Search results

I had to do a lot of research to bring me up to speed on this topic. Something I was not aware of till I got a ND dwarf female this spring, with full disclosure and I bought her thinking I could save her. Well I ended up having her put down. Not the best result for her, but what I had tried was...

I have a friend who wants to get started with meat rabbits. She has already fed her family several rabbits and they liked them. So now she is just starting to buy a few breeding animals and cages. Her young buck is a Cal NZ cross. She is thinking about buying a french angora proven female...

I have this mixed doe, Sally, who has has several litters for me. She is a really good mommy doe. Her last litter was 9. So the babies got old enough and I though I better get her bred again. It has been a frustrating experience. She just sits there and shows no interest in the male. I had...

I have a lop youngster who was born mid Feburary. She is close to 4 months old. I was told her mom is a Holland when I bought her last fall. I should put Molly on a scale to get her weight. I am guessing all of 5 pounds. The dad, Barney is black and white, and guessing weight 5 to 6 also...

I am reading a few posts here and there about rabbits breeding through the wire cages even being separate. I had a cali doe kindle last December that was only here a few days when it happened. I quizzed the guy who I bought her from and he said that she was not exposed to a buck. He was...

My holland lop Molly has her second litter now. 5 for the first and 5 for this one. The babies been hopping in and out of the nest box for a bit now. I'm not sure when they were born without looking. Anyway, I moved them over to a different cage today and took away their nest box. As I...

I know this has been discussed before on this board, but I think I just need a place to vent. I had a rabbit promised to a couple the first of this month. I was waiting till the bunny was old enough to leave mom. So nothing out of the ordinary. Last night, they called and asked if I would...

During the middle of the night, the hubby hears the chickens raising a ruckus. Nothing that sounds normal. Out he goes with the gun. Comes back in and tells me one of the hens is dead. Whatever wanted her, was trying to drag it back out the hole it came in. Hole is roughly 2 by 2 inches. He goes...

I have a doe that was due on the 16th. She had them on the 15th. All kinds of fur. She had 2 babies. I figure she is my back up plan. I can use her for a foster mom. So rest of the litters are stable, and I don't have to move any bunnies around. So early this morning, when I am feeding them...

I like having more than 1 doe due at same time, so if the need to foster happens, then hopefully there is a backup plan. A willing doe. Most recent litters are interesting. One of the mix does has 2. Pulled a lot of fur. So I think positive and figure she is my back up plan. I did need some...

I been talking to Molly . She is the holland lop due any moment. She was bred Jan 11th. She is in the nest box most of the time. Has pulled a lot of fur. I watched the babies kick inside of her today. She just has this sad confused look about her. ( first litter ) I ask her what is wrong...

So I am out doing my bunny chores this morning, and one of my does is bouncing around with hay in her mouth. So I scrambled to get her over into what I call the maternity cage with a better nest box. I am giving Molly a pep talk. I told her to get busy :) I got to thinking about this. I...

Plan here is to have lots of bunnies for the spring time. So in order to do this, I started the breeding in the latter part of December. First group of 3 was due Jan 21. The NZW and the netherland dwarf nothing. But the mixed white doe had 6 and all are doing well. This is a second litter...

Just trying to get a general idea for the new year. My plan is to get a lot of does bred and hopefully have a lot of new bunnies that can be sold. Plan is to get a addition onto the current bunny room and the chicken coop, and keeping the material costs down. I want more crops put in, that...

Yesterday I bought 5 purebred calis. Guy brought them here, and ended up with one of my NZ does, a swap. In order to fill my order, he ended up giving me a 8 month old doe. I put her in with the younger doe that came with her. Well I went out early this afternoon to take care of everybunny...

I have a mixed doe, who was bred November 13 who is now bouncing around with hay in her mouth and in and out of the nest box. I have her in a big plastic dog crate in the garage. There is sawdust and nice fluffy hay in her nest box. I am pretty sure this is her first litter. So as near as I can...

Yesterday, when I was cleaning drop pans in the bunny room, I noticed several pans with grain under the feeders. SIGH :( I use the metal feeders that attach to the cage fronts. My other project was putting together another 3 hole stacker with used cages and my cheap method of connecting...

Okay, so I seem to have a hodge modge of rabbits here. I am trying to figure out how to get these dwarfs bred and to whom. I have a Holland Lop Male. No female, but am looking for one. I was gifted today with a what I think is a pure Lionhead doe. I have a mixed Netherland /Lionhead dwarf...

So I been back with bunnies for a short time now. Only have had 3 litters so far, and those were bred before they came here. So yesterday, I decided maybe I better get a few does bred. I have 2 meat looking mutt does that I don't care which buck I use on them, just want to get them pregnant...

My current animals are a mix of backgrounds how they got here. I bought some real cheap, and was gifted with the rest. Did not know which rabbits might have been bred, so I had to hustle to get nest boxes in with the does as a precaution. I have not bred any yet myself. Plan is to get some...