The last two weeks have been a whirlwind of selling! We sold a few various items from around the house but our primary concern was to sell the animals.
The rabbits have all been bought and picked up...save for a couple of stragglers that managed to escape. We had some terrible winds here the other day - it picked up the shelter we had the butcher rabbits in and turned it over...releasing all 12 of our pre-sold rabbits. They ran free for a couple of days until the buyers (our wonderful neighbors) came down and helped us to catch them. All were caught but 2 so we called it a day and figured we would catch the remaining two some other time. The breeding rabbits were bought as a package so we were able to sell them, their cage, and all of their supplies.
The cow has been bought by our neighbors however we worked out a deal that she gets to stay on our farm until she calves! I wanted to be there for the birth and since they aren't ready to take in a cow just yet - it works out for everyone. How lonely for our baby girl though as she'll be the only animal here through the winter. :(
The roosters were all purchased before the Thanksgiving holiday and the last of the hens will be picked up in a couple of days. Good timing too as the starlings have shown up again and are eating freely out of the chicken feeder. (I'll try to get a picture of the hoard of birds that fly in and out of the coop all day long.) The youngest hens have just started laying too!
We're now finding ourselves slightly bored in the evenings with the absence of chores . Everyday I continue to purge things from our drawers, cabinets, and lives. A definite feat for a pack-rat like myself!
