Posted on 01/03/2008 6:35:58 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
That washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is anoble thing!
O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain.
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.
O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.
O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!
Guess we need to argue about something today. Hmm. Lembas?
No, that one’s gotten old.
History of Religion it is then...
The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman.
Discuss.
Nor much of an empire, I believe.
Well, that’s settled.
Next topic?
belly button lint...
yours or mine?
The ones we have now are the breeding stock. They’ve ended up with names, against my better judgement. Our Rose is the doe without a toe. Seems like she’s gonna make it. The other doe is called Hyzenthlay and the buck is called Buck Naked. (Steve named him.)
The does are 2 months old and the buck is 3 months old. They’ll be ready to breed when they’re about 4 months old. Gestation takes four weeks.
Each doe should have around 8-10 kits. The kits wean at four weeks old. When they reach four pounds, that’s when you process them. That is usually 4 weeks after weaning.
Tastes like chicken.
Ain’t poking that one! LOL! I’m watching the Pope’s visit to the White House on EWTN. That way I don’t have to listen to the inane comments from our media pundits. I get to listen to Raymond Arroyo and Fr. Richard Neuhaus. Right now the Marine band and chorus is singing “Battle Hymn of the Republic”. Them Marines sure know how to sing! ;o) It is one of my favorite songs. The President was sitting with his head bobbing to the beat when it first started.
When the Chorus started singing Glory, Glory, Hallelujah, the Pope was singing along!
I love the arrangement they do of the Battle Hymn.
One of the things I miss most about living in DC are the concerts. In the summer, you can find an outdoor concert by a military choir/band just about every night of the week.
Kinda like frog legs? ;o)
I've never had either, frog legs, or rabbit. The 'wildest' I've ever eaten is venison and quail.
We sang a version of “Battle Hymn” when I was in high school that was just gorgeous. I love the song.
Steve built this little lean-to. We call it The Sched. Eventually it'll have sides on it.
This is Buck.
This is Hyzenthlay checking out what I'm up to, Our Rose is in the back.
So...if all goes well, you’ll have rabbit meat in about five months, and pretty continuously after that, no? A friend had rabbits when I was little - as I recall, it’s not exactly hard to get them to keep reproducing... In their case, they started with two pets and pretty quickly ended up with...well, too many to easily name. Then one day a meat processing guy picked up most of ‘em while the kids were at school, and hey presto, the freezer was suddenly full of what her mom kept trying to pass off as chicken...
I don’t know if I could handle it with my own rabbits, if I had ‘em...bunnies are awful cute. I guess it’s a bit easier when you don’t do the actual processing, though.
Rush is replaying the arrangement so I get to hear it - that is impressive. Something very cool about massed men’s voices singing. Especially with an orchestra to back it up.
I take care of everything but the processing. Steve is going to do that. The fryers (that’s what the four-pounders are called) are kept in a seperate pen.
I like this setup because it is very easy to unhook them from the sched and put them out in the yard. That way they can get some sun, nip bits of grass, fertilize the yard and live a generally more fulfilling life. They can’t leave the cage, due to predators.
Right now, I keep a length of old porch screen on the ground under the cages. I pick up the screen and the little bits of poop remain on it, then I tilt it and pour the poop into a bucket. (Note the bucket in the picture?) The poop is pretty dry. It just rolls in.
Gardeners look for and will pay for the manure because it can be put directly on the garden...won’t burn the plants. And I’ve already had one woman ask if she can buy the offal when we butcher. Apparently she feeds her dog some kind of weird diet.
So if we can sell these little odds and ends related to raising the rabbits, we can return some of the feed costs.
But will they get along with the chickens?
You want some. You know you do.
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