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http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/livest ... t-dig.html I found a previous convo on this subject. hope that helps

I agree that natural diets are best, and also agree not every farmer can feed naturally. While some farmers might say it's not feasible to feed x many cows naturally on this land, I would argue it's not feasible to put that many cows on that land. That farmer is pushing the lands ability to...

This response is not aimed at anyone specifically. I spend a lot of time researching and learning about "proper farming techniques" and I can get a little touchy, sorry. It's a passionate subject to me. I can rant and get off subject in debates also, again sorry. If the grains were for human...

I love your little tractors, but I will not be able to do something similar as the area I plan to fence is huge. I guess I will be burying wire in the ground. How deep? I certainly don't mind them digging as long as they do not dig out! They will only be in one part of the pasture for a week...

Is the "shed" inside the area? Or is the shed the area? If the latter, I would recommend slotted floors or stucco wire to stop digging. Also, they bred these rabbits over 20 years to get them adapted to forage. Barley fodder could work too. I give my rabbits treats from my garden often and I've...

I agree that feeding grains to cows is a waste. morality is not an issue I just feel like taking the amount of grain that could have fed 1000 people, and instead giving it to a cow that will only feed 150 people, is totally backwards. For many reasons too. Grain must be farmed, harvested, and...

yeah that's true I wouldn't know how much a person would know about rabbits.(I have lots to learn myself) I'll bring that up to the wife. When I bought my original trio, the seller gave me a big list of do's and don'ts specific to our climate, and told me about this website. the less rabbits...

Those sliver fox rabbits look so cool! Red Urine I was just out with the rabbits and noticed the agouti doe has red corners in her cage and some red/orange pee on the edge of the deflector. I started to take pics and flip out, then did a google search and read through some older threads here...

This agouti bun came pregnant when I bought her. I only have this doe, a NZW buck, and the litter that was in her belly. I did breed her to my NZW buck when the buns where 3 weeks old (Dec 31) so this next litter will be from my boy. __________ Sat Jan 11, 2014 6:32 pm __________ (A,A,Ahem...

I'm definitely anxious to try it!<br /><br />__________ Sat Jan 11, 2014 5:13 pm __________<br /><br />

First, YAY! :clap: I'm so glad you could tell me what she is, thank you! the rest is greek to me, LOL what does opal mean? is that her color? dilute agouti? self? non extention? I thought the cali markings where coming from the buck since I didn't see white in her, but I have no way to...

wow can you tell I'm new?! I can barely tell who wrote what...and I just did it. haha sorry Next question is rabbit meat. does it have a taste? I love lake fish (walleye, bass, northern, crappie, bluegill, etc) I HATE seafood. all of it. smells/tastes like ocean death. the wife loves seafood...

In my opinion at least, mutts are mutts and purebred are purebreds. Being self blue does not make a rabbit a blue American, and being a ruby eyed white does not make a rabbit a new zealand. Your reds could be bred to a purebred New Zealand red, but will carry dilute(blue) and REW, and who knows...

I bought a doe in early December on Craigslist to breed with my NZ white buck. (my only rabbits) she is a mixed breed and came pregnant - delivered 12/09/13. Her colors are blue and brown but evenly mixed, like a regular rabbit wearing jackrabbit fur. if that makes sense? All the babies made...

I'm back. Who wants to hear a story? :popcorn: I had box fan mounted in the door window of the coop to pull fresh air in, and a piece of shade cloth over the window with misters on the outside to make redneck type evap cooler. well about 2 months after I bought my trio, (june-ish?)the...

Thank you everyone for your suggestions and compliments! very helpful. I moved them to the hutch last night at sundown, and they seemed fine last night, but I will keep a close eye on them. going to check em out right now

:shock: whoa! I have some extra ceramic tiles for the floor in the house, I could snag a few of those to help. But I only have 1 water bottle!!! :lol: edit: i thought you meant their drinking water bottle... doh

here are some pics. I bought them locally through craigslist and he brought like 10 for me to choose from (on a Kawasaki dirt bike no less. he was dressed real nice and we met at a starbucks lol, like a CEO/closet prepper)... so i figured he has quite a few and must keep a larger operation...

Hello everyone, I am a desert homesteader and gardener. I have been following JRSKICK1 on youtube for about a year now and learned most of what I know about meat rabbits from his videos. Well I finally build a hutch similar to his design and bought a breeding trio of NZW last Friday, (5-6wks)...