Darrick and I woke up to a whopping -20 below! Darrick ran outside to check on the baby bunnies, not knowing it would get quite that cold. We just prayed the bunnies were all alright!

Good news! They were all huddled together but had kept warm. All the rabbits were just fine. Nevertheless, we decided to move them inside. We had received a hutch the day before from a coworker of Darrick’s so in the bitter cold Darrick worked hard to set up the new hutch in the basement garage. We worked together carrying bunnies and rabbits and setting them up in their new, warmer home.

From left to right: Gloria and her babies, DC (grey doe), KC (grey buck), and Bucky. The top does close but Bucky was feeling curious about his new home so we let him sniff around while we were down there.

Gloria cuddling her babies. Look how big they got!

All the rabbits are enjoying their new home. We are relieved that, since we are on baby time now, we know they won’t get too cold and no frozen waters. We have multiple water containers and food is filled enough to supply them for several days so we are prepared when baby decides to come.

Thank you for following us and come check out our new Facebook page! Make sure to check back as we will be breeding Gloria and DC (grey doe) and we will let you know how that went! More Baby bunnies coming soon!

God bless,

Darrick and Kay

Hey everyone,

All three bunnies are doing well. We are still positive, after checking a few times, that we have a girl and two boys.

Here is our sweet baby girl. She is very cuddly and has a calm disposition, even when her brothers jump all over her. She is the biggest of the three and so far has been the first to open her eyes.

We will be keeping the girl as a breeder, which Kay is very excited about, and the boys will be meat rabbits.

We have heard conflicting messages about if you are supposed to touch baby bunnies or not. We didn’t touch or disturb the first litter at all but this litter we decided we wanted to be more hands on and make sure to check for signs of feeding, dehydration, and if they were warm enough. Our mama doe, Gloria, wasn’t the most friendly rabbit to begin with. She bit, scratched, growled, and lunged at us. Since we’ve been touching her babies she has become very docile and will even reach her head out of the cage to be pet. She hasn’t growled or shown any signs of aggression. In our case, which I know isn’t true for everyone as we have heard if you touch the babies the mom will kill them, us handling the bunnies has tamed our wild doe.

Oh my- check out that adorable baby bunny foot!

The litter still spends most of its time in the house, and brought out at meal times. As they start getting more active and mobile they will spend more time with mama and eventually will be out with her full time. The hutch is heated with heat lamps 24/7. We are excited to watch them grow, open their eyes and move around more and more.

Stay posted as the babies will be hopping around soon! Please share what is your experience is with to touch, or not to touch, baby bunnies? Post and comments or questions in the comments section.

God bless,

Darrick and Kay

All babies are active and doing well. It’s been fairly cold out (in the 20’s) so we bring them inside after letting them spend time with mom for a few hours at sunrise and sunset to feed them.

We were surprised as usually rabbits wait to nurse until they feel safe and not watched but Gloria wastes no time to feed this litter. She will even claw at the cage when she knows we are going to put them in for her. She’s been a very good mama this time.

We check them over when we bring them inside and to see if they have little round tummies, which they do every time. We also check for signs of dehydration, if they are actively moving around, and a count to make sure the gangs all here.

We attempted to check their genders (both will have two holes, but males are separate and further apart and girl are closer and connected in the middle) and Kay thinks we have two boys and a girl.

They are already forming little personalities.

One bunny (we think a boy but was the hardest to tell) who is jumpy and loud for a bunny. The little rascal will jump all over his siblings without a care and is the first to pop his head out if you even move a hair in the nest box and start squeaking.

The girl is calm and quiet, is easy to hold, and doesn’t kick when we check her over. She is the one who’s gender we are most certain. Kay marked her ear with a black marker.

The last boy, who is usually seen snuggling his sister, has been more active in the last few days but no where near his crazy brother.

Bunnies at 4 days old. They are rounding out and getting their white fur.

Thank you for visiting, Stay tuned for more updates! Post and comments or questions down below.

God bless,

Darrick and Kay

Our doe Gloria had her second litter of bunnies! Three active pink little bunnies.

We were seriously doubting she was pregnant as most rabbits give birth on days 28-31 so by day 33 we had almost given up hope. Wow were we surprised!

Mama and babies are all doing fine. We are going to keep the bunnies inside the house during the night and day as it is pretty cold out (we are in the 20’s during the day, last litter of bunnies got too cold in the 40’s) until we move the heat lamp to help keep the bunnies warmer in the hutch. We have two heat lamps in there now heating from below which keeps the waters from freezing, but we would move it up to help keep the heat closer to the bunnies.

Rabbits only feed their babies once or twice a day so we will be bringing them to mom to nurse until the heat lamp is moved. We also used extra shavings in the nest box to keep them insulated and Gloria did pull more hair this time and has enough to cover the babies.

Thank you for visiting and we will keep you updated on Gloria and the bunnies. If you have any questions or comments please post them below.

God Bless,

Darrick and Kay