"Speckles" has been a good mother, and the bunnies are healthy and growing quickly. At three weeks old, they are too stinkin' cute!
We started with five rabbits. A black adult male that we named Rex, the white and black female in the picture above, a smaller black male, and two smaller black females.
Speckles had her first bunnies shortly after we moved onto the property. Four kits - two solid black, and two white and black - were the result. All four are active and growing quickly.
Rex managed to escape through a gap in his cage. It's rather amusing to have him hopping outside the house, sunning himself like a cat, and turning his wiggling nose up at Rahn's attempts to entice him into giving up his freedom!
The problem with allowing Rex to stay running loose is two-fold. He can't get into the cages with the females for his breeding duties. Then there is the problem with at least one feral dog.
The feral dog got one of the black females out of her cage, killed and ate her.
This may not seem like a large loss, but when a single breeding doe can produce thirty offspring a year at five pounds of edible meat each, this loss is substantial.
The cages were moved under the house for more protection, and an actual rabbit coop is high on the priority list.
