My rabbit had her babies...

[PineBurrowPeeps]

Okay first of all, the advice of leaving the doe and kits alone is bogus and IMO irresponsible.
Mother does not always know best when it comes to animals (and some people for that matter!)...

AS SOON as my doe's kindle, I check the nestboxes for kits, how many, any dead (remove them, they will rot and make everyone sick!), etc.
I go a step further and raise my rabbits Betty Chu (a well known English Angora breeder) style and take the kits away from the Mom altogether and bring them inside for safe keeping.
I then bring kits to Mom twice a day for the first week and once a day thereafter until kits eyes are open and they are mobile. Then they go back in and live with Mom 24/7.
Most times I put kits into the nestbox and Mom hops in within a few minutes to nurse them.
If not, I simply hold Mom on her back and put kits on her belly to nurse or hold her in a stretched out position on her side in the cage and let them nurse that way.
I stimulate them to pee and poop with paper towels in case Mom didn't.

I also have very valuable rabbits though...

And my point was simply that you can handle kits alot and Mom will not kill them because they smell like you. Many breeders have even fostered other rabbits babies onto another lactating doe, they just are a pretty accepting species when it comes to that stuff...
Now Hampsters are another story! ;-)

 

[chinbunny]

I use both methods. I bring my litters inside in the winter time. I take he nest boxes out once early in the morning, and late at night. I leave my boxes in with the does in the summer time when its warmer. I don't think its irresponsible to leave a litter with the doe. Most does won't bother hem. However some will dig around in the next box, constantly jump in and out, kick the babies around, etc. Those does either need to be culled, or have their litters taken away.