French Angora & Californian- Jack Frost

[goatgurl]

woot, baby bunnies. anxious to see what they are. congrats

 

[Hens and Roos]

keep your fingers crossed - when I was doing chores- I happened to look next to the crate on our floor and there was a kit- not sure how it got there from out of the cage (maybe was hooked onto the doe and ended up getting tossed out) or which doe it is from. It was pretty cold but moving just a bit- I warmed it up with my hands and the heat lamp that is set up for our current batch of chicks- it did start moving a bit so I tucked it into Cashew's box next to her warm kits....at this point all we can do is wait and see if it makes it.

 

[Shorty]

Congrats on the kits!!!! Hope the one that came out of the nest box is ok

 

[Hens and Roos]

So I did a quick check this morning and the kits from both does seem to be warm and wiggly so now we play the wait and see game!

 

[luvmypets]

 

[Hens and Roos]

So I did a little research(used a rabbit genetics calculator) and came up with the following:

Our 1st paring: Cashew(fawn)x Sven(Chestnut) can give a lot of colors but these are the ones with the highest %- Chestnut, Opal, Fawn, Orange and Red

Our 2nd paring: Peanut(Tortoise Shell) x Olaf(Blue) can also give a lot of colors but these are the ones with the highest %- Black, Blue, Tortoise Shell and Blue Tortoise Shell

It would be neat to take a picture of the kits(1 nest box at a time) lined up but I have not wish to stress out the does so we will wait.....hopefully we can handle it

 

[Hens and Roos]

Just a quick up date, last night at chore time- I found the same kit outside the cage on the floor- guessing something was wrong or it died and the doe put it out of the nest box. It's sad but part of nature.

 

[SA Farm]

Just a quick up date, last night at chore time- I found the same kit outside the cage on the floor- guessing something was wrong or it died and the doe put it out of the nest box. It's sad but part of nature.

I'm sorry for the loss

 

[Hens and Roos]

thanks @SA Farm

on a happier note, we were able to get another picture of Peanut's kits- they are now 3 days old- with big fat tummies- she was feeding when we did chores this morning, once she got out of the nest box, she happily took a strawberry top to eat while I got these pictures

there is the pink one, 2 black and 2 blue

 

[Hens and Roos]

Thinking that our doe Cashew pull way to much fur for her nest box, noticed that the 2 pink skin kits didn't seem to be getting fed- their belly's were not plump like their litter mates and they were wrinkly. At am chores- found 1 of them didn't make it. Removed some of the fur and found the other one still alive back further from the other kits- moved it into the pile so maybe it will have a chance Thinking these 2 were getting lost in the fur and didn't make it in time to eat. They also seem a bit smaller then the rest.

I did look it over and noticed some fur coming in- looked to be fawn colored- so thinking that the kits are starting to fur about 3-4 days old.