Latest Litters

I was able to take some pictures of the latest litters yesterday.  They're all getting so BIG!  And so our the chickens which we got as little peeps only a few months ago :)  They should begin laying eggs next month.  Quite a few have begun crowing, so they will have to go, but other than that they're all doing very well! My younger sister got some fertilized eggs last night and has them in an incubator.  She's hoping to begin selling peeps.

First off is Peanut's litter! They're all running around and are so cute!  They're sire was Rhett, who I no longer have.  But it's so adorable, because 3 look just like Peanuts and the other 6 look just like Rhett did :) Since both parents are pure Giants, these babies are going to be HUGE 

They're all doing so well :) 

Then next up is Cupcake's litter! She's raising her 3, plus the grey one who I got from a lady off of craigslist as her female wasn't feeding the babies.  The sire to this litter is Benjamin, who I'm hoping to sell tomorrow.

Cupcake :) 

Then here is Dadooshka's litter! The sire's were both Achilles and Oreo :)  The babies are adorable! The little black one is the sibling to the grey one with Cupcake's litter.  

They're all doing very well and are so cute!

I love their colors :) 

Then lastly, here's Kizzy's litter!

...and Kizzy :) 

The black one's a female...

The grey one's a female...

...then the brown one's a male :) 

And I put up a new posting for Kayla's female.  Her double mane is getting really big!

I'm sure she'll find a home very soon :) 

Then all of Ruby and LE's litters went.  Which makes feeding time much easier! Not only that, but I got rid of Arrow.  It's natural in the wild for female rabbits to leave their litters when they're about 4 weeks, so it was fine that she and her babies were separated.  I'm now able to hold them and am working on taming them so they can be sold in a few weeks.  

Today I'm going to sell two of the Holland Lop males from Valentine's litter.  A woman came a picked up the Grey Lop last night.  Both of these woman were ones who made deposits.  Then lastly, my manure business is booming! I've been selling bags of manure left and right!  I'm meeting a woman Friday morning for four bags and just met a man last night for one.  Things are going very well!

Rabbit Book

Yesterday my mom and I were out picking up rabbit feed from a mill and swung by a Tractor Supply Co. store.  While we were there, I picked up this really interesting book on rabbits.

 

The thing that I found most interesting about this book was simply because it had an entire section dedicated to different medical problems rabbits can have, how to cure them, how to avoid them getting sick in the first place, things like that.  

 

Whenever I have a sick rabbit, or merely one that's acting unusual, I have to do a lot of research on the internet and then compare sources to make sure it's accurate, etc.  But this will get rid of all that! Instead, when an issue arises, I can just look it up in this book :)

 

They had a small section covering the different types of droppings...

 

...and this amazing drawing of a female who's been pregnant for 10 days.  Those are the babies inside her :)

 

They had a section for Runts vs. Peanuts. 

 

And for people newer to raising rabbits or just curious to know how, they had a section showing you the difference between a female and a male rabbit :)

 

This book was extremely well written! We got home and I began reading it around 2:30 in the afternoon and finished long before dark last night.  It was 306 pages of extremely useful information all surrounding rabbits!  As stated on the cover, it does have sections talking about rabbit housing, feeding, behavior, health care, breeding and kindling.  I would highly suggest this to all rabbit owners, especially those who are new to owning them :) 

It's June!

I know it's been a little bit since I've done a post, so I have a few things new to tell you about!  First off, I have all 3 of the Holland Lop boys sold! They'll be picked up this weekend and next week. Then I also sold the little grey Lion Head male.  The female's spoken for, I'm just trying to set up a time with the woman to meet.

Not only that, but I've put Benjamin and MJ up on craigslist as well.  There's been a little interest, but nothing serious yet.

Then the craziest of all! Someone contacted me through one of my posts asking if I could take their female and the female's 8 day old babies (there were only 2 babies) because she wanted someone who knew what they were doing to raise the babies as her female (named Harley) wasn't.  Then she gave me the female because her other rabbits weren't getting along with her.

So I put one baby in with Dadooshka's litter and the other baby went in with Cupcake's litter.  Both babies were successfully excepted by the mothers :)

I currently have a LOT of Lion Heads! They're all adorable, as usual :)

And I only have the female Holland Lop left to find a home.  I really doubt it will take long, she's so cute!

Then Kizzy had her litter of 3 Lion Heads...and they're doing very well!  They're going to be super cute, since Kizzy is so small and she was bred with Piccolo who's around 2 lbs :) 

So there you go, that's a little of what's been going on lately.  They're all well, but wet.  It's been raining the past few days which always makes things a little miserable.  It can be hard to keep their food dry long enough for them to eat it all!  But it will definitely help my flowers grow back there :) 

All the Litters

In this post, I have all the litters with the exception of Cupcake and Kizzy's.  And that was simply because their babies were all covered up and I didn't want to disturb them, especially because Cupcake has been a little 'on edge' with this litter. 

Anyway, this first picture is of Peanut's new litter.  They're all adorable! Rhett was the sire to this bunch :)

 

Then here's Dadooshka's litter.  Both Achilles and Oreo were the Sires to this litter.  And I'm looking forward to seeing their colors come in as they appear to have beautiful coats on them!

 

Here's Dotty with her litter :) Achilles was the sire of this one.

 

They're all very healthy and doing well :)

 

Here's Pocahontas' litter.  Dustin is the sire to them.  They're all so cute :)

 

Here's Valentine's litter, with Benjamin as the sire.  The grey one is sold, I'm just keeping it for another week or so until the lady who bought him gets a cage. 

 

The little brown one still has a weepy eye, but I clean it daily and have been putting drops in it to help clear it up.  He's doing much better :)

 

The Ruby, with Dustin as the sire to this bunch :)

 

They're all so sweet...this is probably my favorite, current litter :)

 

Then for Cottontail's litter that Achilles was the sire of. 

 

They all pile up underneath the water bottle :)

 

Pumpkin's a good girl, with her litter that Rhett is the sire of.

 

And here's Malaguena's litter.  Chuck was the sire of this one :)

 

Quite a few of them were napping :)

 

Then for GG's, with the sire being Phantom.

 

They're all like little fluff balls!

 

And it appears that quite a few have blue eyes like Phantom :)

 

Then we have Buttons.  The sire to this litter was MJ.

 

The black/white looking into the camera is the one with only 1 eye, she's beyond friendly and so sweet! :)

 

I believe this white one will look like a Lion Head :)

 

Next up, we have LE's litter with Oreo being the sire of it.

 

I actually sold the dark grey one yesterday to a lovely family :)

 

Kayla's up next, with her litter of two! The sire was Phantom and the runt has begun growing!  He won't reach full weight, but that means he's not a peanut and he's going to be just fine :)

 

They're both so sweet :)

 

Then finally, we have Arrow's litter who Oreo is the sire of.  

 

 

She won't let me open the cage without attacking, so I had to take pictures through the cage. 

 

So there you have it!  LOTS of babies out there and they're all so sweet and cute :)  It now takes me a very looooong time to do the bunnies, as I make sure to spend some time with each litter every day, but it's definitely worth it when the bunnies are then sweet for the customers :)