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Barnyard Buddies:  My new garden fertilizers  |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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 Posted - Apr 16 2013 : 04:25:06 AM
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Aren't they cute? Just got them yesterday afternoon and already had to move them this morning. I have them in a small chicken tracter in the garden. They are 5 weeks old New Zealand White does. I have a little crate with hay in it for their night time nest box. And half the tractor is covered in heavy tarp. I still had rabbit stuff from years ago. So just had to buy these 2 bunnies and a bag of rabbit feed.
Does anyone else do this with their bunnies? I have heard rabbit manure is the best for direct fertizing on plants.
Kris
The good beekeeper is generally more or less cranky. C.P. Dadant
www.kris-outbackfarm.blogspot.com
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HodgeLodge
True Blue Farmgirl
662 Posts
Tiana
Berkeley Springs
WV
USA
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magnoliakathy
True Blue Farmgirl
453 Posts
Kathryn
Magnolia
Texas
USA
453 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2013 : 08:51:16 AM
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I have used bunny pellets fresh and composted for fertilizer, with great results. Aren't you worried they will dig out?
When you free your mind your heart can fly. Farmgirl # 714, |
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
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tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2013 : 08:53:25 AM
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be careful, they will dig out, and/or something will dig in...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2013 : 08:54:00 AM
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Such cute rabbits!!!!!
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2013 : 10:09:40 AM
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It's all fenced in the garden. They might try to dig out when they're bigger. I could put wire on the bottom, but that would defeat the purpose of having them eat the grass out there. My dogs pretty much keep anything away from this property. If by chance something does get in, it doesn't get back out.
Kris
The good beekeeper is generally more or less cranky. C.P. Dadant
www.kris-outbackfarm.blogspot.com
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2013 : 1:49:09 PM
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In the past when we had rabbits we did use the fertilizer.....but we had the bunnies in a cage up high-----maybe 3 feet off the ground with wire on the bottom and they dropped their pellets through the wire into buckets half filled with water and the poo and the water make the most marvelous 'tea' for growing huge tomatoes or anything else for that matter. We also let our bunnies roam in a fenced area so they were not caged all the time. MB
http://www.smallcityscenes.blogspot.com
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TexasJo
True Blue Farmgirl
161 Posts
Jody
Berthoud
CO
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2013 : 2:11:56 PM
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Omygosh! They are adorable!! And look at all that green grass in Georgia! I can't wait to see green grass again. Right now everything outside is WHITE. Snow White. :) Have fun with the bunnies, Kristin.
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2013 : 5:25:44 PM
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Oh my, I can't even imagine snow right now! My sister and brother are in Col. Springs. Y'all can have that snow. It is finally greeing up here. Seems like it took forever to though. I was watching it too close I think. I was finally able to put my sheep up in the front pasture, where they have been since last Thursday. And still looks pretty good.
I will be making tea with my sheep and goat manure. If I can find any rabbit manure, I'll make some from that too.
Kris
The good beekeeper is generally more or less cranky. C.P. Dadant
www.kris-outbackfarm.blogspot.com
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2899 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Apr 16 2013 : 7:25:52 PM
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Kris
My aunt has rabbits purely for their fertilzing abilities... Although I suspect thay are a spoiled bunch as well!
Looks good to me!
"We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.” – R.R. |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Apr 17 2013 : 05:27:10 AM
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They are doing such a good job! I have to move them a few times a day. But, yesterday, when I was moving them, one of the bunnies got her foot stuck under the middle wooden piece and screamed! It was awful. Poor baby. And they will also go right to the back corner when I am moving the tractor. I put them both in the crate this morning and moved it so much faster. I hate to hurt the poor things.
Last night, there were some kids here with their parents on the farm tour and Kansas took them to see the bunnies. This morning, the gate to the garden was open. I Had to get on to her about that. My dogs sleep inside at night so some of the dogs around here could go on in the garden. Don't want that to happen.
Kris
The good beekeeper is generally more or less cranky. C.P. Dadant
www.kris-outbackfarm.blogspot.com
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Apr 17 2013 : 10:29:12 PM
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Kris your bunnies are adorable! I've often thought I'd like to get some bunnies for "fertilizer" but I'm afraid DH will frown on yet more critters to make homes for! Maybe one day.
DH has been working up in North Dakota for the last year (with frequent visits home). When I get overwhelmed with the responsibilities of trying to "do it all myself" I think of you and all that you've got going on. You're my role model!
Audrey
http://prairiecairncottage.blogspot.com/
.jpg) Good boy Hobbs! I love and miss you. |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2013 : 05:27:48 AM
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Audrey, that makes me smile. Thank you. I hope you don't look too close though! I thought about this too, because I do have so much to do. But really, they pretty much take care of theirselves. I just move the tracter around for them. They are so sweet. I'm glad I got them. I see NZW rabbits all the time on CL and they are a lot higher than these were. But most of those are grown.
My husband doesn't really care what I do here, as long as he doesn't have to do too much. He does help when he's here if I can't do something by myself. What does your husband do in ND?
Kris
The good beekeeper is generally more or less cranky. C.P. Dadant
www.kris-outbackfarm.blogspot.com
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9392 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Apr 18 2013 : 05:53:21 AM
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Hi Kris,
I have heard from my brother that this is an excellent fertilizer. His daughter has a bunny so he figured he would give it a try.
I figure it since horse and cow manure are good, why not bunny!
Enjoy your day!
farm girl sister#43
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Apr 18 2013 : 2:43:23 PM
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Kris, DH is a project manager/estimator for an electrical contractor. He'supposed to work out of the Cheyenne office but all the profitable work is up in ND so that's where he's been for the last year. I think once we get a barn put up here and I have some place out of the wind to house my critters then he won't care if I get them. In the meantime I'm dreaming of some low line cows, some cheviot sheep and some bunnies. (Oh right! I'm editing my post here to include bees.) When I need inspiration I go to your blog and see your latest adventures.
Why did you only get 2 bunnies? Will that be enough to fertilize your garden? I have no idea how much poop bunnies produce.
Audrey
http://prairiecairncottage.blogspot.com/
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Edited by - acairnsmom on Apr 18 2013 2:56:46 PM |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2013 : 3:09:51 PM
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Denise, you can make manure tea with all kinds of manure too. It's really good.
Audrey, I got 2 because I only have one small tractor right now to put them in. And these are does. I was talking to someone the other day at the farm tour who has rabbits. They said about 6 months is when they shoud be bred. And that's about fall again. So then I will get a buck and breed to have more to either sell or raise for meat. I might have to go ahead and build some cages up off the ground in winter. We have some pretty wet winters here lately. So might be better to keep them up off the wet ground then.
And rabbits are like cows. They can produce a LOT of ppop in a day. Being right on the ground in the garden, the poop should be spread out and go directly into the soil as I pull them around the garden. Why not let them do the work? I also have sheep. goats and pigs that are making tons of manure too. So I never run short around here.
Kris
The good beekeeper is generally more or less cranky. C.P. Dadant
www.kris-outbackfarm.blogspot.com
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2013 : 4:27:34 PM
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Ok, here is a picture of poop. Nice, huh? But you asked. So here it is. If you can see there is quite a lot and it looks like that pretty much all over where they are. I just moved them up and I can see a lot on the trail where they've been already. So I think this will be working pretty good.
Kris
The good beekeeper is generally more or less cranky. C.P. Dadant
www.kris-outbackfarm.blogspot.com
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