CAL SATIN BABIES!!!!!!

MamaSheepdog · Jun 11, 2012

Mary Ann, if it stunk like that there are probably two problems- it is too wet, and there is too much high nitrogen material in it. The stuff that has a lot of nitrogen is your grass clippings, bunnyberries, basically anything green. The wood chips will balance that out. Dry leaves and straw will help too. Wood ashes and lime will help with the smell and also change the ph of the pile.

Mary Ann's Rabbitry · Jun 11, 2012

yes,it was really wet. we had allot of rain at that time. Thanks for the advice.

Devon's Mom Lauren · Jun 13, 2012

Lack of oxygen will do that too... I just had to stir mine up because of a lot of rain.. wheeeewww!

toastedoat37 · Jun 14, 2012

If you have all your lawn clippings dumped there,the smell was probably where you broke into that lawn clippings dont compost well by themselves ,they sour and rot,terrible odor inside of it, they compost when mixed with brown,,

mix the wood chips with the grass as you cut it and you will make wonderul compost. then the more often you turn a pile, the faster you make compost

SatinsRule · Jun 18, 2012

Okay, enough of the talk about turds, shavings, grass clippings, and how they rot in harmony and concert with one another. :lol:

Week 3, they're eating solid feed now. A couple of them have taken to ruling the world from the Fine-X Feeder:

On a sad note, one of the white babies died this afternoon. I found him dead in the cage this evening. Not sure what happened, but as you folks can imagine, my "concern meter" is coming back to life.