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Photos of the Canada Tar Sands Suggest a Failed Economic Model

At Jackrabbit Ranch, we feel strongly about operating a sustainable company.  We pre-heat our water with solar, heat it to temperature with wood, and compost our manure for use in the garden.  This is just common sense to us: in the conservative place where I grew up, “waste not, want not” was a way of [...]

Cats

Our three young cats lounge on the kitchen chair.  They are (front to back) Max, Sid, and our newest, Isabella Cupcake.  max, who fit easily in the palm of my hand when we got him at two weeks old, is still the youngest but has now become the largest!  All of them are sweet and [...]

Kids in the Tub

Kids & Kids

Our production manager’s son, Ethan, plays on the teeter totter with one of the new babies.  Kids love kids!

Feeding Time

Baby Pics

Today’s Births: The Fab Four

Minnie gave us three boys this morning.  We named them Paul, George, Ringo.   This afternoon, her daughter Nisha gave us a boy also.  Of course we named him John!

Dawn’s Kids – 24 Hours Old

They are now named Dusty (front) and Toad.

This Years First Kids

We’ve been waiting for Fern and Brisa to give birth. Both were due March 2, and neither has yet delivered. Much to our surprise, Dawn (due March 7) gave us two babies this morning! They are beautiful and healthy, a boy (left) and a girl. Because we hadn’t expected Dawn to deliver yet, she was [...]

Rooster Rides… And a Goodbye

Silkie was one of our first batch of chicks.  He’s now a six-year-old rooster, and the last survivor.  The last of his hens died last winter. His only friends now are dogs and goats – and he seems to think he is a dog!  He comes running whenever we step outside, and greets Suellen’s car [...]