Babies in the Nestbox

I updated the website again today and added the 2 Smoke Pearl does. I am probably going to breed Dancer instead of Vixen because I want to keep Vixen in good show condition for the next show. Not sure which show I'll be going to next though.... I was thinking the Taylorsville show next month in May but nothing is definite.

I bred MB's Sunkist to Zip today. Poor thing, she was mad at me the rest of the day!

We sexed Quinoa's kits today, also. We're pretty sure that she has 3 bucks and a doe. :( I was hoping for more does than bucks but that's okay.

It looks like Obese has 3 does (yay!) and a buck but we're not sure yet.

Eclipse has 4 does and one buck (I think and I hope). :) One blue Himi buck, one blue Himi doe, one blue tort doe, (YEAH!!), one sable point doe, (YEAH!!!), and one black doe. Not real sure about the black though. It might be a buck but I hope not.

Triple Crown

We had a blast at the Triple Crown in Spartanburg today! We won a leg for BOV with our Smoke Pearl senior doe that we just bought. Yay! She had one mismatched toenail but you could barely tell. In show B, she was DQ'd because of it but in show A, she won a leg. What a day!

The other doe we purchased was a Smoke Pearl Marten. Both does are sisters and just turned seniors. However, the Marten is a BUD. Once they are all settled in, we plan to breed them to Ajax. It might take me about another week to finally take pics again. :)

Also, we bred Fiesta to Zip this afternoon.

Entire website updated

I updated the ENTIRE website today. New pictures and a new Nestbox page. Whew! Glad it's over though because that little voice in my head reminded me to take pics everyday. :)

I have to make this blog short because I still have a lot to do before the show tomorrow.

Dalisha had 2 stillborn kits so I gave her one of Aquene's babies. If I'm not mistaking, I gave her a tort. ??

I plan to rebreed Fiesta since she wasn't pregnant and maybe a few other first time moms.

More later after the show tomorrow.

More babies :)

WOW, I feel SO lucky right now. Aquene had 3 kits yesterday morning!! It was defiantly a shocker to me because I didn't expect any alive from her. So far so good, it doesn't look like she has any peanuts in there. :) Which is another shocker for me because I was told that her dam produced peanuts.

Anyway, Dalisha should have her babies tonight (if she's pregnant). As for Fiesta, she was due today and no sign of kits yet. Hopefully she'll have them tonight.

I'm working on the Nestbox page as hard as possible. I have several kits that are ready for a deposit, but who wants to put down a deposit if you can't see a pic of what you're getting? I'm trying to work on it every spare minute I have. :)

Nestbox page

Well, I'm already bored with my Nestbox page, so I want to do something a little different. You'd think it be easy just to start typing, but I want it to look good and original. Not sure what I could do though. ?? I've been trying to look at other websites just to get an idea. So, maybe I'll have something by tonight. Well, tonight is my goal before Monday starts again. :(

The only good part about the new week starting is that I have some does due! :)

Also, I've been noticing the time on the blog and it's not right. At all. I defiantly wasn't up at 5:00 this morning to write this blog. The time is about 3 hours off of what it says. It's really 8:04 AM right now.

Sorry for the delay

I feel awful about never updating the blog. I used to update it about 3-5 times per week and now it's gotten so bad that it's usually only once a week. I will try to get into a habit. :)

The buns are doing absolutely wonderful! I'm so proud of how my juniors are looking so far! Well, Blue Moon's babies won't be perfect, of course, because she's a tort and she was bred to an orange. Oh well. I plan to breed her to Ajax next time. I really want some more blue torts because I'll be able to show them soon. :) Anyway, even though Blue Moon's kits won't be showable, I'm defiantly looking forward to showing Comet's babies and maybe After the Fox's. One of the does out of Comet has noticeably longer ears. I'm probably going to keep her as a brood doe because she will most likely end up looking somewhat like Comet. :) Comet is an excellent producer and I'm sure her babies will be, too. :)

I am expecting 3 litters next week. Yay! Not that I need anymore kits right now, but it's always good to keep a steady "flow". :)

Juniors

I updated the website and posted the juniors on the Juniors page. I finally decided on some good names! LOL! I will take some pictures soon but not right away. Sorry. I don't like to take pics when they're too young because they don't pose and they grow so quickly. I would have to take pics everyday if I took pictures when the kits were 2 or 3 weeks old!

Anyway, Minute Maid is already spoken for if I decide to sell him. I was thinking about keeping the rest. I know that I want to keep all of Comet's kits but that may be too many out of the same litter. So, I'm just going to wait to see how each of them matures. Comet's whole litter is looking good so far and so is After the Fox's! It's going to be a tough decision .....

Orange Crazen wasn't pregnant, so I rebred her to Fanta today. I hope to have some nicely colored oranges with type just like Crazen. :)

Hope you had a good weekend.

Happy Easter

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Easter! It was a such a beautiful weekend here! Wish it wasn't over.... On the bright side, summer is right around the corner. :)

It's starting to get warm in the barn in the afternoons. That means the babies don't like to stay in their nestboxes for long! All the orange/fawn litters (After the Fox, Comet, and Blue Moon's kits) are all hopping in and out of their boxes. I love watching the juniors at this age.... they are incredibly energetic and playful. In a few more weeks, we'll be able to sex them. That's when I'll decide which bunnies will stay and which ones will go. Of course they can't leave until they're 8 weeks old, so I have plenty of time to decide. However, I will start taking deposits for the bunnies that I will defiantly be selling (most likely all the bucks).

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!