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It started when I noticed that one of my three colony does was a little thinner then the rest, which I figured was from the others eating faster, so I just gave them all a little more food. They are my retired breeders, so I figured if the extra made the others get a bit pudgy, it would be fine...

So I have my first show quality doe and buck so I'm freaking out more than usual. She made a nest today, day 30, but not in the box. It is in the wooden back part of the hutch, but its a huge drafty hutch. Should I leave it be, move to the box now, move to the box after they are born, or move...

My aunt got me a logde pan for christmas last year. I finally got around to using it and I adore it. Just got three pans at a flea market for 10 bucks! One is a 8 inch BSR, one seems to be a 6 inch Favorite, and one a lodge with a grill bottom. I'm cleaning and reseasoning them and cant wait to...

I came out to hold and check on my doe Carli, who is due on the 10th. I turned her upside down to check her butt cause it felt a little damp when I picked her up, and I think shes aborting a kit, but I don't know!!! There is something coming out of her, and I have no idea what, why, or what to...

One of my muscovies has just hatched out her first clutch of ducklings! So far I have coutned six, with more still hatching! Im so excited for these little ones, i have to resist checking every couple minutes. Im not sure if I'm going to let her raise them all or do some in the brooder so I can...

One of my young bucks got out and into the cage of my young doe. I came out to find he had bit her up pretty bady. She has torn skin in a couple places on her back but its scabbing over. The big problem is a huge gash on her throat. Its a couple inches wide and very scary looking. It isnt...

So I weighed all my rabbits a bit ago and was very disappointed with all of my meat bunnies. The trio I started with were supposedly 2 NZW and a NZ/FG cross. Well, I knew they looked a little small to me, but they were my first meat rabbits and I've only had dwarfs before, so I thought they...

Tomorrow I have to cull my first kit. I've processed for meat, and culled adults with pasteurella, but never a young kit. It has wry neck, and its gotten worse no matter what I try. Now it has goop around it's eyes too and I noticed the doe was sneezing. The kit is only about two and a half...

I found a kit with wry neck today. A week and a half old, and it doesn't seem to have any injury, just holding it's neck to the side. This was in my new colony (going on 5-6 months) and I really hope we aren't dealing with pasteurella again. I did notice a doe sneeze a few weeks ago, but...

The main two kits pictured are from my red mini rex buck and castor mini rex doe. I had teo split up her litter of six between two of my other does who each had five, because she wasn't caring for them well. From what I can tell I have two that look like possibly agouti of ome sort (not pictured...

One of my does had kits today much to my surprise, I had bred her but I hadn't felt anything when palpatating and she didn't nest this time. Luckily I did put straw in the box myself and she had six healthy babies in the box. So yay for surprise kits! Now what I'm worried about is she didnt...

With my colony does I've usually gotten litters of 6-9. After the kits starts hopping out of the nest box and eating pellets I make sure to supplement with some oats and hay to prevent issues. I've had 2-3 kits die from each litter at this age. I noticed one had.a little bit of diarrhea so I...

I thought it would be fun to thought a thread like that after what happened to me tonight. So you know you breed meat rabbits when you reach for a bottle opener from your nightstand and accidentally grab a rabbits foot :lol: I had preserved a couple from a rabbit with coloring I loved, and in...

I bred my new castor doe to my red buck and palpatated today and it took! I am mostly raising for meat but I also use the pelts, plus my partner may want to keep a kit from this litter. Tha doe has a lot of colors in her pedigree. Her parents were chocolate and broken castor. She also has red...

I have a litter of for meat mutts growing out (there were seven but three didn't make it). The mother is a ten pound NZW and the father is a six pound mutt, possibly part harlequin. The kits are seven weeks and a few days and are about a pound to a pound and a half each. Is this normal? It...

Its been almost a year since I got into breeding rabbits. I started off with three, a NZW doe, a NZW buck, and a FG/NZ doe. I started trying to breed when they turned six months, and kept trying for months with no success. First they wouldn't lift, then even with fall offs the breedings...

My former helper in my rabbitry did not notice when one of my colony does had her kits, I just found the nest yesterday. They were definitely not bald, and from the amount of fur I guessed they were three or four days old. I took a closer look today and it looked like one had it's eyes open...

Today is one of the worst I've had in years. My helper in the rabbitry and a very close friend, lost his temper and hit me. I asked him to leave and not come back, and when he refused one of the people I live with firmly showed him the door. I am still a bit in shock in how a wonderful...

One of my does has very thin furring on her head. This is definitely a new development, I thought I noticed a little thinning about a week ago and started watching her closely, and it's gotten worse. I can't tell if her fur is falling out, if she's pulling it, if the buck next to her is...

So my mother was telling some co-workers about my plan to raise meat birds. She actually is planning on buying a few from me once they are processed and thought she might find some people who would be interested in doing the same in the future. She was shocked at some of the negative reactions...