Breeding

So, today was a BIG breeding with 5 sets of bunnies :)

First, I put Kayla in with Phantom.

They're currently still together.  In fact, they're the only pair still together.

Hopefully in 32 days, Kayla's litter will live longer than the past one.

And...I bred the Velveteen females! :)

I put Lily in with Gorman.

Gorman's a Holland Lop.  But when I got Brody (Velveteen Lop male), the woman said she often bred Velveteen females to Hollands and took them to show where the judges were very impressed with their nice body.

Anyway, the breeding appeared to be very successful!

And with Gorman's coloring, maybe a few blue eyed babies will be in the litter  :)

Now, Lily's the one who threw her litter of  12 last time.  I'm hoping it was just because of her inexperience, and being a first time mom.  But if she's bad with this litter, I'm going to spread her babies between other moms.

:)

Then I put Lily's sister, Lilac, in with Watson, my other Holland Lop male.

I'm not sure how successful it was.  And Lilac seems to be very difficult to breed, seeing as she hasn't had 1 litter and has been bred a few times now.

Then I put Harriet (my brother's Lop, which he just gave to me) with my Holland Lop male, Bubba.

This was Harriet's first breeding.

But she did very well, and so did Bubba!

I would be surprised if she's not pregnant.

And with their coloring, I'm sure they'll have some cute babies :)

Then lastly...

...I bred my 'mystery' male, Bull, with my Giant Flemish mixed female, Buttons.

I'm REALLY excited to see the colorings of this litter!

I think both Buttons and Bull are beautiful rabbits.

And I think their color's will do beautifully together, and in carrying through to their young.

They're very good with each other too.

Button, grooming Bull :)

Then Bull groomed Buttons.

:)

It's hard to tell the exact colorings of Ruby's litter, but it looks like there will be a few unique colors in there.  And for that litter, Bull was the sire.  So I am really looking forward to seeing the combinations he and Button's create :)

Building Nests

Tasha, my female who I was told was a Lion Head, but believe might be a Wooly of some kind, has been adding some fur to her nest :)

She's due this Friday! 

And Valentine, my Mini Lop female has been busy adding to her nest in preparation for her due date this Friday as well.  I'm going to give them more nesting materials in a few days, closer to the due date.

Valentine, soaking in the sun rays :)

So, I'm very excited about both of them! Last litter, Valentine had a gorgeous grey/white spotted male.  I love the coloring! So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she might have another...only this time - a girl!  And Tasha always has adorable babies.  But this time, she was bred with Phantom.  So I'm interested to see the colors she'll have!

My two other females, and step sisters, Nickel and Shira are also due Friday.  But they have not begun building any nests, as they've been in wire cages.  So today, I moved them both into their own hutch area.  I'm excited for their litters, as this will be a first time for them both!

Dixie

My little puppy, Dixie goes out to my rabbitry with me every single day, multiple times a day :)

As you can tell, her eyes need a bit of a trim! :)

But it doesn't matter what time of day, what temperature, or what the weather is like.  My little Dixie follows me out there and stays with me the whole time :)

The loves watching the bunnies, digging, and chasing butterflies through our garden!

:)

She's such a good girl :)

But anyway, today, I knelt down to take some pictures of bunnies, and she laid down beside me, put her head in my lap, and went to sleep! :)

She's an awesome puppy.  And I'm glad I've taken her out with my to the rabbitry since she was small.  So now, the rabbits won't freak out when they see her! If they see any other dog though, they do.  But they're so used to Dixie, she can go back there anytime, do anything, and they don't mind :)

A Few Females

I took a few random pictures of a couple of my female bunnies this afternoon.  Here they are :)

Above is Shira, and below is Shira with Nickel.

They both have the same dad, and were born close to each other.  But they have different moms.  Luckily though, they still live together and seem to really enjoy it :)

Dotty is Shira's mom, and Cottontail is Nickel's.  And even though both Nickel and Shira have been bred and are (hopefully!) pregnant, they have no issues with being together.  I really love that! I think it's super cool how well they do with each other :) They're both due this coming weekend though...so I don't know if they'll ever be together again or not.  Or maybe I'll try a mini 'colony' idea and just keep them together, with 2 nesting-boxes.  Hmm...not sure yet what I want to do.

Then here's my Mini Lop female, S'Mores.

I kept her cage door shut, because other wise she doesn't stay still and I can never get a clear picture :) However, she's extremely sweet, social, and is due to have her first litter in 2 weeks :)

And here's Saffron.

She's due in a few weeks too :)

She's a beautiful bunny.  Her aunt is Dotty. Arrow was her mom.  It will be neat seeing the color variations of her babies, as Dustin will be the sire!

And here's Dotty :)

She's not the most social bunny.

However, when she has a litter that's a few weeks old, she becomes the most laid back, easy going, sweet mom ever :)

She normally has beautifully colored babies.  I'm excited about her litter!

And here's Cupcake, my Mini/Holland Lop mixed female :)

She's always happy for attention!

She a real sweet-heart!

I bred her with Gorman, so I'm SUPER excited to see what color the babies are!

I've only ever bred her with Tort colored males, and Gorman is a BEW (Blue Eyed White)

I'm excited to see if any babies have blue eyes :) Or maybe all white!

So there you go! A few of my females.  And all pregnant! I'm going to become very busy very quickly! :)