The bunnies hopped into town

So last night we went and picked up two adorable bunnies that needed a home.  These wonderful cuddle bugs were just what the boys had been looking for.  When we moved into the "new" house, my oldest son Casey asked if he could have a bunny.  I thought to myself, oh another pet that I will have to take care.  So for the past three months I had been monitoring Caseys duties of taking care of our dog Nemo.  Casey gets up every morning 15 minutes before the other kids and takes Nemo out either for his walk or puts him on his 100ft run line...depending on the weather.  If its raining, snowing or any other yucky stuff Casey walks him.  He then feeds and waters him.  Then does the same thing when he gets home at 4pm.  So needless to say he has been taking good care of the dog, so he got a bunny.  But that bunny had a friend so his little brother got one too.
My dear husband built the bunny condo last night cause the enclosure we had originally would be fine for one bunny but not two.  When my younger son gets older and more reliable we will build him one too.  But these two are bonded bunnies and we really can't split them up.  Good thing the boys play together all they time anyway.  Also there is a big enough age gap between the boys that I will not be left "holding the bunnies" when they graduate high school.

Morning on the farm

This morning the chores started around 7am.  The first thing was feeding Gyro (the buckling), yes that is his name.  He is still taking 20 oz of milk each morning.  Afterward, Cheyanne and I had a little bit of time to hang out and I put some new bedding down in her stall.  Thinking she is going to want to run in th epasture today.  Someone left the chicken coop open last night so something got one of the chickens. I will make sure it gets closed tonight.  Finally the goats got their warm water in their trough, yep the girls are spoiled. Then I went back and took Cheyanne her two buckets of warm water. 

After the farm chores, I came back in the house changed and then did some work around the house.  I put two new shelves in the kitchen.  Moved the dining room table. Swept up the living room and dining room.  Then put a roast on for dinner.  Now kicking back and relaxing til evening chores.

But before evening chores the boys are getting suprised with bunnies.  I found them from a friend for free.  She is giving us all the stuff needed for them, I just have to pick up feed on my way home.  Hopefully they like them.  Casey has begged for one since July.

Cheyanne the loan horse on the farm.  Staying out of the snow.

Maddy the livestock guardian and goats.  Cherry is the little goat up front.  She is an Alpine/Nigerian doe (meat/milk goat).  Her momma is eating in the back, Becca.  She is a Nigerian doe, who is a meat goat.

Chickens checking out the snow.  Only a few were venturing out this morning.  We had a total of 27 chickens, now we are down to 22.  Something got into the coop last night and got another one.  This is what happens when someone forgets to shut that little door.

Milk from our milk goat Jar Jar.

Gyro our only buckling

Hanging out in her little goat house.  There are three of these but they prefer to sleep two a piece. Moms and daughters. 

Pictures added

UPDATE

So I went to city council meeting about the goats. They have said we can keep 3 goats and the horse, plus they didn't say anything about the chickens. I sold two goats last week, we still have two that are meat goats and will go to the butcher. That will leave us with what we are allowed. We are also required to fence in two complete acres for all the animals, regardless of what the required acreage per goat is usually. So we will go ahead and get that done, by mid April. The other thing is they will be watching us, I am sure.

Other than that, everything is back to a bit of normalcy.

A sense of peace

So this morning I woke up, as I usually do once the kids start bustling around for school and the dog starts pacing by my door doing the pee pee dance. My oldest, took the dog out cause he is the fastest to get ready in the morning, which includes him putting contacts in. Then my lovely daughter scurries in asking for the flat iron, to do her hair. She then proceeded to pull her hair into a pony tail, so not exactlly sure why she flat ironed it but none-the-less she did brush her hair. Finally the youngest wakes up and shuffles out, complaining that he is still tired. I responded that maybe he should go to bed at 7pm tonight instead of his usual 8pm, that perked him right up.

All in all the morning started off wonderfully. After the kids left, I began to write my presentation for the city council. Although I have not recieved anything official from them, I plan to be at the meeting tonight to discuss the issue of my goats. All in all, I only know by word of mouth that the goats are an issue. Therefore, after reading the city ordinance and doing some extensive research I am prepared to conteract their questions. So far I have a 3 page presentation with 8 photos of the shelter, food supply and water that my goats recieve. I also took the liberty of taking pictures of the chickens and the horse stall, just in case that comes into play also.

After typing that up, it was 7am and time for chores. I fed the goats a serving of fresh hay and grain, took out 10 gallons of warm water, and fed the billy kid his bottle. I also let him go out into the pasture for his hour of excercise. I don't want him to get too spoiled hanging out in that warm chicken coop all day and all night. Plus the hour gives the chickens time to eat because even if the kid has eaten he has a liking of the chicken feed for some reason.

Then I spent some quality time with Cheyanne, our horse. She got her fresh water, sweet feed and fresh hay. She also got brushed a bit and I plan on taking her out for excercise around lunch time when Ryan can help out. The door is a bit tricking to open. I will also clean out her stall at that time.

In between all that the chickens were also fed and their coop opened for the day so they can go bug hunting. :D

Today is a bit overcast but its 40 degrees outside which is nice considering the freezing weather we had been having.

So wish me luck for this evenings meeting, I have a sense of peace over the situation and know that with God all things are possible.