More like January, but still hard to take. Baby rabbits were born this morning to a new mom. But she has them all covered up against the cold, so we haven’t been able to count them yet. When rabbits give birth, they pull their own fur out from under their chin to make the nest.
The other livestock are fine. We finished putting up the meat birds last week – 33 out of the original 53! quite a heavy loss. We heard of another fast growing meat bird this week – White Heritage…supposedly ready in 6-7 weeks. The picture looks amazingly like our Cornish Cross. Have to investigate further, since there is supposed to be less loss than with Cornish.
We woke at around 2:00 to a weather alert for tornadoes in our area of Citrus County. The storm was raging outside, worse than either of the hurricanes we have had this season. The electricity went out and as the band of storms moved off, we went back to sleep in total blackness. We take for granted the familiar little spots of light from clock faces, water-in-the-door dispenser, and various night lights around…when they aren’t there. The storm finally moved on with apparently no tornadoes in the immediate vicinity. The daylight will tell…
Low last night was 32!! We covered the tomatoes and spinach. The spinach did okay, but the tomatoes that weren’t covered fared better than the protected ones. Highs got up to 80 today and now we’re back in a heat wave. So…yes it got COLD, but nevermind…just a tease.
