Carraghs Gem

Tried the commercial stuff.. it's nothing like the real deal.. just like real mead vs the shop bought mead it's nothing alike.. If I'm gonna buy it I'm getting it from my local middleman who has got to be 90yrs old at this point

I leave a buck in with the does for spring/summer and they get autumn and winter off.. one buck is in with the chickens and the other is in a xxxl dog crate

It's a pretty simple setup.. they get unlimited hay, commercial rabbit pellets and I throw a bit of forage in daily.. they have old dog beds and other stuff to nest underneath and straw bedding. 2 bucks that i alternate and 5 does. I'm adding a outdoor area in the near future and that will be electric poultry netting for days I'm home.. you have to be careful about weaning enteritis as too much fresh grass can kill rabbit kits if they haven't been slowly introduced to it first There is risks with hay and straw that it may introduce myxy or rvhd but I've been lucky so far

I haven't even looked at inputs vs outputs tbvh but I should start tracking them.. I have been experimenting with a breeding experiment for colour for a while and it didn't yield the result I aimed for but it did give me some unusual colours.. lilac for instance and I have only just got the size back to something decent after 4 generations

So much quicker.. and just as much meat.. plus a skin for tanning

I have them colony style but inside a stone building with straw to build nests in.. it takes me 5mins a day to feed and water them, I am a fan of low maintenance setups

It's so nice and sweet.. it's hard to describe it to anyone who hasn't tried it. There's a good market as pets for the greys and blacks but nobody wants the red eyed whites

I know a lad who's hugely into the ring forts but I know very little about them. Saw queen medb's tomb recently as well

Went to the Museum of country life recently.. brilliant place... could have spent all day there.. bunratty castle is brilliant too.. might have taken a few too many pics of oil lamps and antiques though

Can anyone recommend a place to buy leather and tools.. and any youtube channels or websites or even books that do a idiots guide for leatherworking I want to make belts, pouches, a custom toolbelt and dog collars mainly but don't know where to start

As much as I love dutch shepherd's they ain't for most folks.. I got a bull mastiff x rottweiler pup Last year and she looks and sounds the part.. she's a good deterrent and a exceptional family dog.. pretty laid back.. high prey drive so have to watch her around other animals but that's her only real issue... had a group of men land on my doorstep uninvited and she put on a good show..

Found out recently why my great grandparents moved to England.. they left ireland during the famine.. and now their great great granddaughter was born in ireland and is learning the history.. we will be going to the famine museum soon

Some days my kid is fine with it, other days she suddenly gets attached to a rabbit.. I solved it by getting her a guinea pig and she's realised the guinea pig is a much nicer animal and she has lost interest in the rabbits.. she loves the meat though Also if you breed nzw they all look the same so kids can't tell if it's snowy, snowball, snow plough, snow white etc etc that is in the pot

Muscovy ducks and flemish x nzw are my main livestock now.. with a few hens for eggs (breeding rumpless araucana with goldtops to produce green egg laying broodies)

not a current pic but I do stagecrew work part time on a seasonal basis.. there's always something different and I enjoy it. The pay can be brilliant or awful and the work is backbreaking but fun