Surprise!

This morning Michael went out to check on the rabbits and discovered that there were a number of brand-new kits in Daisy's hutch. Linus was removed from her hutch exactly 31 days ago, the morning after the previous litter was born. I guess it's true that rabbits can get pregnant again within hours of giving birth!
I moved the new new kits into a nest box and placed it outside of the hutch; mother rabbits don't do anything with their kits during the day anyway. This afternoon, we set up another hutch and moved the older batch of kits to it. Ideally, they should still be with their mother for another week, but they know how to eat pellets and drink water, so they should be okay. And if we leave them in Daisy's hutch, the new kits will have no chance at all.
Matthew was thrilled to get to pet each of the kits as we moved them from one hutch to the other. He absolutely adores them; his favorite words lately seem to be "baby bunnies!" Usually said very loudly and with great enthusiasm.
Lucy is doing well. She still has a problem with biting in play when she gets too wound up, but it is slowly getting better. She's sleeping through the night more often now and having fewer accidents in the house. She's also learning to sit. As soon as she sees the bag of treats, she sits beautifully!

It's Been Awhile...

... but I'm gonna try doing this again.
We have several new additions to the house since my last post.
- Monica has given us four kittens: Tom, Honey, Peter Pan, and Katzie
- 2 Goats: Yukon and Xtra
- 3 Rabbits: Rex, Linus and Daisy. Linus and Daisy have given us 7 kits, now 3 1/2 weeks old
- 21 Chickens
- A 2 month old smooth collie puppy named Lucy
- And most importantly, our fifth SON is expected to arrive by mid-January

We've been rather busy here with endless animal chores, housebreaking a puppy, and of course, schoolwork! Brendan is beginning second grade, Luke is in Kindergarten, and Nicklas is doing preschool. Luke and Nicklas are both learning to read and both are doing a spectacular job!