Shearing time!

Here, Bella and Winny will model their beautiful new "haircuts."This was Winny's first haircut and she did very well! She soon learned that standing still was important and didn't move while I shore her with hand shears. What a good llama!Arethusa is chilling out. She was shorn late last year, so will wait a year and get shorn early next year.

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Urban Farms

Our first litter of the year was born to our black doe Terre Madre and our black buck, JJ. Here they are at about a month old. This picture was taken of them today! They have grown a lot in the past month. They are almost as bit as Terre. These rabbits are being rotated on our lawn so they can mow and fertilize our yard while also eventually providing a healthy source of meat for our family. We may keep the white one for future breeding - she has great big ears like her mother.

Our second litters were born last night to Louis and Dea seen below. Dea is a satin rabbit that we rescued and Louis was purchased from Scenic View Farm in Whitefield. We keep the does with litters close to the back door so we can watch them and you can see our other rabbit hutches just behind them. We have two litters of Angora rabbits due in two weeks. Here is Louis' nest. She had one white and two gray bunnies. We bred her with one of our small Angora rabbits, Twilight, and will see if any of these will have the Angora trait.

Here is Dea's nest. She has had multiple, spotted bunnies.

Here, you can see our cat relaxing in the shade with our pastured rabbits.

Here, our cat wants to be the center of attention when I take a picture of our multi-species back lawn with the rabbits in the foreground and our Embden and Toulouse geese, Louise and Toula, in the background stretching their wings.Toula and Louise love to graze. They are put out in their pen every day to graze and will go back into their shed at night by themselves. They feel safe their. For the first few days that we had them they were laying several eggs a week. They have stopped at this point. A friend of mine told me that geese only lay eggs in the spring. We will see if they lay any more at this point. They are excellent at mowing the grass and fertilizing the lawn.

Here, Toula is taking her afternoon bath...

Now, Louise wants a turn!
Here are our Cornish Giants. They are growing quite quickly, they are about two weeks old. I will need to get the chicken tractor ready in about two weeks so they can go on the rest of our lawn. We currently have 13.

We also are experimenting with bronze turkeys. We have two and they will most likely live with or near the geese. We have more electronet fencing that we can use to keep them in the yard.

And last, our favorites! Hana and I love ducks! We are considering breeding and raising Indian Runners as egg layers and meat birds. They are spectacular fun to have around the yard and love to eat pests like slugs.

Thank you for visiting our blog! We will have Angora rabbits for sale sometime in August and have a yearling llama for sale as well!