well whent to the auction today with E...
had a nice time chilling out and took Tallie.
feet only touched groud in spots I could see (sure no standing poop at least) and the rest of the time she was up and on the seat.
she did EXCEPTIONALLY well, , didn't even flinch at the microphone or sounds of animals and lots of people, slept most of the time and we even worked on some basic sits wit treats while everything was going on (trying to teach her early to focus with distractions) she knows sit, and will wait a little bit too. I think next one is going to be "focus" or "look at me" so I don't have to say her name over and over jut to get her attention...once I had her attention though she was ontop of things super quick. E was even impressed.
she rode wonderfully in the car, again slept most of the time. and in all im VERY ipressed with how well she handled things.
had lotsof "shes adorable" and even a couple mid 20's guys commented that they loved her...not the kind of people youd expect to appreciate a cute puppy. had a few comments about how well behaved she is too once they found out shes a puppy and not an adult min-pin lol.
got home and she ran around like crazy for about 1/2 an hour, then stood and squeeked at me until id finished cleaning the back bedroom and now shes passed out...will have to disturb her in about an hour to feed and get everyone settled for the night but im thinking shel probably sleep most of the rest of the evening other than potty breaks.
once we got home I realized the house has an ammonia smell, heat, humidity and 6 cats using the litterboxes right now..so the boxes got dumped and scrubbed, and while doing that I noticed a few little accident spots, they got scrubbed with some natures miracle "just for cats" and the back bedroom got vacuumed. I NEED to rent/borrow a steam cleaner once the kittens go home...
tomorrow morning the livingrooms getting a through vacume and mop, I noticed today while weve been out jasperhied his leg (hes not done it in a while so ive been la abouthis band since his neuter...but im betting the ammonia form the cat boxes sent his mind into overdrive. so tomorrow morning livingroom "deep clean" meaning moving furniture and vacuuming/mopping undr things rather than just around.
Im also going to take the measurments of the couch and chair and start keeping my eyes open for some ice slipcovers...the covers on the lovesteat come off for washing but the ones on the chair don't. they'll probably also get a good steam clean when I have the unit, might as well while I have it.
otherwise...
got a kitten going home Monday, that leaves 3, fluffy black boy, ginger boy and tuxedo girl...they need to go asap.
got a fix on a low cost clinic thatll spay dusty locally for $20 so as soon as I have that cash, ill go book her in...that just leaves Binx to get neutered, at least until tallie is old enough..wont be doing her though until shes close if not already ful grown...theres just too many growth plate risks and with no intact male in the house...not so much of an issue with her.
and got 3 ducklings in the brooder, another 4 hatched today drying off, another 2 unzipping and another 2 with new pips...theres 8 that haven't pipped yet but I set them a few days after the frst batch (collected 1 weeks and set them, collected the 2nd weeks set them...) so im giving them another week before worrying. did a quick candle on one and saw a shadow and it looked to be moving...ust no internal pip yet so im thinking they need a little longer to cook lol.
ive moved last batches duckling (now about 3 weeks old) to a sheltered hutch in the back yard, shes not big enough to hold her own with the big ducks, butt h weather should be mild enough...heck she hasn't even had a heat lamp on her in about 2 weeks, lol, she was acting like it was too warm even on its lowest setting and has been growing like a weed without it.
im pretty sure this hatch is all "sold" between 2 people...and that's more than fine by me
going to start collecting again next week for another batch.
also going to be looking up plans on how to make my own cabinate style incubators...going to need more room.
todays auction also reaffirmed that im not going to be taking any buns to auction...
there worth a lot more as meat than what folks are willing to pay live. the higest bid was for "bred" NZ mixes at 3.50 a doe...though it might be worth BUYING rabbits at auction for that price full gorwn specifically for the freezer, and that might actually end up being something I start doing buy meaty buns justwaned for 2-3 a piece raise em 2 weeks on clover/grass to clean out their ssytems of any junk and off to freer camp...heck I cant raise em myself from birth for that much.
so right now in terms of buns the plan is.
put bluebell in with my e-lop, and blackberry in with silver...they have till end of October to prove their worth keeping.
silver will be sent to freezer camp mid October, the 2 young rex boys should be a good size and ready by then too (about 14 weeks.)
acorn my red buck will move into the colony for a while while bluebell and blackberry are out "on dates" (probably 2 weeks) if I breed in the next week I should be able to rebreed intime to have some babies for the Christmas market.
if bluebell and blackberry have nice litters ill probably keep them, if not they'll either be sold or go to feezer camp, and ive got 2 young does to go in the colony too.
but either way ill be down to 1 buck.
I do want to sell the hollands and the mini rex though, but will probably wait till Christmas time, see if I can get some holiday babies out of them first. the mini rex is mean enough that she may end up being freezer fodder, but the holands are too pretty and small to bother. id rather sell them.
gonna try and get the angora bred too...got 1 doe to groom out so ill put the other doe in with my boy Monday, goom the other doe out and swap does come weds.
gonna keep my eyes peeled for an English lop doe too...so thistles not ust there for 1 breeding every few months lol. right now hes just my guilty pleasure lol, love his ears, but I may put him up for sale come Christmas time, as much as I like him...I cant afford ornaments that eat lol. depends on if I can find him a girlfriend.
so eyah that's the plan...cut back on rabbits a little bit and put more focus on meat, bring in the cot quail for meat, expand the ducks a little bit since they do seem to do well in terms of duckling sales, (and I LOVE the eggs lol)
)
