first litter, new mama

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My californian doe, Daisy, had her first litter today. I had anticipated she would kindle yesterday, but she wanted to keep me anxious, so she waited.
I fought her pulling fur sometime around 11:00 this morning. Then saw her jump into the nest box. About 3 minutes later, I was watching her movements and kinda thought she was just padding her nest. I held my phone over her cage and snapped a pic. Nope, she was cleaning off a baby.

I just now went out to check on the litter and count them. No DOAs, and 10 warm, bright pink little ones all snuggled together under a mountain of white fluff.

Great mama. I never hold out too much hope on first time mothers, but Daisy has me quite happy right now.

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On day 3, or 4, I did find a dead kit in the nest, but the remaining 9 are still doing great.

[Wendy]

That's good. I had a doe that I tried to breed several times. Not once did I ever see the buck fall off of her. She always hunched down in the corner & wanted nothing to do with him. I watch the entire time so I know when they get bred. So, I opened boxes on the 2 that were bred. Went out Saturday & she had 7 dead babies in her cage. I hadn't opened her box because I did not think she was pregnant. She did have fur pulled in the corner, but all kits were dead. I am still trying to figure out when & how she even got bred. She was a first time mom too, but this time it was my fault.

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Well, Daisy's kits are hitting five weeks old, growing well and in the next week and a half or so I will wean them, so I rebred her today. She gladly accepted the buck, 3 times in as many minutes.
So, in another month I should have another good litter.
Currently have 81 rabbits, including the 8 litters that are all still with their mothers.
I have seven from a previous litter that are around 12-13 weeks old. Of those nine, two are being kept for future breeding stock, four are sold and will be picked up in a couple days, the last three have dinner dates planned.