Squee-day

[trystinn]

Josh has wanted Flemish Giant rabbits for years and we finally found some! These are very hard to find because anyone who has them, keeps them! Given they are livestock rabbits, they are very tolerant, very laid back and very lethargic bunnies, even as babies. These have been weaned for three days.

I knew they were babies, what I did not expect was for them both to fit on one hand. Oh dear Gods, are they cute.

The agouti is the female, she's about twice the size of the male:



The male is the runt, he's itty bitty:



Needless to say, Josh is thrilled. He carried them around in the bib of his work overalls for hours after we picked them up at noon. So far, the bunnies have visited several friends, including our friend John who is house-bound and his mother-in-law who has moderate Alzheimer's (they napped on her lap).

They'll be living in the house for at least a month, then likely moving into the coop with the chicks before they are large enough for a hutch. When they are big enough, we'll hopefully have a few pens ready for them. These rabbits can get upwards of 22 pounds and the Guinness record is 50 pounds!

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[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

SQUEE! That's amazing, that they start out that tiny and get that big.

[tryst-inn.livejournal.com]

I was aghast! I was expecting babies the size of mini-lops, like Thistle-sized or something. I was not expecting these two, each the size of a biscuit. We brought this huge cage thinking they wouldn't possibly fit in the cat carrier. Oy. Gracie came with us and kept an eye on them, poor thing was over-whelmed trying to find them in that huge poultry cage!

They will definitely have to live indoors awhile. Probably at least a month, I couldn't even think of separating them at this point - too little to be out in the chicken coop, even with the heat lamps for the Silkie chicks.

Speaking of which, I'm getting 25 more Silkie chicks on Wednesday. So more squee expected!