I am very irritated at our Broken Black Otter Rex doe (Nibbles) this morning. When I did the chores, I saw that she had just had her litter. She did not pull any fur to cover them. They were still moving, but barely. They were very, very cold. I grabbed the whole box, went down to Flipper, our Champagne D'Argent doe that has a litter that's starting to get in and out of the box on their own, and grabbed several hand fulls of her nesting material and shoved it in Nibbles' nest box. Bringing it in the house I warmed up the babies, lined the little bit of nest that Nibbles had made with the material from Flippers box and put everyone in it, covering it with more Flipper material. They are now squirming around and making noise. I guess we will have some house guests for a few days. I will take the box to Nibbles a few times today for her to feed. As it was, it took two months for her to even lift for this breeding, and it wasn't for Scooter, our Rex buck. She finally lifted for Zippo, our Creme d'Argent. GRRRR.........Nibbles is very high on my watch list!

Watching and waiting.....waiting and watching.....still empty nest boxes....bummer!

Jasmine and Jasper...they are growing nicely. They were born last Friday. Their weights as of today are Jasmine: 3#10 oz and Jasper 5# 14 oz

We have officially made the decision that the new Nigerian Dwarf babies born to Kneehi last week will be staying here at Changing Winds Farm. Jasper will be trained as a pack goat, while Jasmine will be a momma and milker.

Here on our website, you'll see the rabbitry open at the bottom. We do this for ventilation for the summer time and nicer weather. It's great...not too much air, no drafts on the rabbits, usually. Since this winter is what it is, we stapled up gunny sacks all around the bottom. This still lets in air, but blocks the wind. When it's a nicer day, I will leave the door open and pull the gunny sacks back to allow air flow through the building. We have a few feed sacks that I put up only if the severe weather is coming, otherwise, that area is left open for ventilation. If you walk in to your barn or rabbitry and the ammonia smell smacks you in the face, you probably need to get things opened up somehow. That is NOT good for the critters.

We're supposed to get 6-8 inches of snow starting tomorrow afternoon with an additional amount this weekend. YUCK!

Unfortunately, we lost little Janey last night.