We spent some time over the weekend setting up more large cages, so that we could move mothers and their 5-week-old kits outside into the sunshine and fresh air. The Florida White mothers will eventually go back inside through the colder months, but these cross-bred kits should have warmer coats, and the females we are keeping will spend the winter with a sister for warmth and companionship. We'll keep an eye on things, and offer straw and windbreaks if it becomes severely cold. The nights are cold now, but not freezing, and all of the bunnies are quite dry and warm when we feed them in the dark at 7 am. All of the 10-week-old bunnies were weighed and sexed - though we'll be checking again to verify our findings.
Everyone settled right in and noshed on some apple branches as an afternoon snack.
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