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A happier day today

We have had the arrival of 7 new baby rabbits to a Californian mum. She made them a nice nest of hay but didnt figure out the pulling fur thing till afterwards. I topped up their wool from the angora clippings and took Alfie out of the house so she could raise her babies in peace. Alfie is looking too skinny so he is going out in the big run with loads of hay and freah food all to himself to plump him up.
Hazel has her own cage now and the other Californian has moved in with Archie.
Hugh has stopped harrasing the bigger babies now and the whole community feels a little more relaxed.
A new baby chick was born in the incubator and named Chu chu by Noah. We hope it is a she and she can one day cluck around our farmyard too.

Sad day in the farmyard

Today I had to bury 5 little baby rabbits, still skinless and blind, but with big round tummies. I put them in the plot with the sunflowers, it seemed like a nice place for them. I said a little goodbye and contemplated life a bit. Then came a few little tears for those wee babies, who lived for only a moment.

It is rainy,too much rain to go picking weeds today. Lucky that Nana is fussy about the freshness of her food and donates a large bag of greens. Everyone is out of water and a roof needs to be fixed (again) which I will have to do in the rain. 

I am trying Hugh with being in charge of the little ones, and he is not doing as good of a job as the Whites did, chasing them around alot. 

There is alot of thumping from Archie's house, where he is meeting Hazel for the first time. 

There is new cheeping in the kitchen of three black and white chicks, just fluffed up.

Rainy day preparation

Californians