Rabbit Kits!

We must have received two of our does already bred because on Monday night, I went out to check on the rabbits for their evening water and food, and Artemis had a litter of kits in her nest! Tuesday afternoon I went out to check on the kits and Nyx also had kits! So right now, we have between 12-17 kits (I'm sure exactly how many kits are in each litter because I haven't handled the kits because of the risk of the mother not caring for them because of my scent). We did lose on kit last night now.

 Nyx's Kits (I know you can't really see them, but she had them covered up)

Her's are mostly spotted or pink.

I think she has between 6 and 8 kits.

Two pictures of Artemis' kits. She has a fair mix of pink and black kits. Although one or two of the pink skinned ones are lightly spotted.

I believe she originally had between 7 and 9 kits. She lost one last night (A spotted kit)

The kits are beautiful little jelly beans! There are black skinned ones, pink skinned ones, and spotted skinned ones (pink and black). I can't wait to see how they turn out as they grow. I think we are going to do one big set of breedings next  week and then that will probably be it until next spring because the risk of kit deaths increase as the temperature drops.