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The temperature here in this part of Texas is going to be hit with a cold spell for the next 4 nights with the temperature getting down to 20 degrees Saturday night and down to 11 degrees Monday night. The hutch that our kits are in are in a two sided hutch made off the ground open on oneside...

Just wondering this may seem like a dumb question but how many days does folks seem fine with leaving their rabbits alone to go out of town?? We have now down to 9 meat rabbits, 50 chickens, 7 ducks, 2 geese and 30 quail. We have never gone out of town for the day. We use to go on vacations 2...

We lost a young rabbit a few days ago which was sad. Not sure why but we are concerned due to she was housed with her mother and 2 other kits. I did open her up to look at her liver, heart and lungs and her liver looked good. But her lungs looked bad they where all splachi white and her heart...

Not sure whats up with some of our rabbits. We had noticed a few weeks a a rabbit with a wet nose and sneezing so we separated him from the cage he was in which had about 5 rabbits. The others all looked healthy. Then a few days later another had that same symptom so we separated that one too...

I just wanted to share with everyone that today August 18th 2023 is our 38th wedding anniversary. 🥂 I thank God for my amazing wife Susan Marie that on this day 38 yrs ago she took me as her husband not realizing all the up's and downs life would hit us with over the yrs. But together we from...

We had a rabbit that had 5 babies but 4 died due to she had them on the cage wire rather then on the hay in the nesting box. They looked like they had been all bite and bloody. Then later the next day we find one more we missed still alive but not in the nest under some hay. I was afraid to put...

We 5 baby rabbits born 5 weeks ago and 4 of their eyes opened and getting around really good. But one I have been watching for about 5 days and its eyes have both been shut tight. After watching a video on YouTube I found out it was Nest Box Eyes caused by dust or Bacteria and that we could use...

Ok I thought I would see if anyone has tried to use a pressure washer for removing the fat and flesh when tan their rabbits. We had looked into this for our deer hides we have in the freezer that need tanning. I know rabbits are going to be a bit more challenging to try and do but I just saw on...

We have a male lop eared rabbit that's the father of many of our rabbits. Poor guy he lost his doe mate this past summer we think to heat stroke. He was left with their 4 kits back then. A few days ago I was making my morning routine rounds and found Brownie on his side looking off so I knew...

Our Doe died sometimes this morning giving birth to her second litter. She had three kits about a month and half ago and today she gave birth to 4 more and bleed to death. Poor girl we was heart broken to find her gone. Now we don't know what to do to help these little baby kits survive. We have...

We have a male and female living together and they get along great. We see that they do mate and once a month the female does pull her fur but not kits. Here in Texas we had a hot summer so I read that hot temperature will cause the bucks to go sterile temporarily during those hot months. So my...

Hello Folks, we are John and Marie from Kempner Tx area. We live on a little homestead with 9 rabbits, 6 chickens, 1 rooster, 2 geese, 6 ducks, 34 quail, 1 Breaded Dragon and a spoiled Boston Terrier lol. We was raising bees till robber bees wiped us out. Anyway we are happy to have found this...