I'm having one of my best baby months ever. After all of the poor results of last year, it is so wonderful to have great conception rates and good-sized litters. The weather is mild. And I'm watching them like a hawk.
So far, this is what I've gotten:
- Quincy x Danica (Myrddin x Markie) - 1 live and 5 stillborn (fine for a first litter)
- LaForge x May - 8 live/1 is a peanut - this is the same breeding that gave me Panache and Lord
- Mistoffelees x Millicent - 5 live/1 is a peanut - this is a full sibling breeding - each parent only needs one more leg to grand
- Java x Roxie - 4 live/1 is a peanut/1 stillborn - was hoping for blacks and got them, but they were the stillborn and peanut, of course!
- MLK x Sadie - 5 live including 2 blacks and 2 broken blacks - Sadie is MLK's brood doe littermate - finally got my broken blacks
- Lord x Hilary - 6 live/1 is a peanut - this is an aunt-nephew breeding
- Rio x Markie - 7 live/3 are peanuts
- MLK x Purdy - 6 live including a broken black - this is a half sibling breeding - both are Merlin offspring
- Leo x Quinn - 1 live runt - she did most everything right this time, so I'm hoping this is the start for Quinn
Four more does are due today and four more are due tomorrow. I'm so excited!
Later this week, I'll begin breeding for Convention. So far, I have 13 does lined up for those breedings. If I have any does to miss or have dead litters, I'll add them to the list as well. I'd sure love to have a doe that I trust take over May's litter. She's in good enough shape to breed again, but probably won't be after she nurses seven!
You have my permission to remind me later how happy I am right now with all of these babies. In about two months when I'm scrambling for cage space, I might not be quite as thrilled. But for right now, I'm basking in the sunlight of possibilities. And I'm hoping that there will be one very special rabbit among these newborn.
Laurie Stroupe
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