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I've had 2 born with placentas the mother didn't remove. Both were alive. First time it happened I didn't intervene because I figured I'd disrupt the mother as she continued her labor. It died from suffocation. The second time it happened (next litter by a different doe) I took off the...

I post this just because we learn from each others experiences, and in this case, the lesson learned here is there is always hope. This morning I had a 4 week old kit jump out of the cage onto a concrete floor. As I was trying to catch it, it ended up landing on its back, then immediately...

I’ve heard that due to the large number of rabbits entered at the ARBA Convention, not all get judged. Something to the effect that the judges only have to look at the top 25%. I’ve gotta be confused, but then again how do you work through 17000 entries in such a short time?. Can anyone clear...

We started our rabbits in an insulated enclosed metal barn with a portable AC. We left the door up until the temps hit the 80s and the inside no longer benefited from outside airflow. Then we used the portable AC until outside temps hit 90. At that point it couldn't keep up, so we started...

Simply beautiful, but like my mentor told me when I began my first attempt at saltwater aquariums and was bragging to him about how pretty and impressive the unoccupied tank was - "It will never again look as good as it does right now." Still, an awesome barn anyone would be happy to have.

Take her for a nice, relaxing drive in the car.

Saw a triple stacker, 30x36 with liners for $375 at the last show I attended.

Lots of personal contact. I’ve got a 11 month old buck I got from someone else. Have had him 2 months and he still is super shy. But he’s improving. Whereas he used to sit balled up in the back corner of his cage, he now only withdraws if I approach him with my fingers out. If I make a...

Buyers are fickle. Had 8 sold, we thought. One guy cane and got one. Another guy got one. The remaining 2 buyers never showed up, even after telling us the day of they would be on their way. Folks are inconsiderate these days. A simple "we've changed our mind" would have let us offer them...

Yes, but don't tell my wife. Would ruin my macho image.

You can also note any defects/injuries early.

Yeah, that's what we said... After 8 months decided to get another buck (we raise Silver Fox). While at the sellers house we found out he was the VP of one of the regional Silver Fox Rabbit Breeders Clubs. He invited us to a show in GA coming up in 3 weeks. At that time we'd raised 3...

Any thoughts?

That was our biggest concern. He did dislodge his drinking bottle, having knocked the tube to the outside of the cage. So, other than being very thirsty, he survived without much trauma.

Be sure your rabbit makes the weight for the class it is entered in. I’ve seen a number of judges weigh senior does and bucks, and DQ a few because they were not at the proper weight for that class. Close only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades. If your rabbit is light by even an ounce...

We went to a show a couple of weeks ago and when we got back, the door to our bucks cage was bent outward as if he’d launched his entire body against it. Luckily, we double lock all our doors, so although bent into a semicircle, the door stayed secure. As our cages are inside a building, on...

I kill the chickens and I kill and clean the bunnies. My wife does the rest. Just the way she likes it…

We’ve got combo feed/hay feeders, and have been using them for about a year. We are thinking of moving to internal hay feeders because we just don’t like the fact our rabbits have to shove their face in the hay when they want to eat pellets from the trough below. For those of you who have used...

Meat lovers was a show competing all the meat breeds (Silver Fox, Florida Whites, American Chinchilla, Harlequin, Silver Marten, etc). You went through the normal judging process (best in class, variety, breed), for your breed, then competed against the bobs of the other meat breeds. Top pick...

Went to our first show last weekend and did well. Gained a leg on our Silver Fox buck with a Best in Class, and 2 legs on our doe with a Best of Breed and Meat Lovers Reserve In Show. But since we didn’t know anything about showing, we failed to enter the fur show. I remember at least one fur...