Thanks. Just an update-
The babies are back (or at least one baby is). I walked out there this morning and there was a baby in the nest looking back at me. I didn't bother to look inside the nest as I didn't want mother rabbit to move them again (in case she was watching).
Maybe they just...
The mother came back last night! This morning I realized all of the babies are gone. No sign of a predator. So I'm assuming the mom relocated them? Do rabbits usually do this if they sense something has been messing with their babies?
I was just able to find their old nest, including the mothers fur. I transported all of the babies to the nest. :) They all look pretty healthy-- including the one with the sore foot.
My dogs were just barking in the direction of the baby bunnies, so I walked out there. I walked slowly just to be sure the mother rabbit wasn't there. I found one of the babies had left the nest and was upside down crying. I flipped it over and it flipped upside down again. I put it back with...
I made a new nest for them yesterday. I used some grass and leaned a bunch of tall weeds laying over it. The new spot is just a couple feet from the old one.
This morning I went to check on them and the nest doesn't look disturbed at all, and I found a baby a couple feet away from the nest. I...
I found my cockerel in the nest boxes the other day. I found out he was trying to show the hens where he things is a good spot to lay their eggs. Not sure if that's the same reason for your rooster or not, but I just thought I'd throw that out there.
Thank you so much for all you have done! :hugs
I just dipped the rabbit with the foot issue in peroxide, he may have lost a toe but otherwise he looks fine.
I was just mowing a portion of my property that I havent mowed in a while. The weeds were about 2 feet high. All of a sudden little baby bunnies started running out of the grass.
I have determined these bunnies are about 2 weeks old. I searched around my property and I gathered up 5 of them...
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I had a chick hatch yesterday too (Day 20). And then I had 3 chicks hatch this morning. And several chicks are still working their way out of their eggs!
It really is amazing, congratulations on the new additions!