I have been so busy building a front yard fence to comply with the city ordinances I forgot to update you on our new additions. Baby bunnies!!
My new meat rabbits have had their first litters. Meet the Meat Rabbits Adeline had seven beautiful babies. They are pure bred Champagne D’ Argent which means that at about 12 weeks their black coats should change to a beautiful silver like their parents.
Cookie’s ten babies are so sweet. Since she is a mix not sure what the 2 black babies will turn out like. All the other babies are white with brown or black spots. Both were wonderful moms, had big litters and produced milk wonderfully. Nothing so sweet as tiny baby bunnies. They were born around Mother’s Day so are about 6 wks old now and ready to be separated from mom. Any where from 5 to 8wks babies bunnies will be ready to live without their mother. In the wild the doe will likely be pregnant a few days after giving birth. So you see in 28-30 days she would be leaving her babies and digging a new burrow to have a new batch. My weekend job is getting two new cages ready for the babies to move into. I feel bad that our exercise pen is under construction so the babies have not been able to zoom around. Seems like their is always so much to do on the homestead. Although I enjoy it. It is those simple farm chores that calm me down and give me the tangible satisfaction of a job well done. I am trying to push back the question which keeps persistently coming up of ;How am I ever going to eat these sweet little ones? Well I have about 6 more weeks to get used to the idea.
Why are some of them white with spots? I thought all champagne d’argent rabbits are black and then turn silver?
Hi Danna, Yes Champagne’s are all silver/grey and yes they start out black as babies and turn silver. We had a rex mix(cookie) before we decided to only raise Champagne rabbits. She was loved by my kids so no getting rid of her. You know how that is. Turns out nature got rid of her for me. Although I have to say I was fond of her too. She was smart! She learned how to open her cage and more than once was found running around the yard. I was wondering if she might do better than the champagnes, I guess not. Thank you for stopping by. Good to hear from people so I can help others become sustainable. Dash
Thanks for the info. We just got a Champagne d’argent doe and in 2 weeks later she had babies! Quite a surprise. 3 are pure black, one is white with black spots and one is black with a white belly. So she must have been bred with a different breed I’m guessing. The people we bought her from also showed us a rabbit that was white with black ear tips, nose and feet and said that it was also a pure bred champagne d’argent (even though it wasn’t the typical silver color). Have you ever seen a “white” champagne d’argent? I’m trying to figure out if this is a recessive gene or if maybe a different breed of rabbit slipped into the cage somewhere in the pedigree line. thanks! love your website.
Hi Danna, Thank you for the kind words. No, I have been to a few rabbit shows, at state fair ect. and NEVER seen a Champagne that is not silver. I would think this is not a pure bred Champagne but ask for a pedigree. It goes back 3 generations so is a true show of pure bred. They all start out black as babies and turn silver so some of your’s might turn. I am thinking a different breed of rabbit is added in here?