Well, this is a first for us. The first time we have ever set out to breed animals. Bunnies, actually.

Now wait… does chickens count? I don’t think so, they do it all the time and there’s not much you can do about it if you want to keep a rooster around.

Okay, it’s the first time we have ever set out to breed mammals. Yep, furry little critters. Rabbits should be pretty easy, eh? After all, they breed like rabbits… or so one would hope.

Cornelius, our little black and white French angora boy, was all eager to court and woo the fair Lady Gwendolyn. She, of course, could care less for his teenager advances and but she was tolerant and at least didn’t attack him or harm the little Romeo. She visited his cage for 6 straight days. I’m not really sure that he knew what he was doing, but he was eager and gave it a good try. We’ll know about the first week or two of March. If she is expecting, she should start to make a nest about that first week. If we get to St. Patrick’s day without little ones? Well, then we get to start over.

Grizelda, our other lovely mother to be, is waiting patiently for her turn with our little stud. She really likes him, and they are a little closer in age and like the same movies and music. Haha. Yeah. The plan is to wait and see what this first rendezvous creates and then consider a second attempt. If we get a litter of kits and all goes well, then we will wait and see how they sell, and all that. If they don’t make it, or there is no litter, then we will try a little earlier with Grizzy and see how that might go.

We won’t mind if we get “stuck” with a few angoras, since we have plans for their wool, not just for breeding. We’ve had several inquiries, and haven’t really even hung out the shingle, so to speak of their availability. We see lot of folks on Craigslist looking for fiber pets, specifically French angoras. All part of our plan for the farm.

Well, Ozzy, our nuetered German angora, was just happy to have his girl back to snuggle with in the little bunny hut. I know that as the time draws closer, he’ll have to be a bachelor for awhile, since we’re not sure if he would be sweet to the babies, or even if Gwen will tolerate him being around. So he’s got a fortnight to snuggle and then he’ll have to hang out with just Grizzy.

Fye, our rescue pet bunny, will probably be kicked out of the bunny condo and will probably move out to the little chicken coop. Bunnies do pretty nicely with chickens, and he can have a nice bit of area to hang out in. We might have a lovely family that wants him, just sort of waiting to hear if that might happen. If not, he’s fine here at the homestead. Like I said, he can hang out with the chickens and enjoy a nice big huge hutch, so to speak and a lot of freedom. We just have to make sure there is no areas that he might be able to dig or push out in the yard. If there is and we can’t fix it, which is unlikely, then he might go into the big barn with the little roosters in that mini coop! We have lots of places for him to camp out while we work on our nursery plans! He’s a super nice bunny and he’s always got a spot here at the inn.