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Oh man, it's been a long rough road since Thurs. morning last week. My daughter somehow, somewhere contracted an E-Coli infection. She's been in the hospital since Saturday, we are hoping we'll get to go home tomorrow as things are looking good. She is past the critical period when complications...

If I bred a blue SF doe to a black SF buck (that carried the blue gene), would I still get black SF in the mix?

Okay, so here is what I'm faced with right now....have 2 does w/litters quarantined away from other rabbits... 1 started sneezing about 4 days ago (lots of sneezes in a short amt. of time) no snot, just sneezing... The next day rabbit next to her sneezed at least once or twice... So, I moved...

My youngest doe, Stripes-who is only 6 months old...just had 13, only 1 died!!! I'm so proud of her so far, she built a nest and pulled fur before having them, and she had all of them in the nestbox! Now I got to figure out how to keep them all alive! Her milk hasn't really come in much yet...

So, I have 2 does that have had 2 previous litters that were healthy. 1 of my does delivered on Wed. w/ no issues (she had 12, lost 3) The other doe had 1 in her water dish on Wed. Then yesterday, throughout the day had a couple here and there all on the wire. We tried to save them, but this...

Is it protein that rabbit's are lacking if they eat fur? She has literally eaten every bit of fur that she had pulled for the kits in the nestbox. I had to add a towel for the kits to lay on and it covers them a little, luckily they have fur it's been getting into the 20's again at nite. I've...

My doe is in labor (2nd litter) she has had a few already this morning, over an hour ago. She is grunting a lot and I know she has more in her tummy as I can feel them move. I'm expecting a large litter from her as she is huge and her 1st litter she had 11 kits. I gave her a little lavender...

The kits (have 2 litters) are about 8 wks old. They have been growing slowly(needed more protein, etc.) and it's been very cold, which is why I hadn't already seperated them. Anyway, today was the day so I moved each doe to a new cage with the smallest kits from that litter. My question is now...

I've always dreamed of having a farm, even when little. When I was about 10, I planted my own garden all by myself--as no one else in my family had any desire to garden and knew nothing about it. At 20, my husband and I were apprentices on a local Organic Farm. We got to learn a little about...

I'm hoping someone on here can give me a sense of what normal wt.s are for kits on natural feed, (grains, hay, and mineral salt) I'm a little concerned about my 7 wk. olds that are on avg. 1.5 lbs. I realize natural feeding gives slower wt. gain, but I just need to know if there is a problem...

The 7 wk. old kit that has had eye problems died over night, so I'm thinking I should open her up and look at the organs.? I've never butchered a rabbit, so not sure what to look for- will it be obvious? Maybe all along, kit had P? Her eyes never opened, without my help--they kept gluing...

Now that I've been feeding a grain diet for awhile, I bought a bale of good looking alfalfa hay-real leafy and green! I also had some other good hay that someone gave me. It seemed like everytime I fed it to my does they would stop eating their cecal's, and maybe even get a touch of diarrhea...

My husband just put together the last 2 cages, which will be for growing kits. AFTER he was done, I noticed the floors are on upside down. Now, correct me if I'm wrong (in this case, I'd love to be wrong) but don't you want the 1/2" gap on top, to protect the rabbits feet??? The wires that are...

We have 7 wk. old kits that my daughter loves to love on. About the same time the kits were born, she started getting hives and has been getting them everyday since. I've been thinking food allergies, and so have been eliminating a lot of things from her diet with no changes in the hives. Taken...

Does anyone mix their own grain for their chickens (layers)? I missed the ordering deadline, so either need to buy pellets at the store or mix up some grains. Seems like when I read about it before, chickens diets are way more complicated than rabbits. I like the idea of whole grains and have...

My 1 month old still has a bad case of nestbox eye! We were displaced due to no electricity and lots of falling trees (heavy snowfall) for over 1 week, but was able to feed them, just couldn't help the little ones eyes much during that time. I can get the eyes to open with warm water/chamomile...

Here is the bunch of them, huddled up. They are so dark, they look black(depending on the light) but I think they are more of a dark grey/silver/steel? color This one is my favorite, hoping for a doe to keep to breed back to SF buck. I like her markings on her head. Here is what their bellies...

My kits are about 4 days old and I'm noticing dry peeling skin on some of them. My guess is they scratch each other when they are in a pile digging down. It's just the outer layer of skin. Are they like human babies, dry skin normal a few days after birth? Just want to make sure it's nothing...

We just got our 1st litter, doe is Am. Chin. buck is SF.... I don't know anything about genetics, obviously cause I was expecting black kits (maybe w/white tummies). They were just born, so I'm sure colors will change?? They are mostly dark head/shoulders, but the rest is pink (which I think...

My doe, Daffodil had kits this morning, yay!!! This is our 1st and her 1st litter ever! She had 11! But we lost 2. One she had eaten 2/3rd's of it, the other looked smooshed.....she had them in the front of the nestbox. We brought them in and cleaned the soiled hay out. I moved them to the back...