I know!, the hens probably knew not to harm them because they would have been in the shed when the rabbit was giving birth. I did put some cardboard n top so only the mother could get in but if the hens wanted to, they could have easily got in! Before I put the cardboard on top a hen laid an egg...
So two weeks ago I went to my hens to find that a wild rabbit had come into my shed and give birth in the nest box!:
Now they are getting big and they have climbed out of the nest box and made themselves comfy in a corner on the shed floor. I put some cardboard over...