SA Farm's Kindling thread!

[SA Farm]

Our first purebred, pedigreed litter with Jade and Tank will be due in just 23-24 days!

I also bred Tali to Wit yesterday. Funny thing about him though...He never fell over... So I'm not sure if she's actually bred or not. We'll find out for sure next month, anyway.
So I've officially added Blitz and a broken red/fawn doe, Cherry Cola, to the rabbitry. She's 5 weeks old and about the same size as Blitz. I'm expecting her to be a really good producer considering her background. She was in a litter of 16 and all of the kits survived, so her mother was also clearly an excellent milker! Blitz has a similar background, with the largest litter in her line of 15.
This is Cherry Cola and I threw in a picture of Blitz too, since she's so adorable

We recently purchased a playpen so I can have the rabbits out for exercise, socialization, and photo sessions! I've been wanting one forever, so we finally got it
The only one who hasn't been in it yet is Jade. Over the last few days I've had the rest of the adults in it and I had Cherry Cola in there briefly, but realized that she could squeeze through the bars if she wanted to, so decided against putting any of the other kits in there!
Here are a few pics of the buns in the pen

 

[SA Farm]

Time for a update before my litters are due at the end of the month...
Tali's litter is growing well They get a large handful of fresh greens daily, sometimes twice daily and they're chowing down on their pellets as well. I'll be separating them this weekend, since they're coming up on 6 weeks old, putting the boys in the grow out cage and leaving the girls with mama until I have room again I have 4 hutches that need repaired, so I'm short on room right now.


I have litters due on the 22nd, 26th, and 28th from Jade, Tootsie Roll, and Tali respectively, so those hutches will be fixed up before then! Oh, Hubby Dear...

Of course Tootsie is indoors, so she doesn't need a hutch, just the other two

I also got Midnight bred to Candy Corn for his first litter - Tootsie is bred to Bugs. I try to pair up my inexperienced boys with experienced girls and vice versa to make things easier on everybody. This will be Midnight's 4th litter and I can't even count how many Bugs has sired!
Here's Midnight outside in the ex-pen! Every other picture I got of her was of her standing, she's so silly She's the only true pet bunny we have, really. I like them all on different levels, but Midnight is our special girl

 

[Farmin' Girl]

Awww, as usual, your buns are adorable. What a coincidence, my brother has an American Black named Midnight! She is a total sweetheart too. I guess great minds DO think alike.

 

[SA Farm]

Cherry Cola and Blitz got weighed today. Both just under 3 pounds and both around 8 weeks old, so they're doing alright. Cola's definitely got a sturdier build, but I think Blitz is a little longer, so they both have their upsides. Blitz isn't doing bad considering she's the younger of the two!

Did I mention that I'm excited about my upcoming litters?

 

[SA Farm]

It seemed to take forever for Jade to pop out her batch of kits, but, right on time Friday afternoon she had 11 or 12 little kits She had majority dark - I'm thinking steels and blacks, maybe chestnut - and when I checked on them, they were arranged in oreo fashion!

And Blitz and Cherry Cola are doing well, growing like weeds! I introduced them a few weeks ago and they're getting along, so that saves me some cage space for now. I'm hoping they'll get along so they can live together through the winter!

 

[SA Farm]

So Tootsie Roll didn't kindle, so she's on her second chance now. I bred her to Candy Corn the other day. Because she didn't catch with Bugs, I put her with Candy 3 times in two days to give her the best chance of conceiving. The last time I put her with him, she was grunting and tucking her tail - the first two times she was lifting for him, so hopefully she's finally bred!
Tali also didn't kindle (as expected), so I put her back with Wit and he fell over a few times. I'm considering selling her - not because she didn't kindle (that was Wit's 1st strike), but because while she isn't aggressive, she is very difficult to handle. Normally I just carry the doe across my yard to the buck pen, but she's so wild once picked up, I've taken to carrying her in a cage. I've gotten more scratches from carrying her over the last two months than the rest of my rabbits combined! Besides, my focus is going to be on the reds now and I can fill her place with more reds

Now that it's September, I'll be breeding more frequently for the next couple of months. I've heard that we're supposed to have a harsh winter again *groan* so I won't be breeding past November with the exception of the indoor buns of course.
Pickpocket, Honey, and Brandy will all be bred this month and I'll be breeding Jade back again next month. We finally found a young pedigreed NZ Red buck, so he'll hopefully be producing his first litter this fall.
Meet Cranberry Cocktail. I don't know what it is with me and double C names lately Candy Corn, Cherry Cola, and now Cranberry Cocktail! lol

 

[Farmin' Girl]

Cute bunny! I also have started breeding again. I bred and checked Bella and Dixie this past weekend to Ranger, so am hoping for the best! I can't wait to start breeding my new Black Velvet Rex doe, I'm just waiting to pick up the buck.

 

[happy acres]

Planning on breeding Gray, Bridey and Barley this weekend.

 

[SA Farm]

Took a bunch of cute pictures today! Love the 2 week old stage

 

[happy acres]

Beautiful babies!