Recent content by Sundew Rabbitry

Whoo!! Good luck with them!! What a fantastic opportunity! :)

Thanks guys! Wow, those livers we're pretty bad. I think mine only had about 10 little spots each, but that's definitely similar, just more advanced. Hepatic coccidia...thank you for confirming my suspicions! Good to have a true answer for that. I have both corid and sulmet for coccidia, but...

They're mostly East Friesian/Lacaune (both dairy breeds) crosses, though we have some that are up to 50% Karakul. Yup, it's a commercial dairy and creamery. We don't sell the milk, but make it into a hard aged cheese and sell that. Dairy sheep are seasonal milkers and lactate for 6 months before...

Last year I had a LOT of meat rabbit fryers who had a lot of very small (1/16" diameter) white spots spread throughout the liver. I was wondering if anyone knows what they might have been? Rabbits were about 10-12 weeks at the time. All other organs were normal and healthy. I didn't have any...

I just got my first pair of Hares. Won a buck in the youth scholarship raffle at convention this month and then bought a little doe to go with him a few days ago. Oh my gosh, best rabbits ever!!!! Their personalities are quirky and outgoing and so inquisitive. I'm completely in love with them...

I have: -6 adult meat rabbits -18 adult show rabbits -14 cavies -30 or so chickens -6 dogs -4 cats -4 dairy goats -2 club lamb ewes -350 dairy sheep

Actually, if you absolutey CANNOT find a Tort or Tricolor Rex, the quickest way to get what you are looking for is to breed the Rex to the Rhinelander. Then do a brother/sister breeding. You'll get approx. 25% normal fur that do not carry rex, 50% normal fur that carry rex, and 25% rex fur...

Haha! I'm thinking of tattooing this GORGEOUS little upcoming junior of mine "CULL" just to get a laugh on the table. :P I've always gotten at least a chuckle out of the judge's who've read LADYSMAN, FISHSTICK, and BURGER. :D I think that's why I've stuck with tattooing names for as long as I...

I've been considering going back to a numbering system. I used to do father's initial, dam's initial, kit's number, dam's litter number, and M for Melani(my name). For example, my doe I have right now from when I first started is tattooed PD3AM. She was sired by Piano Man, out of Daisy, 3rd kit...

Demamma- LOL!! Woolies are addicting!! The saying is: "A Wooly will still your heart, but a baby Wooly will steal your soul!!" Once you get 'em, you won't be able to stop! :D I think I had a few north-ish shows on my fall show list! Now I just need to get those dang does producing! Bred 4 does...

:D I told you I'd join up again! Haha!! She's JUST like her mom, I swear!! She had the same desire to be a parrot! Hopefully little Prodige can tone down the 'tude on her kits. Also wanted to say I got around to cooking up my little 10 week old false dwarf Wooly buck and he was DELISH! The...

Yup, I usually keep showing a bred doe up until they're about 2 weeks along. But I did once transport a doe to a show to be picked up by the buyer and she was 29 days along that day. I just kept her in a covered dog crate and the buyer picked her up early and took her home. She had 6 with no...

I breed whoever goes together. Mother-son, Father-daughter, Grandsire-granddaughter, even have some with the same rabbit as their sire, grandsire, and great-grandsire. However, I have yet to do a brother-sister cross. I would if they fit, but so far all my litters have been pretty consistent...

Hello everybody!!!!! I confess, it's all my fault for being a tad too close to MSD!! Hahaha!! And she convinced to rejoin this forum! I have to say, it's WAY more popular than it was when I was a member like a year and a half ago! I'm in complete shock you got that little Black to sit still for...

She really looks to me like she's a BUD. If so, she'll go over the maximum weight limit. BUDs are often longer in body, longer in ear, and snipier in the face than a dwarf would be. I use BUDs for breeding though because they throw larger litters and no peanuts.