Phantom Babies

So this is a first for me.  One of our rabbits thinks she is about to give birth.  Yesterday she started pulling fur and collecting straw.

And built herself one heck of a nest.

Seriously, she almost had me convinced she was going to deliver kits.  But, you know, I`m fully aware that I have not bred this doe to any bucks.  Still when I went out to check on her this morning, I dug through her nest looking for babies.  Of course there were none, but that hasn`t stopped her from believing.  She started on a second nest in the opposite end of her cage believing the babies would come for certain than.  

Now that`s positive thinking for you.  You just keep on believing bunny, maybe someone day your wish will come true.

The Best Part of Spring

Is this.  The first spring 2013 birth at Chasing Freedom Farm.

My son's long hard year of work is finally paying off.  One of his rabbits gave birth.  She is the only one who took so there won`t be any other rabbit kits arriving.  He`s very excited as you can imagine.  There were many times he wanted to quit but he stuck to it and now finally his first litter. Fingers crossed he doesn`t loose any as mom is a questionable mother.  She did not use the nesting box we placed in her pen but chose a corner instead.  This is not safe for the kits who squirm around the pen looking for mom, so I placed them and the bedding in the nesting box and hope she follows willingly.

UPDATE:  The kits did not survive.  Mom rejected them and they died within hours of being born.  Our first birth on the farm for 2013 also became our first death.  Fingers crossed that number doesn't rise.  Much.