Weasels

It appears that we have a weasel problem. Over the span of a week, we’ve lost 6 of our hens. It started with our oldest girl, Big Brown, then moved onto the two sexlinks, then 4 ISA Browns, one of which I had to dispatch because she’d been eviscerated, but left mostly alive. Truth be told, dispatching her was…

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Humane and Ethical Fiber Harvesting

Good morning fiber lovers!  While we’re sitting on some news (which we will share with you next week), we wanted to take a moment to talk about harvesting fiber from our rabbits. PETA posted a “call to action” on their website in 2013 to boycott products made with angora wool, and for good reason.  Commercial producers overseas view their…

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