More does due

Aruba (blue MR doe) finally kindled 4 babies... all blues! It was rather a surprise seeing as how the sire is a black (dominant). Only 1 baby was a peanut, and I removed that after a couple days. Now there are 2 more does due this week. One due tomorrow and the other the following day. Unfortunately, I've run out of space inside for them to kindle, so they have to bear it in the rabbitry. Fingers are crossed because while the temps have decided to climb during the days, it's still plummeting at night into the 20's. At those temps, and with windchills driving it even farther down, a new kit could very easily and quickly freeze to death.

On another not, I did finally get one of the hutches up on 'stilts' as planned. Except for the minor glitch of them sinking into the soft soil of the pen, and a wobbling problem I can't seem to mend, I like the new alteration. I have 5 'hanging' sets that will be going on stilts. I'm hoping to get them at a more comfortable height (this will put the cage tops at 48 inches from the ground) and stop the bending that has been slowly warping these cages into unusable messes. It's a slow process though, I have to find some inexpensive way of keeping them from sinking. Right now I'm using wood, but maybe bricks would be better. It's a plan-in-process and I'm accustomed to making fast design changes when I'm working on new ideas.