Mo' Bunnies

We brought home a new baby buck today!  His name is Mo.

Reagan has wanted a black and white spotted one since the beginning.

We call him Mo because he has a cool bunny mo-hawk. But my mom says his name is Mo, because...he'll make Mo bunny babies.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Now we need to find just one more doe. Preferably a Holland Lop like Pepper. Although, Pepper is moody as anything when she is pregnant. We met the nicest black and white Lop doe today, the owner didn't know that bunnies can growl. Hahahaha 

The people we got Pepper from always said she was her own thing, Reagan said she'd tame her and took it as a challenge, she is still a sweet bunny, but when she is moody, good grief...look out! Hoping the next doe is a bit more chill. Our buck is the most laid back dude there is, boy animals seem to be that way...and...well...people too. 😋

I'd like a Himalayan colored doe. We'll see what we can find. Bunnies are way too much fun!

We Lost One

Pepper stepped on one of the babies again. We lost one the cream colored ones. Sad day.
Reagan held it until it passed. She is compassionate and loves all the animals. Breaks your heart, but gives real meaning to life and death.
So, now we have 6.

3 Day Old Bunnies

3 days old and already losing that ugly rat look and now look like little mini baby pit-bulls, in my opinion. :)

Get ready to see tons of baby bunny pictures!  They just get cuter from here on out and they are so much fun!

Kidding Around

 
We have lots of babies around here!  Baby goats are messy, and they poop and pee a lot, but they'll be great brush burners soon!  
The white one is a Saanan, his name is Bo...and the other is a Toogenburg and his name is Luke.


Also, we thought Pepper had 3 black baby bunnies, but it turns out she only has one black one!  The other dark ones are a chocolate color.  Each time she has babies she throws different colors.

The one on the left is the black one. We haven't had chocolate ones before! Fun!

Today is Tuesday, and it is snowing. Again. I'm over it.

Babies!

They're here!! Pepper had her sweet babies! The whole neighborhood has been asking if she had them. 7 babies in all, 3 black, 2 orange, one Himalayan, and one gray.  The neighborhood girls were here to see the birth happen, so fun!!

Pepper The Lop

This is Pepper's 3rd kit of bunnies.

We bred her in July the first time, to see if she was mother material. I know they give birth pretty much exactly 30 days after they are bred. I kept watching for her to make a nest and pull her hair out, but she never did and I was starting to think she didn't take.  Finally, on day 30 I went out to feed the horses and their were baby bunnies all over the cage. They were super cold and Pepper seemed as surprised as we were! She was completely clueless, but she didn't kill them as some bunny moms do. We brought her in and held her on her back and put the babies on her as soon as one latched on pepper started licking Reagan's hand and she decided that being a mom wasn't so bad. After that, she took to nursing her babies like a champ.

The second batch we bred for Christmas bunnies. This time I knew she was getting the hang of it because she ran around  like mad the evening before giving birth.She raced around her cage with straw in her mouth, frantic to make the perfect nest. It was cold out, so we brought her and the cage in, and she had her babies in our kitchen in the wee hours of the morning.  She did a great job being a mom, besides accidentally stepping on one of the babies and killing it. Sad, but a good lesson in life for the kids. Life and death is actually real and they see it first hand.

This batch we bred for Easter bunnies. They will all be big enough to go to their new homes Easter day.  Having the babies around is such a blast. They really become amazing pets, too. The neighborhood girls come over every day and handle them. The entire 6 weeks of their little lives they are handled nearly all day long. Reagan from morning until bed time is holding a baby. They become just like a pet dog! One of our neighbors has one from the last batch, her name is crème brulé... The girls named it and our neighbor kept it. That bunny is an attention hog and I really can't believe how personable it is!

So here we are again! Waiting for the babies to arrive! Can't wait to see what colors she has and how many. Hopefully they will be here tomorrow!!