05/26/2026
We have had some babies born over the last few days and not all of them are rabbits!
Blossom had her litter today, this will be her last litter before she is retired due to a couple health reasons. She had her largest litter yet of 11 blacks! 4 were DOA so we have a health litter of 7 in the nest box right now! I’m hoping to keep a doe back so that it keeps the REW genes in my barn!
We also hatch some chicks born on Saturday! There was 14 eggs the hen was laying on, we weren’t sure if these eggs would even hatch since they were close to 3 weeks old before we put them under her. We had lost our rooster to a c**n attack and didn’t have a broody hen so I gave eggs to my friend to incubate once her current eggs hatched. The day before she was going to put my eggs in one of my hens went broody! 7 hatched. 5 of the 7 are roosters, we will be deciding which one gets to stay to protect our flock and then the rest can find a new home in a couple months.