New breeding Stock

 We are getting new rabbit breeding stock this spring to add to our color and bloodlines.  This is a beautiful Mini Rex doe.  She will be a new brood doe and a great add of color.

This doe is sisters with the other.  They are bred and I'll post pics of their babies.

One whopper of an egg

 The egg on the right is an extra large White Leghorn egg.  The one on the left is a super jumbo egg that I collected yesterday.

I have a fairly big hand and this egg more than filled it.  It is as big as a goose egg.  I bet this 3 1/2 lb White Leghorn will be walking funny for a week.

No more rain, for now

It's finally drying out here in central WV.  We were getting rain every day and sometimes inches a day.  The garden turned into a weed infested swamp.  I'm going to try and salvage something and try to replant some that has a short growing season. 

The lawn is growing good; too good.  I threw an universal joint in my tractors mowing deck and that's going to let the yard get extremely high.  My whole summer has consisted of watching it rain and mowing grass.  Well we've had  5 out of 6 days dry and I'm enjoying it.  Time to get some things done.

Caught the chicken killer!

 This is the rascal that killed five of my young Rhode Island Red pullets.  He will kill no more. 

 A few pictures of our newest mini rex babies.

What I've Been Up To

I've been building my wife the master bedroom she has been wanting. She wanted a walk in closet but I got her to agree to a built-in 12 footer. That means 4 feet for me and 8 feet for her.

She wanted a lot of natural light and I got a steal on these 5x5 windows. This one is going to be at the head of our bed. With the window open at night it will almost be like sleeping outside.

These are the other two windows facing the morning sun. She wanted a bright room and she got it. These two windows are also 5x5 each. We have 3 5x5 windows in a 16x16 bedroom.

There on the right is the door to our new bedroom. We were going to use this room here for a walk-in closet but decided to make a small room and add another exit door.

This is the new window in the living room. We wanted more natural light; so when we built this on we added a 3 and a half ft by 8 and a half ft window. We love all the light that comes in now. We also have a great view of the front yard.

It takes a lot of time and money to build nowadays. I've had the time and then the money, but they've just never came together until this past year. We have paid as we went and when it's completely done we can sit down and enjoy it without the worry of paying for it.

I have realized one thing about myself in this whole process and that is I hate muddin' drywall. I don't have the patience to mud; let it dry: sand; and repeat until it's right. I wish I would have hired this one out.

My wife's hobby

It all started back in January 2011. We purchased a mini rex buck and doe. We are now the proud owners an even dozen. These are the latest additions. A beautiful mini rex doe.

Another mini rex doe.

This is one of our holland lop bucks. We currently have three.

Another picture of the first doe. I'll post more later. I really enjoy them as well.

Fall is here

We're trying to finish up too many projects this fall. We built a new addition this summer and it needs a little finishing work. The new wood shed is still a just a bunch of posts in the ground with two by six's screwed to them. The weather is cooling down and winter is just around the counter. I hope I didn't bite off more than I can chew.