Eclipse's Litter

Eclipse had 5 kits last night! I'm really puzzled on what colors they are though. At first I thought there were 4 torts and 1 black.... but now I'm not so sure. It's possible that there may be a blue in there but I doubt it. I'll keep checking their colors throughout this week though.

Went to a friend's house this afternoon and picked up a little broken chinchilla buck! He's mine for a whole month! I have to drop him back off to his owner at the Triple Crown next month. I'm just borrowing him for now. I'm going to breed him to Ebony and possibly Quinoa. Both does carry chinchilla so I might get some solid chins.

Obese's Litter

Again..... I keep forgetting to blog about babies.

Good news! Obese had her first litter on Friday! She had 4 kits!! Not only this was her first litter but this was my first litter of Hotots, too. :) There may be some bad news to this story though.... I'm not sure Obese is feeding her kits. They feel warm and wiggle somewhat but they seem smaller than normal 2 day old kits. I hope I'm dreaming though because I don't want to lose all 4 kits. Plus, I don't have another doe to foster them to. :o Chocolate Chip was bred to Cobalt on the same day as Obese was bred to VJ, but I think she might have a few problems getting the kits out. :( She was having contractions last night and she was pulling out some fur as well. I went back out this morning and checked on her and the nest was empty. She has me completely puzzled..... ??

The other kits are doing great! I'm still unsure about varieties though.

If the rain clears up this afternoon, I might try to take some pics. I need a pic of the little sable point buck, Voyager. I just put him up for sale this week but he won't be ready until Easter time. He's looking good so far!

Saying Goodbye

It's always hard to say goodbye to such a sweet little bunny. Sadly, Cobalt was picked up this afternoon. I hated to see him leave but I know he will go to a good home. Thanks, Ashley! Hope you love him as much as we did! ;)

All the babies are doing great. After the Fox looks like a chicken though! Poor thing, she loves her kits to death and is always trying to keep them warm and cozy. She pulled out SO much fur that her skin looks raw now... :( Blue Moon and Comet's kits are doing wonderful, too! Blue Moon's babies are all very healthy. She must have a lot of milk to feed 5 kits. I was surprised because normally there are runts in most litters but Blue Moon doesn't have one. :) As for Comet, she doesn't have a runt either! Comet is really protective of her babies; she doesn't want me near them. I guess that's a good thing though. :)

Chocolate Chip and Obese are due tonight or tomorrow! Yay! I'll update the website if anything happens between the two does. :)

Blue Moon's Litter

Oops....sorry. I forgot to blog about the babies that we had yesterday. :) Anyways, Blue Moon had 5 kits yesterday morning!! She made a nice nest and pulled out fur but she had her babies at the front of the box. So they were cold when I went to check on them. I put them in the back of the box where all the fur was. I'm sure they will stay warm now. :)

All the does seem to doing good though. Comet truly does have a peanut. [sigh]. At least I got 3 good oranges out of her. I can tell that they are starting to get a little bit of orange "peach fuzz" on their backs. :) She appears to be taking excellent care of her kits, too.

My next litters are due this Friday. I'll probably be updating the website later on this week once I confirm varieties of all 10 kits that were just born. I will also update the site when the other does have kits.

Wish the nice sunny days would last longer but we're supposed to get rain this afternoon. [sigh] [again]. More later!

Comet's Litter

I can already tell that this is going to be a wonderful weekend. I have tons of kits! Comet had her litter earlier this morning around 10:00 AM. She had 4 babies!!! Yessss! :) The worst part is that one of her babies is noticeably smaller than the others and looks to be a peanut. :(

I was thinking about fostering out a couple of Comet's kits to After the Fox because I don't trust first time moms very well. I surely do not want to take a chance of Comet not feeding her babies and end up loosing all 4! But so far everything seems to be going smoothly. Comet made a beautiful nest and pulled out lots of fur.

