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Years ago in summer camp one of our counselors preferred to be called by his initials - RC. He only drank RC. Curiouser and curiouser :)

After being exposed to orchard grass for a few days mine are getting to like it. They all like to nest in it and root around just for fun I think

I bought some orchard grass hay. Any reason that would cause them problems?

I have been feeding timothy hay from tractor supply. That was expensive so I bought locally baled orchard grass. 1 doe attacked it, none ate with gusto. Should they get used to it over time?

Kind of a related question, do you have a good recipe for larger rabbits close to 1 year old?

Don't write the book till the snakes have quiled! I suspect that's old English of coiled, or it may just be KY hillbilly:)

Thank you so much! You put shelves inside the birting box as kits grow? Those are much larger than I thought necessary, but I'd like to give them all more space anyway, joining cages and adding new ones. I'm wondering now if I lost my 1st litter because kindling box was too small for momma.

I need to build kindling boxes and I was recently advised to provide all of them with hide boxes. Trouble is dimensions given would make boxes that covered 1/2 the cage floor. My does are about 18" long stretched out and relaxing. The buck is older and larger. So how large do kindling and...

The over-the-shoulder-bould....ooops.....bunny holder:)

They were all dead this morning. I'll give her 1 more chance in 6 weeks to breed. If that doesn't work I got an American Blue doe to replace her. It's easy to get caught up in this. I like rare breeds of livestock and I believe I'll wind up with purebred Silver Fox ad American Blue

I am in the process of losing a litter, momma isn't very interested in kits. They are in cages in an 8 x 20 shed, lots of open windows covered in hardware cloth. No predator can get in but lots of predators live here. Would predators prowling around the shed cause bunny distress?

I'm just taken by the twitchy nose thing. I grew up watching Elizabeth Montgomery on "Bewitced", so twitchy noses are sexy! :)

Mine hasn't pulled any fur but she did put them all together in cozy little nest and they appear well fed. There was blood under the cage, I thought she had eaten another one but they're all there so I guess she just passed a little blood cleaning out her uterus. Kits are energetic, seem...

Mine like comfrey and bark from fruit tree pruning, fresh pulled grass. They rejected several kinds of fruit, won't eat carrots. I understand too much comfrey is toxic, but you can't trust everything you read on the internet!

For now the good news is the kits are toasty warm. Mom seems interested in nest box. Seems like a little optimism is in order.