Two words

False. Pregnancy. <sigh>

Anticipation!

It won't be long now!

 Cherry pulled fur today to line her nest!

Palpation was a dismal failure for me.  I read the instructions carefully, noting that I shouldn't mistake the intestines for the uteri, etc., but I couldn't feel anything!  It might as well have been a big hollow void.  I told Cherry she apparently didn't have any internal organs so she was a miracle bunny!  I will need help from an experienced breeder to learn this, obviously. :-)

Quality time with the herd

I just spent some time hanging out with the buns in the exercise pens today.  They like to climb in my lap; get up on their hind legs, put their front paws on my shoulder and sniff around my face; eat dried fruit treats from my hands; and play chase games around behind my back.  Grace was fascinated with the camera today so she was getting right up in the lens.  Truly, the camera does not do her beauty justice.

(Trying to eat the camera cord.)

Wool Harvesting

Today we harvested wool from Grace, Breeze, Lizzie, and Ray.  Lizzie is the only one with her adult coat but all four were molting so we gathered from everyone.  We blew their coats out with the blower, I brushed out the few remaining mats, then I plucked while Drew put the wool in boxes.  We have a new grooming table so I can stand while plucking, which is better for my back and easier to reach all the way around the bunny.

Ray, right before we started cleaning him up

It took us about an hour and a half but we had a lot of wool collected by the end.  A lot was on me as well.

Fuzzy!

Today was also the day to "palpate" Cherry to check to see if she is indeed pregnant.  You are supposed to be able to feel little grape-sized bumps in the abdomen but even veteran breeders can't always tell so the fact that I felt nothing means very little.  If it didn't take, we have a second breeding date planned before winter sets in.