Fortunately, it appears as though our 'worry' was a false alarm.
Phew!
Although it is always fun to have kits - these were just a tad too young for my liking to be bred.
Not to mention, most of these rabbits are set to be 'freezer rabbits' not necessarily breeding rabbits and of course the worry of 'in-breeding' as it was siblings that were in the grow-out pens together. As well as the fact that we are in our 'cold season' which - from previous experience - can result in the loss of baby bunnies.
With the worry that one or more of the young rabbits might be pregnant, we held off on moving the cages to their winter location.
After last winter - we knew that EXTREME drifting in front of the hutch doors would be the norm once the snow starts flying so... we rearranged some things in the garage to make room for our rabbits.
The kiddos were thrilled with this decision as it means not needing to dig out 5 ft drifts each morning. :-)
Plus, our make-shift hutch has seen better days and is in dire need of some repairs - which I didn't feel would be easy to accomplish in the cold, snow, and wind of fall/winter. (Yes, I realize I SHOULD have worked on that over the summer, but... hindsight....)
As of last week, we have now moved all the rabbits into our garage for the winter months.
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| These cute little guys will be toasty warm - until they hit the freezer, anyway. |
They didn't fit quite as concisely as I'd hoped so we now have rabbits ALL. OVER. THE. PLACE!
But... at least they won't get drifted in or dripped on by melting snow.
Hopefully, by next winter we'll have their permanent home built - a pole barn - which will be better all around for everyone involved.
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