Warmth & Babies!

Well, a lot has happened since I blogged last. Between company being over, extreme cold, blizzards & being really sick, putting up a blog post slipped out of the horizon.

But I'm back. The weather is warm again. The sun is shining. The 2' of snow has melted. The bunnies are hopping around & doing well. And babies are popping up everywhere on this little farm.

We had a couple whopper snow storms in the course of a week. Lots of cold, wind, snow, and even some ice. So, the buns are finally enjoying a clean barn with sunshine coming in.

We were dealing with frozen waters for a good couple weeks. Very thankful to not have to fill everybunny's tiny little crock anymore!

The barn kitties enjoying the sun.

Krissie was due last Friday and she kindled to 10 babies! All live & healthy babies. They are all doing great still and she is an amazing mother. She has so much milk and takes such great care of all 10 babies. I'm very thankful for such a great doe. It isn't even necessary to foster any babies to another doe, which is good because I don't have another doe due for a couple weeks.

Her 4 black babies: 1 solid black, 1 brkn black, 1 charlie black chin & 1 brkn black chin.

And her 6 (yes, SIX!) chocolate babies: 2 brkn chocolates, 3 brkn chocolate chins, and 1 charlie chocolate chin.

And then a few individual pics of the babies.

The black charlie baby.

The spotted baby.

The really heavy patterned baby.

And the chocolate charlie.

If you're interested in any of these babies, contact me to be put on the waiting list. I have quite a waiting list for these babies already.

We have 2 does due the 1st of March. Abby bred to Scotch and Rum bred to Whiskey. Both should have lots of chocolates in their litters. Then the 5th of March we have 2 more does due. Diamond bred to Landon and Brownie bred to Justin. Both should have chocolates in their litters too. Brownie hopefully will have chocolate pointed whites. Then I've got 3 more does to breed and I'll be breeding them next week hopefully.

Since I'm in a picture mood tonight, here are a few more random pictures from around the ranch today.

When I came out of the barn this evening the baby llama saw me and came running over for his rubs!

Since all the snow melted this week and it's warm, we've got green grass growing already! It so does not feel like February in North East Oklahoma.

Goodnight!

Silence's babies

Silence's babies are almost 4 wks old now and I finally was able to get their pictures up. She has 3 bucks & 3 does. They are all very cute babies...and so chunky!

I'll put a few of their pictures here and you can see the rest at this link.

I'll also share a couple pictures that show the difference between a chocolate sable & a chocolate.

Chocolate sable (Brownie) on the left & Chocolate (Rum) on the right.

And here's a picture of Rum....she's turning out be a gorgeous doe!

Carrot Time!

These pictures were taken last week sometime when I bought carrots for all the bunnies. They thoroughly enjoy them :)!

Landon ~

Cameron ~

Allie, my fat little baby!

Brandy ~

Diamond ~

Shirley (who is looking just as pretty as her mom & dad!)

Courtney ~

Justin ~

Krissie, who prefers attention rather than food, haha.

Prudence ~

And my 2 silly cats who think the laundry basket that I was using to bring the nestbox of Silence's babies in, was for them!

Silence Babies....Picture Time!

Last night I snapped a few pictures of Silence's babies. They're just a little over 2 wks old now and are at a very cute age!

I think this is my cutest 2 week old baby picture *ever*!

All 6 of them together :)

Thawing

The bunnies are all doing well and handling this cold weather quite well. I'm very thankful that their barn is insulated this winter. It's made a huge difference. It's still gotten down to 15 degrees in there, but what can I expect when there's not a heater and the windchill is -5 degrees outside! That's the next step....getting a decent heater for next winter, so they won't get below 32 degrees. But, progress on barns can take some time :).

Thankfully it's quite a bit warmer today and is a few degrees about freezing, which is nice. So, the buns are enjoying some sunlight & fresh air in the barn today.

Krissie is bred to Landon as of the 11th. I'm planning to head outside in a few to try to breed Abby & Diamond. They both need to be bred bad, but this weather makes it fairly difficult as far as the does being receptive.

Courtney & Brownie both palpate positive. They're due the 28th.

Silence's babies are all doing great and getting so big! They are very cute babies with huge heads! I'll work on getting some pictures today, Lord willing.

Brianna's babies are just over 8 wks old. 3 of them are for sale: 1 silver tip'd black steel jr. buck, 1 black jr. buck & 1 silver tip'd sable steel jr. doe. You can see pictures & more info at the for sale page. They are very promising babies!

Well, I think that's about it for the time being!