Rabbits!

[moomoodiddy]

Since all of my other breeds are generally 4 lbs or less, a lot of people would see a 7 or 8 lb Harlequin and say, "that's a big rabbit!" For ages, I have been tempted to get a Flemish Giant just so I could point to it and say, "that's a big rabbit. This one is just medium sized!"

I had a Giant Chinchilla doe I would take to 4H festivals every year, I would always have a kid asking to hold the big bunny and ask if it was a Flemish giant. It always made me want to get one also to show them the difference.

 

[braehedge]

I'm from Nova scotia and breed mini rexes. This is my broken black buck, Pepsi.

 

[FluffyWyandot]

awww, so mine aren't the only ones who sit in pile of stuffed animals all day XD

 

[AJDots]

Having baby buns is the best.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Having baby buns is the best.

Adorable!

 

[supersymmetry]

Babies!

 

[braehedge]

Oh, so cute it hurts!

 

[balloonflower]

This is such a great idea, and such fun to do. When my son was in Kindergarten, I started doing this; I'd pack up whatever babies I had (hopefully at several growth stages) and an adult representative or two of each of my breeds, and visit his class. It expanded to basically visiting the entire grade, and then half the building . . . . But then there was an incident in another school involving a class pet (a rat) that a child provoked until it bit them, and the entire school system became a "no animal" zone. Wellll, not completely; third graders still incubate eggs every year, so they see hatched chicks for a day or two.

So, a little off the bunny topic, but since it ties in and this is a chicken site, I'll ask here. I have a batch of chicks arriving next week. How extra stressing is it for the chicks if timing works to take them to school. I understand I have to really watch the temp, so it would be a short visit. But we are rather urban and most of these kids have no chance to see things like this.

All the baby pics are ADORABLE!

 

[moomoodiddy]

How cold is it where you live?

 

[Bunnylady]

Quote: I have hauled chicks for visits on occasion, and never had a fatality from doing it. I have put a soda bottle full of warm water inside the box I use for transport (secured, so it can't roll around and injure anybirdy) to act a a source of warmth while we are traveling. I also carry along a light that clamps onto the side of the box to provide warmth when we get where we are going. I'm sure other people have more professional means of protecting the chicks, but that has worked for me in the past.