I live out in sunny Pomona, California. We have about 10,000 sq feet of land, soon to have a small chicken coop and rabbit hutch built upon it, as soon as i finish drawing up the plans…which with how things go on around here..that’ll be in a couple months.

I feel like a bit of a geek going to the library to check out books about chickens and rabbits, but they have been helpful. My wife is a bit concerned that our 2 year old will be traumatized by eating a rabbit she’s just seen hopping around the yard, but I figure it’s a natural progression from when she would go out into the garden to pick and eat our tomatos, except for the whole meat and blood thing.

The tanning sounds interesting, i’d like to hear more about how that goes.

I’m planning on raising californian or new zealand rabbits, but I was intrigued by the silver fox breed you mentioned, so i may do a bit more research. the hutch will probably be single layer with a wire bottom for easy cleaning and it’ll make it easy to sweep everything into the compost bin.

As for chickens, my wife went to the zoo the other day (yes, in california we have chickens in zoos) and she said there was a breed called ‘buttercup’ that doesn’t make any noise (since we have neighbors, it might be nice to have quiet animals). I was thinking rhode island reds, maybe you could talk about how you selected the chickens you have, and if there are any ’specialty breeds’ you might recomend. I’m only planning for 6-8 birds though, as they will be mainly for the eggs.

Keep up the good work! Love the podcast, and if home prices keep going up out here on the west coast you may have a lot more new neighbors.

Erica, thanks so much for your audio comment!

Hey Jen, Woot is fun. I’m really enjoying the archos pma. It’s a fun device, I’m glad I got it for a good price.

Welcome Virtual Farmgirl! I hope you enjoy the future casts, and we look forward to your comments in the future!