Baby bunnies and Batty finally mates

Bernardette's litter survived the excitement of the fox massacre. A couple fell out the nest a few days ago, one Doug saved and the other died and went to the chickens (recycling you know)

There are maybe six in the litter.

In other exciting rabbit news Batty Boy has finally decided he is a boy and had his wicked way with Ginger. We have had him for over a year so he is something like 16 months old. Rabbits mostly mature at around 6-8 months for large breeds so he is pretty slow on the uptake.

He is called Batty because of his big bat ears.

This means that Bottom Harvey is first in the klonking line at the moment, he needs to be fattened up a bit though. He is the one who broke his leg a while ago. It seems to have healed fine.

Ginger has been mated quite a few times and still not got pregnant so things aren't looking too great for her either. She did seem more enthusiastic now, maybe now the weather is warmer. Apparently it can be a problem if you leave it too long before mating them and she must be nearly two and should have been mated at something like 9 months.