Creek House Homestead

Creek House Homestead Join me on my journey as I continue to learn and count each blessing around me. It started as a challenge to do a garden. That was my first year. one pregnant.

One acre homesteader with NZ Rabbits, chickens, and 3 dogs, trying to navigate life with a full time job, disabilty and a goal to still be as self sufficient as possible. Then my second year, I decided I wanted to do chickens and soak up my neighbors knowledge on how to raise them. I bought a Medium EZ coop and then Chicken math came into play so I bought another small coup that was made locally.

Sadly, it didn't live up to expectations and has become a storage area and place for the ducks and chickens to run for cover when it rains. (the ducks were not ok'd and came from my brother who thought it was fun? Funny?) So, I got myself a bright red shed with white trim and put in an automatic door for all the chickens. Sometime at the end of April I decided I wanted to do rabbits. My brother helped me get our Broken Blue Buck (Gus) and he knew someone else that gave us 2 REW does. (Lola and Loretto) I think it was a bit stressful for Lola to come to us when she was pregnant as 4 of her 6 kits died. Loretto never seemed very happy. So from Lola we ended up with REW Rip (he has a torn ear) and well, Yellowstone... :) and Chloe (REW) she is sweet when she is not pregnant but very aggressive the week before birth and apparently at least 2 weeks after and holding. She throws large litters though. and she is an excellent mama. Somewhere along the way, we got Squid an all Black. We let her and Gus mingle, and they gave us Razz a Black tort. (I'm going with Black tort even though several people said she was blue tort) I realize I have a lot to learn with colors, From Razz (black tort) and Rip (REW) we got 3 himi's and a black (4 total) I am starting to really game plan and figure out what my goals really are. I would like to always have a line of REWs and a line of different colors. I find the colors to be most interesting. Other than cats and an occasional dog, I didn't grow up with pets. As I got older the cats and dogs grew in number, and it made sense to add the chickens and rabbits. And here I am. Becoming more self-sufficient with each passing day. I will say though, I never thought I would experience so much death. Not all kits make it. and sometimes the favorite rooster dies, and the long time 18 year old cat dies within a short time span. But this is life and I am loving every minute of it. Thank you for visiting the page and learning about us and our homestead.

02/10/2025
Heartache. Not what you expect when you go to reach for eggs. Got her in the nesting box too. I'll be doing some reinfor...
02/08/2025

Heartache. Not what you expect when you go to reach for eggs. Got her in the nesting box too. I'll be doing some reinforcing and setting of traps today and repositioning of cameras. Thinking c**n. He will be a goner.

All 4 stay with me while I work. They keep me company.
02/06/2025

All 4 stay with me while I work. They keep me company.

02/06/2025

Ms. Trixie is all healed! She's looking for a new home to bounce into.

No touch ups or filters in place. I'm not even sure what color to call the 3rd one down on the left. In person it looks ...
02/05/2025

No touch ups or filters in place. I'm not even sure what color to call the 3rd one down on the left. In person it looks grayish purple and the specks look purple!

02/05/2025

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Willow had her first taste of banana today. She was OK with it, but not thrilled like some of my others.
02/05/2025

Willow had her first taste of banana today. She was OK with it, but not thrilled like some of my others.

This little lady is giving me some pretty looking eggs!
02/05/2025

This little lady is giving me some pretty looking eggs!

02/04/2025

Yummmm

Happy doggos
02/02/2025

Happy doggos

What stepping out of the shower looks like...
02/01/2025

What stepping out of the shower looks like...

02/01/2025

Good Morning, everyone! Enjoy your Saturday!

How it started. One hutch. 3 rabbits. 2 REW does and a broken blue. The cages were used and needed to be replaced but we...
01/31/2025

How it started. One hutch. 3 rabbits. 2 REW does and a broken blue. The cages were used and needed to be replaced but were a good starter. Follow the succession below.

Some pics of the day. I'm so happy the sun came out! It started out so dreary.
01/31/2025

Some pics of the day. I'm so happy the sun came out! It started out so dreary.

One of Powder and Lincoln's babies. Black tort. Powder (frosty) x Lincoln (fawn) 3 weeks old
01/31/2025

One of Powder and Lincoln's babies. Black tort. Powder (frosty) x Lincoln (fawn) 3 weeks old

Sometimes those rabbit mama's are as chill as ice and other times they tell ya they mean business and want back in their...
01/31/2025

Sometimes those rabbit mama's are as chill as ice and other times they tell ya they mean business and want back in their cage.

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Ms. Trixie is all healed! She's looking for a new home to bounce into.

Yummmm

Nala and her swing

That's one way to feed them mama Powder!

4 day old NZ babies! You can already see their color shining through. Black, chestnut, orange and tort. Honey (chestnut) x Harley (black tort)

I'm going to keep Willow and see how she looks in a few months to see if I will keep her as a breeder. Her Mama, Honey, is still giving me about 9-10 kits with each litter. And has excellent mama skills. I'm not really sure if it's a thing or not but I can tell the difference between Wilow and her brother just by their face. Her brothers face is wider. Hers is skinnier. He is a sweetheart and loves pets. I have several that have such sweet dispositions.

Quick update on Bugsys babies. For some reason she uncovered them all and they froze. I redid her nest, knowing she had milk and gave her 4 of the 9 from Honey. I watched intently to see what she would do. She had no motherly instincts. After less than 24 hours I could see that she was not fostering them and put them back with Honey to raise. My lesson learned is that I will not breed in the winter with new moms. My other 2, experienced does have done amazing. Video of Powder's babies enjoying a break in the weather with 40 degree temp today.

This is a hard one. Ginger lost her 3 babies yesterday from the cold. She was an inexperienced mama. This video was taken probably 18 hours after I had found them and then she started gathering up hay. Powder decided to steal some while Ginger sat.

Nala is giving Trixie some love.

5 torts and 3 orange! (Frosty) x (Fawn)

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