Checked in on the little bunnies today to find that one had died since yesterday. I am not surprised, it just was not thriving. It wasn't the runt, I am not sure why it didn't make it but I think all the rest will be ok. There are two great big kits and three various sized smaller ones. I will try to take a picture tomorrow - their eyes should be opening soon!

And yes indeed it snowed for the first time today! I think we are fairly prepared for winter now. Just have to remember how to drive in the snow and how to dress warm.

I spent a day last week turning my horse trailer into a rabbit barn / chicken coop. Here is a photo from the back door. It is usually closed and we use the escape door as the main entrance. The rabbits are out of the wind and snow, and I have a light inside so I can see during night feeding. Everybody seems rather cozy!

 
 

Well we finally did it... the new sheep pen near the house is complete, along with a fancy two room sheep condo! I've gotta send out much love and a huge hug to Neil for all of his help - as he said today "I didn't sign up for this!!" However we succeeded and can have a few days of rest (well from fencing).

The funnest part of it all was moving in - the sheep had a bit of a treck from the barn to the new pen, but I don't think they even realised they were going somewhere! Neil had the famous yellow bucket of grain and I followed behind. Boy I wish I had a camera, Neil had to run as the ewes were nearly tackeling him for the grain! All I had to do was run to catch up.

The pen and shelter are a recycling project - the only things we bought were the gate hinges and the fencing staples, and a few used metal T-Posts. The wire, wood posts, most of the T-Posts, gates, roofing tin, cool grain trough, and wood for the shelter were all scrounged from my landlord's farm. The wood pallets are from the hardware store in town, where they offer them for free. All of the gates are made from pallets, and the shelter walls are made from pallets. I also made the sheep and the horses wonderful feeders using the wonderously versatile slatted wood pallets! I love pallets.... :)