Babies Bunnies Everywhere

Jersey woolies are so small at birth.

This was a large litter for a wooly mom.

Welcome to the land of torts.

Lots and lots of torts.

Except for the one lonely sable pearl.

The "King of All" has his first litter on the ground and mom had 6 with 5 making it so far. This is a really big litter for a Wooly. Especially since this doe is pretty young and this is her first litter. She did have them in the corner by her food bowl instead of in the nest box but they were all covered with wool. They are so small when they are born, about the size of my thumb. Wooly moms are fiesty and one of mine raised 2 English Angora babies with no trouble.

It is so much fun to have baby bunnies and a nice winter cheer up if you have a spot for them to grow up. I keep 2-3 stacks of cages in my laundry room for this purpose. This area is also used to keep Convention bunnies in air conditioning for the summer.

I bring in the expectant moms about a week before they are due so they can get used to the new cage and nest box. I have never had any moms have a problem with this arrangement. On the floor and around 3 sides of the cages, I put a frosted plastic tarp, clipping it to the cage with clothes pins. You can buy this type of sheet plastic in Home Depot, in the paint department, by the roll so it covers alot of cages. This keeps all the food, hay and other matter from going every where and makes it easy to sweep or mop up areas. It can also be hosed down it it gets really messy.

It is so much fun to sit on a stool in front of the cages and watch them boink around.