Recent content by kwilds

EnglishSpot, I was thinking of trying nail polish - good idea! I am terrible at sexing young kits too Zass!

I have a litter of mixed breed (meat) babies that are two weeks old. I took them out for their two week weight check (I am currently working on an ambitious breeding project with my meat herd and taking pretty intense records!) They are hopping about now and I "set" them up briefly to see if I...

MoonSpiritMom - not too far from you, I am in Kamloops!

Thanks MaggieJ! I am pretty happy with what I have to start with and have a good idea what I want/need to work on. I am really excited to have the chance to breed a larger number of litters so I have more kits to choose replacements from. The extra meat is a pretty decent bonus too! I thought I...

I have arranged some extra space for growouts this summer at a friends place so I am keen to get started working with my meat herd to work towards a stable line of rabbits that fit MY criteria and needs rather than any breed standards! I want rex fur (I am also breeding a line of purebred Silver...

Thanks Zass! The last picture of the steel kit looks like it just crawled out of my next box . . . identical!

Zass - that seems to be what I am finding as I do more research! I did dig around in the nest box again this morning and found 3 that actually are self black so he must only have one copy but it does seem the gene is pretty common in Silver Fox.

I did think about sable - but that would mean both the doe and buck would have to carry Cchl, very possible for the doe considering she could be crossed with any number of things but as far as I know that is pretty unlikely in the silver fox, certainly more unlikely than steel. Dood - I took...

Can someone tell me what colour this kit is? It is 6 days old from a litter of 10. All 10 are identical to this! The parents are a purebred Black (chocolate carrier) Silver Fox buck and a chinchilla Flemish giant cross doe (I believe her colour is called light grey in the flemish breed?). Not...