I mowed around the pond this afternoon as Vicki was making dinner, so both sides of the pond are done and I started around the barn and into the side yard toward the chicken house. Thank God there was a bunch of 2’ x 4’ pieces of plywood overhanging, because I have to make rabbit hutches next week and two large rabbit pens. The bunnies are getting old enough that there will be baby bunnies one of these days and we have to be ready. Once a doe catches, she will start to pull hair to insulate a nest which she will want the buck to stay away from, so we need to have the hutches done so she can build a nest in the box end, which she will make nice and cozy, then she will pull hair to line the nest and get ready to deliver her litter. She will then stay with the little ones and nurse in the box and come out in the run section to eat, drink and do her business, before returning to the nest again. We’ll make the hutches out of wood and wire. We have the rings, wire and ring tool, so we can build hutches pretty quick. Keep watching next week. When done, we will get the bunnies out of the brooding house where it will be much easier to take good care of them all.
Vicki and Rooster Cogburn both improve daily. They root for each other everytime Vicki passes him in the course of the day. She talks to him and he talks to her. It is quite touching to watch them. He really interacts with her and waits for her to take him in every night.
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