Dust bathing together
Picture Diary - post 14
Guinea fowl accepting chickens as part of the flock within a week after adding chickens to our backyard farm. The guineas had a different spot where they would dust bathe but changed that spot and would dust bathe and lay right beside where the chickens were on the other side of the fence.
They were seperated so they could get used to each other without being able to attack or bully each other. Once acclimated to each other, the 2 flocks were put together without incident.
#chickens #chicken #guineafowl #guinea #dustbath #dustbath #dustbathing #dustbathing #JnPRabbitryBYF
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#rabbit #rabbitry #rabbits
Within days of Trixie kindling, we bred 3 of our does so we'd have more kits the next month. We were enjoying watching the little "pinkies" get their fur and just steal our hearts.💗 We didn't realize we'd have more babies sooner than expected.
You see, we knew that one of our bucks (Grunty) had gotten through a tiny spot between his enclosure and the doe (Garnett) beside him prior to Trixie kindling but it couldn't have been long enough, right?🐰 Lol...yeah right. So we had 6 more kits born 8 days after Trixie's. 😂 "c'est la vie"
Well, right before the lucky lady Garnett kindled, she showed us that she was beginning to trust us. The video shows her nudging my hand just 2 days before the kits were born. (6/20/21)
*I had to take time daily to deal with every rabbit including her. It was necessary to "bond" with them in some way, shape or form. They are not and have not been our pets but if you're going to deal with them on a regular basis then it's a good idea for them not to be frightened or terrified each time you reach in to clean the enclosure, give them more food, or replace their hay. You have to know when a nudge means pet me and when it means leave me alone.*
Baby kits arrived 4 days after we brought Trixie home
《Picture Diary - post 5 》
Our first kits ! Trixie kindled just days after we bought her. Rabbit Initiation !
#rabbit #rabbitry #Kits #firstkits
We had no idea what we were in for 😅
Prego mom then 6 kits then what now? 🤨
We learned really fast...we had to, we were new to all this.
I look back now and think, why were we so nervous?
Yes, bunnies have been doing this without our help for years. And I know that when we're raising them it does change things... ..... but I've come to conclude what we need to do is provide for them as best we can and let them do the rest. We are raising them for a purpose and we should not lose sight of that.
We alluded to Trixie in Photo Diary - Post 3
New recipe I found for Instant Pot Greek Chicken and Rice. I'm cooking it tonight with a major revision...I'm NOT using Chicken. It's being replaced with RABBIT! Yum!
So my variation is Instant Pot Greek Rabbit and Rice ....this post will be edited when its done...
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Edit : What Molly Made credited for original recipe
Not a hit with my 22 yos, I could go either way, waiting for dh to get home and eat.....either way I loved the taste of the rabbit 💖
Edit:
Dh tried it and likes it!!!!
Creamy wild rice & rabbit soup
1 pkg Shoreline Lunch Creamy Wild Rice soup mix
2 tbsp butter
~ 1 cup chopped onions
~1\2 cup to 1 cup chopped celery
~1 1\2 cups chopped portobello mushrooms
4 cups whole milk
~4-5 cups stock from pressure cooked rabbit
1/4 tsp chopped fresh thyme
1 whole rabbit, pressure cooked with 4 cups water and 2 chicken bouillon cubes and deboned
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#cookingwithrabbit #recipe
In nonstick skillet heat butter, lightly brown onions, celery and mushrooms.
In large saucepan over medium heat add milk, stock from pressure cooker and thyme. Gently boil.
Then stir in soup mix, add rabbit and cooked vegetables. Simmer uncovered until rice is done, ~25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
♡ENJOY♡
#leftovers #rabbit #rabbitmeat
First time making BBQ rabbit. I don't like BBQ much because it's still greasy to me but rabbit meat is so lean I wanted to try. I'm so happy! YUMMY!
If interested I'll comment and tell you what I did . Btw, what's your favorite bbq sauce?