Rabbit Breedings

Even though this is only the third week I've bred rabbits, I've already gone off track.  I had planned on always breeding on Tuesdays.  However, yesterday was rainy and cold the entire day.  But today the sun was out and made it into the high fifties, low sixties. 

So I put my Lionhead male Napoleon with my Lionhead female Marshmallow II. 

Napoleon did a great job, and had successfully bred Marshmallow multiple times within five minutes. 

Marshmallow, even though this was her first time being bred, was very eager to be bred. 

Then I put my Holland Lop female Cupcake in with my Holland Lop male, Gorman. 

Cupcake's been ready a few weeks now with the weather getting warmer to be bred.  So she laid right down for Gorman. 

And Gorman had been very anxious to breed as well, so they bred and were done in no time. 

Then I put my Flemish Giant female Cottontail in with my Flemish Giant male, Mad Hatter. 

This was Mad Hatters first time breeding, and consequently, he was a little slow and clumsy. 

However, since Cottontail's an old pro, she made it extremely easy for Mad Hatter. 

It took a little bit, however in the end, they were able to successfully breed. 

I put my Holland Lop female Olive in with my Holland Lop male, Bubba. 

They're currently still together. 

While this is a first for Olive, Bubba's had a few litters in the past.  But while they were enjoying each other's company, they weren't doing a lot of actual breeding.  And so, they're currently still together. 

Then, because Napoleon had breed Marshmallow so quickly and still had tons of energy left, I put my Lionhead female Koko (who's also Marshmallow's sister) in with him. 

Within no time at all, he had successfully bred with Koko as well. 

This was a first time breeding for Koko. 

It's really nice how small Napoleon is, as a lot of my females that I've raised up seem to be on the smaller side. 

Then I put my Lionhead male Zeus with my Lionhead female Misty. 

Since she's a magpie and he's a harlequin, I'm really excited to see the color offspring they'll have.

Zeus seems to be getting in the groove and did a good job breeding with Misty.  Hopefully the females he's bred up until this point were successful. 

Then even though I've been trying to restrict each breeding to 6 pairs of rabbits, I did 7 pairs today. 

I put my Lionhead female Pebbles in with my Lionhead male Phantom. 

While she's slightly smaller than him, I couldn't put her in with Napoleon as they're siblings.  And my male Zeus is way to big.  So I put her in with Phantom, who's the best option.  Since they both have blue eyes, I'm sure that the majority of Pebbles' litter will have blue eyes as well.