Breeding Bunnies

Today, with the help of a few siblings, I had 7 more females bred today.  And while this all occurred, my siblings also took lots of pictures and a few video clips for me. 

 

The first pair to breed was MJ (the single maned Lion head male) and Buttons (a Satin/Giant Flemish female).  The two were very good with each other and I believe they'll have cute babies :)

 

The second pair was Oreo (Satin male) and Arrow (A mixed breed who's the daughter of Button's and Dustin).   I love how they're both spotted.  I'm curious to see if they will have any babies with black, brown and white all on one.

 

Then I put Dustin (a Rex/New Zealand/Californian male) with Pocahontas (who was Angel and Rhett's daughter, a mixed breed).  They're both lighter in their coloring.  I'm sure their litter will be very cute!

 

Then here's a shot with Chuck...who's tongue is out :)

 

I put GG (a single maned Lion Head female ) in with Phantom (a double maned Lion Head).  They could have a variety of both double and single manes, but I'm hoping there will be more double, since they both carry the dominant mane gene :)

 

And another tongue shot! This was Dustin, though :) 

 

Then I put Pumpkin (A Giant Flemish/Satin/Giant Chinchilla female) in with Rhett (who is a Giant Flemish male).  They've been bred together before and had beautiful, healthy litters! :)

 

We didn't open any cages to take pictures because we didn't want to disturb the bunnies and their 'process'.  Consequently, there are lots of wires that got in the way. 

 

MJ, grooming Button's head as she laid inside the hutch :)

 

Chuck (who's Oreo and Pumpkin's son) bred with Malaguena (who's Angel and Rhett's daughter).  Since she's all black, and he's such a beautiful shade, I'm hoping to get a nice mixing of colors.  We'll see what happens with that :) 

 

And then here's LE.  She was bred 3 weeks ago and is due next week.  I put some more hay in her area and she started working on a little nest.

 

We did get some video of the rabbits actually mating, however I'm not going to put that up in this post.  Perhaps another one soon. 

 

Oh, and I don't think we got any pictures of it, only videos, but Achilles and Cottontail were bred together as well.  Achilles is Peanuts' and MJ's son, while Cottontail is LE and Oreo's daughter. 

 

So anyway, this new batch are due to deliver the first week in May :)  And the first batch are all due the week after Easter!!! (So in other words...this coming week!!!! :))  I love baby bunnies and am excited about this!  I'll be sure and let you all know with LOTS of pictures when the babies are born :)