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I have a doe that does that. She is a dirty rabbit when she gets a chance. But I know why in her case. I was given a standard Rex doe that the breeder could not get pregnant. She was extremely overweight and could not clean herself. I put her in a rabbit run (and obviously a diet) until...

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We are following two distinct breeding principles. The first one is exactly that - we are breeding for destruction. So far we have had about 47 culls out of 61 rabbits. It's painful and a long waiting game. But we are doing it to maintain a pure line. It's so frustrating that we can't see...

Hi Lovely to see you are back at rabbits! I've always loved chins. Wishing you years of joy - and also very happy that you have a handy Mr Eco2pia! :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: Welcome back!

I took six 13 week olds to a show (4 does, 2 bucks). They traveled together as they were from the same litter. They were separated into show cages for a day and when I tried to put them back into the traveling cage the one buck attacked the other one. This is the only time I've had fighting...

I've been wanting to write for ages on this saga of mine - which has turned into a very complicated issue. I can't reply from my home PC as my IP address is South Africa and we are on the baddie list, so it's driving me nuts. I breed a locally developed rabbit that has excellent feed...

She is certainly very pretty! I'll just take a uneducated guess and say she is a chocolate GTS. Either way I wish my babies were such a pretty color! One of the things I've been learning about genetics is that all genes work in sequence and what one does doesn't necessarily affect the other...

I've been playing with the Kim's hutch Calculator and interesting I do get a lot of breeding possibilities that are close to what I'm getting IRL. So maybe self chin is the what's happening here. Eventually I guess if a chin pops up I'll at least be able to confirm that one. Have to edit: I...

They really are stunning. Can't wait to see some babies! Good luck and hope they bring you years of joy.

Hi everyone I've got quite a complicated color issue. So far I have very few test breedings and no self color rabbits (that I know of) to test some of my theories so I've been spending a lot of time on the genetic calculator. :lol: I breed a local South African rabbit breed that was...

Thank you for the recommendation Hotcatz. I looked into it over the weekend and had my mind made up in less than 10 minutes. It's an awesome program. I'm still learning about all the features but it's extremely comprehensive.

Thank you so much. That makes a huge difference knowing what to feel for! I took everyone out yesterday and ran my hands all over them and the backbone is very smooth and is some cases it actually dips away leaving a little groove with the muscles being higher than the vertebrae. I definitely...

Well on "bunny vets" I cannot comment as my experience with them is too short but I can comment to death on equine vets. In general I think people forget that a vet comes at different levels. Just because they passed vet school does not necessarily make them a good vet. Twenty years of...

Well that's good news for the buck but not great for the doe. I didn't think too fat would be an issue so soon - especially with her just having weaned a litter. This is the one thing where I'm getting stuck. I cannot tell how a rabbit should feel that is in proper condition. I've watched...

Thanks for confirming Zass. The poor little thing never had a full belly once. I just wish I had put him out of his misery sooner.