Lots of Stuff

Yesterday it was extremely hot outside.  And today, with humidity, it felt like it was past 100 degrees! And well...rabbits do NOT do well in that type of environment.  So I ran an extension cord back to my rabbitry and hooked up three fans.

Two are osculating fans that my grandparents are letting me borrow. 

Then the third is a big, yellow, house fan we had in our garage.  Not only that, but all day love I've been misting the rabbits with cool water. 

And with this heat, I had to make a few adjustments to my one hutch holding my three females Ruby, LE, and Dotty who are all due this Friday. 

First, I opened the side door and duct taped a screen in it's place. 

Then I propped the roof up with an old hoe and put to screens on the top to let all that heat out.

And just really quick...a friend came over yesterday and put in a third divider into that hutch, so now it can house 4 mothers instead of just 3! :)

But back to the screens - they're really nice, because I put nails in so that they wouldn't slid off the front or off the sides, but I can push them back and do anything I need to with the bunnies.

Here's LE...she's huge...

...and Ruby who's also massive...

...and Dotty :)

And as you can see, I took out their water bowls and hung up water bottles to give them more space inside their areas. 

Then yesterday, after wanting to go for a few weeks...my mom and I went to the livestock auction! We took Kris, Kringle, MJ, Bubbles, all but 3 of the dwarfs, and 1 of the younger Lion Head males who was white with a grey nose.

Because of this, I was able to move Achilles over with the other bunnies and now they're all back in a circle again, making it MUCH easier to feed and water everyone! :)

Here are the 3 dwarf males.  I kept them because someone wanted to pick from them, but I haven't heard back from them, so I guess I just take these 3 to the auction this coming Tuesday along with our 7 roosters. 

They are cute though :)

Now here's the reason the one young male Lion Head had to go to auction...

He attacked and ripped up this poor guys right eye! I'm currently putting diluted honey on it, but it just looks so bad. 

Then this Friday, my remaining 2 Lion Heads (one white and one black)...

...are almost definitely getting sold! :) 

They're all just hanging out :)

Now, here's the true reason behind the fans and misting...

...3 of my little Lop babies died yesterday.  I went out to feed them (early in the morning, I must add!) there were 3 laying on their side.  They must have JUST died.  And the only possible explanation for it was the horrible heat.  So today, I've done everything humanly possible (including feeding them ice cubes!) to keep them cool. 

We even froze water in glass containers for the rabbits to lay against.  You can kind of see one which Luna has her hind quarters laying on.  It's just been insanely hot today.  And it's supposed to be like this, this entire week coming!

On a much happier note, you can see all the babies are doing well!

These are Calypso's.  They're just so beautiful with their coloring! :)

...this one is so darling :)

Calypso got upset that I was taking pictures though...

I think it was the flash on the camera that she really hated. 

But her babies are just so cute :)

Then here's Harley's crew! Two of Calypso's have somehow gotten themselves into Harley's area and Harley's just excepted them as her own.  So now Calypso has 7 and Harley has 9 :)

They all have really beautiful coloring :)

:)

Then here are Kayla's!

The one who's back is facing the wall appears to have a tanish/brown spot on it's back. 

Then this one looks like it will have dark fur around it's eyes :)

Harley came in to check out the camera :)

Then I'm still trying to find good names for the females I'm raising up.

I didn't open the cages to take pictures of them because I thought they were so cute the way they were sitting and I knew opening the cage would disturb them :)

Oh, and here's Tasha. It's hard to see, but she's resting her hind quarters against a jar with ice in it.  I'll have to make more of those tomorrow as they really seem to enjoy them! 

So there you go...lots of stuff currently happening back in the rabbitry.  I'm really excited though to use my new section in that large hutch.  It will be nice during the winter.  Then more bunnies can be protected from the rough elements.