McMurray Hatchery last year and that was a total disaster. The turkeys were in the same box as the ducklings and unfortunately the ducks spilled their waterer and flooded…
Awassi Sheep are Finally Here!
Finally, after many months of planning and searching, we got our very first Awassi Sheep! They were very difficult to find as pure-bred Awassi are quite rare here in Texas, but I managed to located a sheep breeder in Hubbard,TX (2 hours drive away). He had a small herd of about 40 sheep, but only…
Welcoming 4 Newborn Kittens!
On the 13th of April, around 2 pm, our cat Pita had her first kitten. Over the course of 4 hours she had 3 more. It was a beautiful and amazing experience for us to be able to witness the birth of new cats into this world. As you can see, there are two grey…