Hope everything will continue to run smoothly. Blue Moon is due tomorrow. Hope for the best out of her, too! :)

After the Fox's Litter

After the Fox had 2 kits early this morning! Yay! I went outside at 7:00 this morning and she was in the middle of giving birth, so I came back later to check on her and there were two healthy kits in the nestbox. I'm really excited to see what varieties the kits turn out to be. After all, this is the first litter that I've gotten from Zip so far. If both of her kits are does, then I will probably end up keeping the whole litter! But, I seriously doubt they will be does. Watch me get 2 bucks instead! Oh boy, I hope I didn't jinx that! LOL.

I have Comet and Blue Moon due next. Comet is due tomorrow and Blue Moon is due on Saturday. Hopefully, Comet will have her kits over night when it's cooler for her. Poor thing, she seems to think it's 100 degrees outside (because she's from NY) when it's really only 62 degrees here. Ha ha! Beautiful weather for us though! ;)

I think I have Peanut Butter due also. I forgot about her because I didn't write it down.... I remember breeding her though and she feels pregnant. Apparently, she knows she's bred! Look at the cute pics I took on March 14th's blog.

Have a great weekend since I probably won't blog again until next week unless someone has kits.

Funny Bunnies

Peanut Butter and After the Fox are nesting! Yay! Hopefully we'll have some kits soon! :) While I was feeding the buns this afternoon, I saw these two "funny bunnies" nesting and I ran to go get the camera. I got a nice pic of Peanut Butter while she was posing. :) After the Fox was just taking a break on her nestbox when I took the pic. I don't expect kits out of Peanut Butter because she's so small, but I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that she'll surprise me. On the other hand, After the Fox is proven although she has only had one litter. She had 3 kits but only one lived. Great mother though! :)

Rabbits For Sale

I have come to a conclusion and have decided that I'm going to sell my broken black doe, Poleywog's Sprinkles. I really, really hate to but I think it's time to move her on.... She is proven and is a wonderful mother! In her first litter, she had 3 precious, healthy kits. Sprinkles has only had one litter, so far, because I simply don't have anything to breed her to. I could have bred her to Cobalt, but Sprinkles doesn't carry the non-extension gene and I didn't want to mix her with it. She carries self and has a few martens in her pedigree that go farther back.

If there are any pet buyers reading this, now is the time to contact me for Easter. I will not have any Easter kits available. At most, one will be for sale, but I was thinking about keeping it if he/she turns out to be a doe. Other than that .... that's all. As of right now, I only have Cobalt and Sprinkles available. So, if you are looking for an Easter bunny, I suggest you contact me now about Cobalt or Sprinkles because I won't have any babies for sale.

Feeling like Spring

It is finally starting to feel like spring. Ahh.... the beautiful warm sunny days, the birds are always chirping, and the sweet smelling flowers starting to bloom; I just love spring. It is defiantly one of my favorite seasons. Not too hot, not too cold.

This warm sun has gotten me in a good mood, so I have been cleaning in the barn most of the afternoon. I grabbed a shovel and began to dig some dirt for the bunnies. The dirt is cool and moist so I just gave about a hand full to each of the buns and they go absolutely CRAZY! The bucks especially; they were spraying everywhere! It makes the buns feel like they're outside in a natural environment. VJ and Tempest had a blast! They are white, so you could really see how filthy they got. :) Anyways, I usually give the buns dirt as a special treat in the spring/summer months. They love it.

Have a great weekend!

Snow in March

This is really crazy. It has been snowing almost all day, but it's a wet snow. Barely any is sticking to the ground because it's about 35 or 36 degrees outside and the ground is warm. It is supposed to be around 30 degrees tonight and we're getting more snow, so we might have some on the ground by morning. It just doesn't make any sense when it's March already and we're getting snow in South Carolina. South Carolina. Can you believe it? I sure can't.

Again -- nothing has been happening in the bunny barn lately. I have a few bucks getting aggressive as the mature and it's pretty funny. :) They are spraying everywhere! Our broken black doe, Sprinkles is beside Ajax. Boy, he's a mess! He is 4 months old, so I guess he's really starting to have an interest in the does around him. It seems like every morning when I go to feed the buns, Sprinkles has urine on her water bottle. It's obviously from Ajax. :)

Dalisha and After the Fox are due on St. Patrick's Day (March 17th), but that's still awhile from now.

More info later.