Comments on: Hobby Farm’s a Hoppin’

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 21:39:57 +0000

In reply to leslie. It is fun :) And what town is the Hubs from?

By: leslie

leslie — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 21:34:40 +0000

what fun a small farm would be. my husband is from southern utah but i dont remember it ever looking so beautiful

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 16:15:59 +0000

In reply to prekrasan. Hhhmmm. Now to go bug the bunnies :) I've heard that the females can get really mean! I'm crossing my fingers that isn't the case. Thanks for all the thoughts friend!

By: prekrasan

prekrasan — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:26:28 +0000

Okay, so I know I’m a bit late to this party, but having raised rabbits (as pets) since late middle school (college now), hopefully I can help just a bit. So far we’ve had about ten rabbits, we gave some away, and still have one. If you haven’t sexed them yet, we figured out the gender of ours completely by accident (after a rabbit pregnancy) by pressing gently in the genital area. At the time we had two boys and a girl — nothing much happened with the girl, but with the boys, the genitalia popped up (no professional method here). Anyways, I’m mostly commenting to warn you — when our lone female got pregnant, she became mean. She started attacking and biting when she hadn’t done that before. When we realized she was pregnant, we thought that was probably the cause, but she was never the same afterwards. We couldn’t hold her anymore, even after the babies had found new homes. Every bunny will probably be different, and this may not happen at all, I just wanted to let you know of the possibility. Oh, and btw, you are awesome. Love your blog and especially your stories about your livestock and the projects you take on.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:06:57 +0000

In reply to Nelly Kaiveikau. Nelly! That sounds like an amazing garden! I've tried cilantro 3 years and it's always so bitter... you'll have to let me know how it turns out!

By: amy hines

amy hines — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 04:14:11 +0000

Good luck! We are all busy doing different things. I love to hear your stories thanks for sharing!

By: Nelly Kaiveikau

Nelly Kaiveikau — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 02:33:53 +0000

Your garden sound amazing! I’m jealous of the growing space and climate that you have. Our garden has raspberries, strawberries, rhubarb, chives, spinach, lettuce, carrots, green onions, green zucchini, yellow zucchini, peas, cilantro, dill and oregano. We also are trying corn and beets this year.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 31 May 2014 21:02:50 +0000

In reply to Jodi. Totally agree Jodi- I actually have a super classy piece of plywood over the top of the pen now so that they are in the shade. My big chickens don't really like direct sun unless it's early in the morning so I assumed the little guys and the bunnies would be better in the shade too! Thanks for the thoughts :)

By: devaughnwifey

devaughnwifey — Sat, 31 May 2014 17:19:06 +0000

Sister raises rabbits. We used to do it commercially but she couldn’t deal with butchering them out any longer. Tips from us…
** You will need to move the rabbits around in the garden every day otherwise they will dig out. They dig lots and lots and LOTS of holes!!!! We call them ankle breakers, because they don’t just go down a few inches, these are holes to china…
** Rabbits are HIGHLY nocturnal. They will do most of their foraging at night if given the chance.
** They LOVE to jump. If your “walls” are shorter than thigh high, they will jump out, and you should still put a roof on your enclosure anyway.
** They get bored easily. When they are bored, they dig.
** Owls/hawks/eagles love them. Make sure any tractor you come up with is enclosed on the top.
** Rabbits & chickens get along very very well (as you’ve seen) so if it were me, I’d allow the rabbits and chickens to remain together until it becomes a problem, or till they outgrow the enclosure.
** Invest in a long handled fishing net.

If you still haven’t sexed them my sister can tell you what to do, also you can youtube it. 🙂

Yay for free chickens!! 😀

By: Jodi

Jodi — Sat, 31 May 2014 14:21:38 +0000

Please make sure your bunnies and chicks have plenty of room to get out of the hot sun during the day!