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I am wondering if folks in other parts of the Nation have noticed that Sulfadimethoxine, Albon, and Sulmet have been disappearing from retail? I have been working with my veterinarian on eradicating coccidiosis from my herd. I first noticed the DiMethox became unavailable in mid summer but...

Things are truckin' along with the bunny business here. I breed New Zealands (well, most of the time, but crossbreeds find their way in from time to time) and have expanded quite a bit. Right now I have 16 breeding age does and 6 bucks. I had a bout with coccidiosis last fall and have made a...

Just picking the collective brain on causes of stillbirth. I have had 3 proven does deliver what appear to be healthy newborns stillborn in the past month. I have also had just as many healthy litters without complications. Just trying to look at things from a holistic perspective. Anytime I...

Just when I thought I had seen it all and found a way to prevent every possible disease and disorder.... I just noticed two 14 day old kits having siezures in the nestbox. I had treated the doe routinely with fenbendazole (SafeGuard) prior to kindling, which destroys the active form of e...

My husband and I have gone further into mules and just adopted a beautiful and very sweet Mammoth Jack donkey stud. He had some hard times when his former owners ran out of hay. We renamed him "Lucky Boy". He's been with us about a week, now. He is so amazingly calm, mild, and sweet...

so, it all started with a few meat rabbits (have you heard these words before?) Over the past 3 years, they evolved into a passion. I had the space, time and money to invest in raising New Zealand rabbits, which come in several color varieties..... so I had to have some of each kind.... and...

I am developing a line of New Zealand Blues in my rabbitry in Oregon and have run into a genetic stalemate. I don't seem to have any luck getting blues out of a black or white rabbit that has blue in its pedigree when bred back to a blue, the kits are all black or white or some odd chin type...

A little over a month ago I had a run of mucoid enteritis run through my rabbitry, affecting weanlings, growouts, and a couple of juniors who I had set aside as breeding stock. Among all of my "little guys" I had about a 20% mortality rate. The symptoms first appeared after I had switched to...

Any old wives' tales on how to get more doe kits in your litters? Most of my litters run 70% bucks on average. I had ONE red doe give me 7 does and 3 bucks (she's a keeper!) out of a litter of 12 (lost 2 in the first week). I know folks put a lot of effort into this when trying to have...

I have invested in some breeding stock New Zealand blue rabbits. I am needing enlightenment on the genetics behind the New Zealand blues. Where did they come from? And what can they be bred to? I noticed that there is NZ red in the pedigree of one pair I bought, and NZ black in the...

....and I sure hope there are no more disasters in store! We put new plastic up on the greenhouse after it got blown off THE MORNING OF my first Meat Rabbit 101 class. So I am set up to do most of the lecture in there (rabbit barn is behind greenhouse). The weather has cooled off just...

So all of my laying hens have avian pox. Black and white "pox" on their combs. It has nearly halted my egg production. Never experienced this before. I bought a number of hens from CL earlier this spring and likely one of them brought it in. So now I can't use the brood box or pens for...

Well, for two months running now the rabbits will be paying the farm's feed bill. And they bought us 20 pullets (young laying hens). A big chunk of that comes from the Meat Rabbit 101 classes, but I also have a lot of $15 to $30 New Zealand rabbits a-hoppin' off the farm. Getting return...

Ok so I have 2 red does, 2 black does, 2 white does, 1 broken black doe, a steele doe and a few non-pedigreed mutts. I have pedigreed black, red, and white bucks. But I do not have any blue New Zealands! Sounds like a personal problem???

Holding my first "Meat Rabbit 101" seminar today. My husband and I have been working hard cleaning up the farm and the house. Rabbitry is spic and span, looks pretty impressive to me! Amazing how just a few rabbits turned into something so big..... I think I have about 12 breeding does...

It is SPRING, and farm projects plus full time job are making time go by super fast. I am holding my first "Meat Rabbit 101" seminar on April 7th (Sunday). Expecting about 8 or 9 people to attend the class. Goal was 10 to 12, I am happy with a smaller class size for the first run. Been...

Anybody have a visual for this style of cage: I was wondering if I could add on 2 cages with a drop down part for the nest for kits. I can't quite figure out the drop down part Thanks

I have a doe in quarantine which I traded for, the rabbitry she comes from has had some cases of ringworm. She is not symptomatic but I would like to treat her for it aggressively as a part of her quarantine process. I do have a product used for rain rot on horses that is a teatree-oil...

A few months ago hubby and I salvaged some mink cages for dirt cheap. They had vinyl coated 1 1/2" x 1" floor wire and heavy duty 1" x 1" galvanized-after-welded 14g sides and tops, the lower end of the sides had 1/2" baby wire spacing. I built a fantastic growout cage using the vinyl...

I am putting together my lecture notes for "Meat Rabbit 101" seminars which I will be holding in April. I am trying to find evidence-based research sources for rabbit facts (not just a fact posted on somebody's website - looking for original sources or reliable sources, such as USDA...