Birch Meadow Rabbitry

05/05/2026

These two had a long trip on transport & arrived late last night.
Super excited to start our journey with Rex 🖤
Thank you to Lakeview Hares🥰

05/05/2026

05/05/2026

✨ Rabbit of the Week ✨

Steele Half Acres Indie is this week’s pick and honestly… just look at her 😍

She is the sweetest, calmest girl. Total little angel. And the tiny buzzing noises she makes when she’s waiting for her food? I’m obsessed 🤎

05/05/2026

Goldie was due yesterday, still no sign of babies but she’s still making her nest.
This girl is on the older side & hasn’t had a litter in years so its likely she’s had a false pregnancy (although when I palpated her I was 98% confident she took)
I’ll give her until Thursday & decide if the old girls just ready to retire or if we try one more time. She seemed excited about making her nest & I was excited to have a little piece of our old lines. Either way she will remain here until her last days❤️

05/04/2026

What do you even call this fluff ball 💀😂

05/04/2026

Someone got excited when she heard her boyfriend was arriving today 😂

05/04/2026

Rico says he hopes everyone has a fantastic week 🤎🫶🏻

05/04/2026

🎊What do ya say, we have a little bit of fun?🎊

Let’s have a g!v3away!
We are almost to 4k followers with 490 to go!

How to enter-
•Follow this page
•Tag 3 friends
•Comment on *this* post
•Share *this* post

What you will win-
•Choice of what we have avail at the time of 4k followers
•A credit of $2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ if we have nothing avail or you are looking for something specific

Like, share, tag and comment away 🐰
📍Reminder- We are located in Hillman, Mi. Please understand that if you’re not local, you will need to find transport! 📍

05/03/2026

LEFs Arista will be joining us🤎

📸 credits to Sea Salt Hollands

05/03/2026

After a week of all four kids at home, I get to escape alone for a coffee and to clean one of our rentals. Most people would be upset that they have to go clean a whole house on Sunday, but I very much am going to enjoy the peace and quiet.😂

05/02/2026

“But Caydran how could you cull a sweet baby bunny?”

Let’s talk about it, because this is one of those topics that sounds harsh until you actually understand what’s going on.

In dwarf breeds like Holland Lops, there’s a gene called the dwarf gene. When a baby inherits two copies of that gene, it creates what we call a peanut. These babies are not just small, they are not fully developed internally. Their organs don’t form the way they should, and because of that, they are not able to survive.

Peanuts do not “catch up.”
They do not “pull through.”
They do not live long-term.

What happens instead is that they slowly fade. They become weaker, stop thriving, and pass away, often after struggling.

That’s why ethical breeders make the decision to humanely (mercy) cull confirmed peanuts.

With Luna’s litter, we had two babies we were watching closely:
• The white kit was clearly a peanut, and we made the decision last week to cull.
• The black kit was questionable at first. Sometimes runts can look similar early on, so I gave it time to be sure. Unfortunately, it became clear this weekend that it was also a peanut, and we made the same decision.

This is not done lightly. Ever.

But letting a baby slowly suffer when you know the outcome is not kindness, it’s avoidance. Real responsibility in breeding means making the hard calls to prevent unnecessary suffering.

It’s easy to look at a tiny baby and think “just give it a chance,” but part of doing this ethically is understanding when there is no chance.

We always choose the option that is quick, humane, and prevents prolonged suffering, even when it sucks.

If you’re new to rabbits and this is your first time hearing about peanuts, I get why it feels upsetting. It’s one of the tougher parts of working with dwarf breeds, but it’s also something every responsible breeder has to be educated on.

Happy, healthy rabbits always come first, and sometimes that means making decisions that aren’t easy, but are necessary. 🖤