This is the male team of rabbits staying at Chicken Paradise while we looked for adopters. Their floor is in big trouble. It’s designed so droppings fall through, but leftover grass builds up and the droppings pile up with it, so every so often I clear it out by hand. Come on, everyone, show your cute faces: “Looking for a home!”
Messy eaters
This is the big pellet feeder. Lately some rabbits had lost weight and too many seemed weak, so I increased the pellets, and they spill them. The worst! Please stop. Rabbits are messier than you’d imagine. They’re so small and fluffy you’d think they’d move gently, but it’s bang, boom, crash.
Something that became very clear when we split them into groups: in rabbits, females are actually fiercer than males. I always thought two females would get along best, but with rabbits, it’s two males. In the girls’ area there’s the occasional fight and shriek; the boys don’t fight at all. The ones with overlong fur, I shaved with clippers so it doesn’t mat. This one came out best, I think.
The chickens’ compost crew
Now that’s a full bucket. The droppings and grass I collected go to the chickens, who scratch it all up, so I spread it in the muddy parts of the chicken coop. Look at them pour in to stir it! While digging I found this whitish part, and it’s really warm. An acquaintance told me the white comes from good bacteria, the strongest kind for speeding up fermentation, and that those spots get hot. It really is hot. (I don’t think you need to eat that.) Hopefully this will fix the mud in the coop, too.
Back with the rabbits: after cleaning, their food is gone, so here’s fresh grass, a present! Then the main dry hay, their staple food (move, please, there’s a rabbit buried in it), and a big container of pellets for so many mouths. Whew, I’m tired. Do the rabbits take longer than the chickens? And I have to do this two more times! At the time, we asked anyone interested in adopting to get in touch.
The sheep next door
Lately the sheep next door have started making demands of humans. Strawberry, your voice is ridiculous! Scary, scary. Hello, Watermelon. Stop, that’s scary! Blueberry is getting a little more used to us. Everyone tries to eat my hands, and they all want corn, but too much corn isn’t good, so please be patient. The fence is sagging, and the snorting is intense. What, are you nibbling my knee?
Thanks for watching Chicken Paradise Hawaii. See you next time!