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We are reworking a few things around our place, and planning to add raising meat chickens, while downsizing on rabbits. We have had far too many frustrations with the rabbits, having lost several litters of newborn kits throughthe winter. Along with the rising prices of pellets, we are finding...

Well the 3rd doe kindled , and same result. This was her first litter, found 5 dead kits, all in the front ofthe box, it was obvious she just layed in the box on top of them. Didnt pull a lot of hair either. As for checking them every couple hrs every day, thats not an option around here. The...

Nothing got in the shed to spook them, Its closed up at night, and not an issue, other than maybe a mouse here and there. The nest boxes I use are large, but perhaps I can try adding another one, but that sure fills up a cage. Still waiting on the 3rd to kindle. I havent figured out how to feel...

3mina, do you stop breeding during wnter months all together? I had to stoip during summer as it was so hot, and then fall I got maybe 50% of what I had hoped to with september/oct breeding. So here I am now in January. if I wait until march, I may get 2 breeding cycles before it gets hot again...

Had 2 of 3 does that were preg. kindle today, or last night. Out of 18 kits, 11 are dead. Doe 1, a Californian, 3 rd litter, I found 4 dead and a piece of another in the front part ofthe nest box, and 6 doing well in the fur ball. Doe 2, by far my best doe, a NZ Red, I found 7 kits dead. She...

I have a Cali doe who was one ornery girl when I would put her in with a buck. Once she finally kindles her first litter (3) she settled down and is really friendly now. Good thing,because her first try didnt take, and she had an attitude. I had decided if she didnt take the 2nd time, she was...

Thanksfor the input. I think the only reason she didnt use the box was I had removed it, and she started a nest of hair on the wire, so she had her mind made up that was where it would be. How long should I wait to rebreed her? Im thinking 2-3 weeks. I have another doe to brred around then too...

Had a doe due to have kits Nov 4th. The date came and went, and by the 10th, she still had not kindled, so I removed nest box. I was in the shed later in the day weighing another litter that are almost ready for the freezer, when I saw she hada pile of hair pulled in the corner of the cage...

I'll pick some up tomorrow when i go into town. Should I treat my others with the meds, or just with oil?

I discovered a couple days ago my young doe ( 6mos) has a bad case of ear mites in one ear. Im upset with my self that I didnt catch it sooner, shes in a bottom row cage and always goes to the back of the cage when I feed or open the cage, so I never spotted it. Her ear was crusted real bad. I...

I have a 1 1/2 yr old doe I got back in May. She was preg when I got her. Big NZW doe, kindled 8, lost 2 on May 24th. She did great with the kits, and I kept her largest doe for another breeder. I planned to breed her again after weaning the kits at 5 weeks, but it got miserably hot here from...

I can half of whatever I butcher. Use wide mouth jars, easier to get the pieces out. I quartered them, bioled them until just barely pink deep in the muscle, then pack into jars, cover with water that I bioled them in, and into the canner. Meat cleans off bone easily, and makes a grea stew, or...

My NZ white doe was bred last month, never kindled. She started pulling hair at 2 weeks, which she did last time too, but 35 days came and went tueday. So today i tried re-breeding her. She won't accept the buck, keeps her butt glued to the cage floor. I tried holding her, slipping my hand under...

Well I had to settle it today, my runt had escaped a few days ago, and since I recaptured her, she wasnt eating, and had lost 4oz in weight since I weighed her last. I think about a week? I culled her. at 10 weeks she was only 1#11 oz. Her insides were full of gas, stomach was empty and no poop...

Good to know that aboutthe whites vs the reds. I think as I go forward, I'll keep a few more white does, and see if I can find a white buck. I have a few Californians too, but the NZW's are way faster growth that those too.

My first litter is just about ready for the freezer, with the exception of the runt. While most ofthem are just under 5#, she weighs in at 2# I split the litter, 3 per cage, no difference in her growth. Then I found she likes to dig all the pellets out of the feeder, so I moved her into her own...

I have two litters in growout cages right now. I weighed them today. The whites are 9 weeks now, and average weight on those is 4# 12oz. The only exception is the runt, who is barely 2#. I have 3 in one cage, 2 in another, and the runt on her own as shes a feed digger and Ive about had it with...

We did the same with ice bottles, although I have a couple that wont lay against them. we filled a few gallon zip lock bags with ice, and they would lay on them, particularly the little ones, they love it. My stud buck humps the bottle, then ignores it. the bag of ice, he liked a little more...

My first litter(NZ Whites)is growing so fast, Im wondering how I should determine when to butcher. They are 8 weeks today, I weighed them and they run from 4#8oz forthe biggest, to 2#4oz for the runt. The runt is the only one under 4#. I was surprised they weighed that much so soon. Should I...

I was working in the barn today,rearranging and cleaning, and watching the little ones running around the cage. I noticed after mamma had run over on of the kits a little smear on its back that looked like blood. We got to looking, and the kit was fine, so I pulled mamma out, and she has a big...