Mass-producing rabbit hutches
Today I’m building rabbit hutches. The frame is 2×2 lumber, built to the same size as the netting so there’s very little cutting. Then I fix the netting with big wide-headed screws: an easy hutch.
The first one went smoothly. From the second one on it got tedious, so I put it off… but the second got made, and the third is half done, with no wall on one side yet.
Thirty-one rabbits
Why the hutches? Because just five minutes ago, 31 rabbits arrived. The first 14 we took in from someone whose rabbits had multiplied worked out well, so we accepted 31 more after their SOS.
Here’s the girls’ team. Some rabbits who were already with us are in here too, so it’s like a reunion with their original family. The long-haired ones who just arrived have big mats in their fur. When they live outdoors, it just ends up like this. This other rabbit came with mats too, but after she arrived I shaved her coat, tidied her up, and now it has all grown back. She’s ready to be adopted any time. Cute!
Why are you stacked up? Oh, it’s hot, sorry! Over here are the males, two hutches with the males and our giant rabbit. It’s cramped, so I’ll finish the third hutch today and move half the males over. As a welcome, I gave out pellets, which were a big hit. There are still quite a few rabbits running loose at the owner’s place, and they’ll come to us as they’re caught, so I’ll keep building hutches.
At the time, we were looking for homes for these rabbits: people in Hawaii with space and room to care for them.
Calendar girls, garden and playground
This month’s page of our calendar, March, features the little old ladies of the bantam team, including Glico. You all look so cute!
The pumpkin has buds again, but they look like male flowers. The red lettuce is in full bloom, and the papaya tree that Dolly snapped is growing strongly. Taro has found the tortoise and seems to want to eat it. The other day I put the tortoise out near the field and it ate my bok choy right down to the roots, so I have to keep an eye on things.
After a long stretch of bad weather, the chickens are finally dust bathing again at their favorite spot. Young roosters practice fighting as they play, and then a guinea fowl came in to break it up. The scuffle ended and peace in the playground was kept.
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