Chubbybunnies
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Hello everyone,
I have long dreamed about breeding rabbits, and have done some research over the past few years, but decided to jump on in up to my neck one Friday night at a livestock auction. I know, probably not the best place to find quality stock, but I wanted to experiment and learn before investing large amounts of money and hating it! We ended up with one white buck, a calico looking buck, a calico doe, a black doe (all more mature) and 2 white and 2 grey young does.
I had all the adults together, and the young ones in a separate cage. My wife likes the idea of the rabbits living on the ground, but after reading through many pages on here, may change that.
Surprise to us, the black doe was pregnant and had 3 kits 11 days ago. That’s when I found RT! Had no clue what to do, but they all survived and she seems to be a good mom! They are gaining weight around 2 ounces at one week. Is that good?
We moved the other three that were with her to their own cage.
Also, one of the young grey kits seemed to have a large (both long and thick) few spots on her hind quarters. Upon sexing them again to make sure they were all still what we thought they were, we noticed some other weird abnormalities about her, so I called her immediately. I did not want to, because I liked the color, but I figured it was the best for the stock. No redness around the vent, or sores on the nose.
I will try to get pictures up as soon as possible. If everything goes well with this stock, I may be looking intobgetting better stock! Fingers crossed!
ANY HELP, GUIDANCE, OR FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TO HELP ME OUT WOULD BE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!!
Thank you all for your wealth of knowledge and looking forward to this adventure!
Also, I live in south Florida, so heat will play a large factor in breeding.
I have long dreamed about breeding rabbits, and have done some research over the past few years, but decided to jump on in up to my neck one Friday night at a livestock auction. I know, probably not the best place to find quality stock, but I wanted to experiment and learn before investing large amounts of money and hating it! We ended up with one white buck, a calico looking buck, a calico doe, a black doe (all more mature) and 2 white and 2 grey young does.
I had all the adults together, and the young ones in a separate cage. My wife likes the idea of the rabbits living on the ground, but after reading through many pages on here, may change that.
Surprise to us, the black doe was pregnant and had 3 kits 11 days ago. That’s when I found RT! Had no clue what to do, but they all survived and she seems to be a good mom! They are gaining weight around 2 ounces at one week. Is that good?
We moved the other three that were with her to their own cage.
Also, one of the young grey kits seemed to have a large (both long and thick) few spots on her hind quarters. Upon sexing them again to make sure they were all still what we thought they were, we noticed some other weird abnormalities about her, so I called her immediately. I did not want to, because I liked the color, but I figured it was the best for the stock. No redness around the vent, or sores on the nose.
I will try to get pictures up as soon as possible. If everything goes well with this stock, I may be looking intobgetting better stock! Fingers crossed!
ANY HELP, GUIDANCE, OR FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TO HELP ME OUT WOULD BE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!!
Thank you all for your wealth of knowledge and looking forward to this adventure!
Also, I live in south Florida, so heat will play a large factor in breeding.