With 2008 only days away, a lot of us are thinking about the last year and making plans for the coming year. (Ok, so New Year's resolutions usually don't last more than 3 weeks.)
The bunnies are doing well. We have an eight week old
litter of English Angoras on the ground and lots of Californian and Creme d'Argent litters planned for the next few months! I'm on baby watch this weekend. Five Creme d'Argents are expecting and three of them are first-time moms. Should be interesting. We usually try to breed at least two does. In the off chance one doe isn't able to care for her babies, we can give them to another to foster.
Why breed for litters in mid-winter, especially when your rabbits live in an unheated barn? Well, first of all, southern Virginia doesn't get that cold! Temperatures have fallen below 32 degrees only a couple of days this year. We also don't have to worry about pregnant bunnies being uncomfortable during warmer weather. Most of them build elaborate fur-lined nests for their winter-born babies.
We did show at the ARBA National Convention this year -- sort of. A friend several states away wanted to send us one of her Creme d'Argent bucks. Convention was the best way to do that. The little guy was only 12 weeks old, but he placed 3rd in a class of 18 bucks! Wow. I'll be adding a photo and some info to the
Creme d'Argent page on the website soon.
When I wrote the last blog entry mentioning the does due this weekend, I thought it would take a few days for everyone to deliver. Well, late Friday evening, four does kindled within two hours of each other! It's good that rabbits don't need help delivering.
