Well, lets get the bad out first.. my wonderful brown doe was very much expecting, and she pulled a nest and I was sure she was going to have little ones, and then I waited and kept checking on her, she was eating and drinking and friendly…sigh.. and I went to bed, and the next morning when she was checked on, she was gone, having passed away in the night, clearly something had gone very wrong in the pregancy and or birthing process.
Now I have read this can happen in my rabbit book but it was a first for me and to be honest a bit of a shock, given that she had seemed so bright eyed the night before and was happy to see me and my bit of fresh greens and i saw her have a drink of water and knew by the feed dish, that she has been eating during the day… but none the less, she was gone and I had a huge moment of guilt, as I was the one that breed her.. which as DH pointed out, if she was in the wild she would have breed and in truth more often then I breed my does. Still every time I walk by her hutch, which is a number of day, I keep waiting for her to appear and say hello, that empty hutch is SO! empty at the moment..
However has life often happens on the farm, across the way in her own hutch, my other doe has given birth to a lovely little of little ones.. now they have a huge bed of pulled hair, I barely checked the nest as it has been on the cool side and didn’t want to bother the babes.. Today was the first day for ok weather, its been raining and as you can see the little ones are plumb and just starting to get their coats in.. more photos in a week when they have fur and their eyes open.. somewhere in that nest is my new keepback doe, and I am looking forward to find it..
Just another Day on the Farm 
Oh, that’s so sad! You have my condolences. Life really sucks sometimes, doesn’t it?
But at least the other pregnancy has gone according to plan (knock wood) and more lives will carry on… MANY. BIG. HUGS. D.
Oh Farmgal, I’m so sorry for your loss…..
The other young babies look so….so….naked! I’ve never seen a baby bunny that young. Thanks for sharing the photos.
I’m so sorry to hear you lost your doe and her kits.
Little bunnies are always so exciting, especially when they get their fur and then start to look like bunnies.
so sorry to hear! 😦 glad you had happy news to balance the sad. farm life can be so REAL sometimes. hugs!
Thanks for the kind words guys, its one of those moments were life and farming really went hand in hand, both death and new life all in a very short time frame, which typically leaves me both happy and sad all in one.. soon enough the perks and joys of the little ones will outway that and I will have pretty litlte baby bunnies to cuddle and who will all run to greet me when I open the hutch to see what goodies I have brought them..
Just wanted to pop by and give my condolences on the doe – sometimes these things are unavoidable, even when we do everything absolutely right…as well I have discovered myself, this year…At any rate, hopefully one of the bunnies will turn out to be a perfect keeper 🙂