This was her second litter... first one had 8 (with 1 deformity, and 2 kits she caused fatal damage to), but they were kindled in the house and I saw them right away, so I was able to get rid of all the wet stuff. I saw most of them had been strong enough to fill thier bellies, some were very skinny, and all but one had nice color (one was red all over, not bloody, but like it had discolored bruising). Everybunny had good size considering it's a cross between a 10 pound Cal doe, and a 4 pound lionhead (I know, not really a meat breed, but he's all I had at the time... if you think that's odd, Big Bertha is a flemish giant, and he bred her too...).
I know Big Bertha will kindle in the next few weeks (she has been with Thumper since she attacked me, and although she is calmer now she is not so interested in being a snuggly bunny) so I've brought her inside to kindle. This will be Bertha's first time, and I think she might be a little too young for it (she's a July baby), but the mating did calm her occassional agressive tendancies. I had handled Queen Bitchy Bitch and her first litter quite a bit before tending to Bertha, and she did nothing more than smell me. I half expected to jerk my hand away while she was doing it, though.
