Suffering From Winter Blues

​Every year around the same time, this time, late January, I start suffering from the Winter Blues. I sit here eagerly awaiting the nice warm temperatures of Spring and Summer and most importantly, awaiting the Montana Show Season to start! Due to severe road conditions in the winter time, Montana goes dormant between Fall and Spring as far as shows go.


So to get me through these past few months of no shows, no babies, a rabbit dormancy if you will, I spend my time going over my hopefuls that I have kept, making sure they still meet my standards to stay. I carefully plan out each and every litter, and figure out who is going to be in my Spring Show string.


Shortly after Christmas I begin working on my chore list of what needs to be addressed for the bi-annual barn cleaning (a super deep clean done in spring and fall). I also start compiling a list of supplies I need, such as new trays, feeders, etc.


Right about now, the end of January, our weather bounces back and forth from warm in the mid 40s to freezing, below zero. This drives me insane! Not only does this throw me off schedule for cleaning and other barn chores, it seriously effects the molting schedules! Of course on the days where I have the extra spare time to go outside and groom, trim nails and what not, it decides its going to freeze.


Pretty soon our snow season will turn into the mud and flood season.


Hopeing that this year is the year that I can get the new barn put up at the higher part of the property so we dont get all the run off from the mountain in the barn again.


Well here is to hoping for spring to come soon!


May your molts be quick and your nestboxes full!!!