I bought an Ashford traditional wheel because I got a really good deal on craigslist. It's pretty easy to figure out how to use it, it treadles smoothly, and it seems pretty well made. Now I need to learn how to draft fiber properly (and quickly!)...
I am 99.9% sure she was never near any of the bucks. I doubt my husband would bother my bunnies at all, let alone lie about putting any of them together. I do have nest boxes ready, though.
She seems to be over it already. She ate most of the hay she had piled up. Weird.
I went in this morning to feed my rabbits, and there is one of my does with a huge haystache and some fur plucked out running back and forth in her cage like she's looking for a place to nest. The thing is-- she hasn't been bred. She hasn't even been near one of the bucks, and the cages are a...
I have a black buck and a chocolate doe French Angora who both just molted and their new fur is coming in with tons of white strands mixed in on their bodies but none on their faces. I never noticed any of the white hairs before they molted. They are siblings so it could be genetic. They are out...
How about spreading around some diatomaceous earth? It gets into bugs joints and cuts them apart. I used it before when my dog had fleas and it killed them very quickly.
I buy BOSS at Family Farm & Home for $17.99 per 40# bag. It's usually about double that price anywhere else around here, but I haven't noticed any difference in quality.