Recent content by Azorean Steve

one of my SF does just recently had her first litter. 5 are black as expected and 3 are blue. is this due to a reccessive gene in either the buck or doe or both?

My Silver Fox Doe (1st time mom) gave birth to 9 kits yesterday. From day 28 thru day 30 she refused to use the nestbox that i placed in the sleeping area of her hutch. So on day 30 i removed the nestbox and stuffed that area which is roughly 18" x 24" with hay, lots of hay! The next day she...

UGH! Sorry to hear that BP. hopefully your luck turns around with your Silver Foxes. i just re-bred her last night. After 2 fall offs she started grunting at the buck and as soon as i went in to grab the buck he mounted her one last time and had his 3rd fall off. so fingers crossed!!! this may...

from what i saw, definitely not her fault. poor thing was even in the nestbox waiting for them to latch on so she can feed them. i'm planning to rebreed tomorrow in hopes that she will kindle on the weekend again.

She's a Silver Fox, roughly 7.5 months old. She had the kits on day 33. I'd love to figure out what it was that cause this just so that i can avoid this in the future or just chalk it up as one of those things that sometimes happens.

Bad news. sometime between lastnight and this morning my doe had 3 kits but by the time i went out there around sunrise the kits were dead. all 3 were in the nest but only 2 were in the fur that she pulled. the largest of the 3, and it was huge, was on top of the fur. she made a great nest and...

Nothing yet...... The suspense is killin me!

thank you for the responses! Just to give you a visual, the hutch is separated into 2 areas. a sleeping/hiding area and the caged/lounge area. The sleeping area has a wire floor with removable wood planks. the caged area is all wire. As of right now i have the wood planks removed exposing the...

First time for me & the doe. Last night was day 28 so i placed the nestbox stuffed with hay into the hutch along with an extra handful of hay so she can arrange the nestbox to her liking. She immediately started grabbing hay and shuffling it around which i thought was very cool. This morning i...

Thanks Grumpy! great advice.... you're absolutely right on temperament. i do not put up with any aggressive roosters when it comes to my chickens and i don't plan on keeping any a-hole rabbits. i will however give him the benefit of the doubt and hope like you said after almost 6 months i got...

It's been almost a weeks since the "Incident" and he's been his old self. I just found it very odd that he acted aggressive. one of the girls hutches is right beside his but divided by a solid wall but i'm sure he gets a whiff of her every now & then. She's 6 months old and just shy of 9 pounds...

so is this something that will eventually go away once he finally gets some lovin? or should i invest in some foul weather gear...lol

so i reached into my bucks cage and the next thing i know is im getting pee'd on! impressed with his aim i go to rub his head to let him know its ok, he nips me. this is the first time hes ever done anything like this. he always greets me at the door of his cage looking for a head rub. never has...

So I took a real close look at her eye and it was clear of any foreign objects. Her eye doesn't appear to be swollen or irritated. It didn't even look watery at the time but the matted fur around her eye is still there.. The hay that was given to me seemed a little dusty so I replaced the hay...

My Silver Fox doe has developed a watery eye...!!! i would like to get some opinions as to what it may be and what should i do. I would really like to take care of this before it becomes a serious problem if it isn't already. I've officially hit the panic button!!!!