Another sign of Spring has been seeing maple trees being tapped already. It makes you wonder who was the genius that discovered tapping maple trees and boiling the sap down into maple syrup?? Did they have cabin fever and were just bored or someone very industrious?
After two unsuccessful tries, Over the Rainbow, delivered two live kits. Her first two litters were doa's delivered over several days, so it pays to keep trying. She is a squawky thing though whenever you open the cage door. I've found that with does like these, once they'd had babies nursing on them and tumbling around after them, they get desensitized to having much bother them anymore.
It's fun to see some different color in the rabbitry. A chestnut agouti doe bought last summer was bred to my chin buck. This first timer mom has a sassy litter of three, one blue, one opal and one orange.