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I raise rabbits for 4-H kids, and this is my fifth year doing so. I've generally had really good luck, and have pretty good stock rabbits......not spectacular, but good enough that one placed 3rd among about 200 rabbits a couple of years ago. This year I have had every problem with my litters...

Saw a post about this, but the latest response was over a year ago. Thought I'd ask again, but have a slightly different twist. I didn't do the brain tanning. I soaked my pelts in a pickle of salt and alum water. After breaking I worked the hide with mink oil. They turned out really great. My...

Hello. Well I like to experiment with colors in my rabbits when not breeding for the 4-H season......especially with my REW's as we never know what might be hiding in there. So I crossed a REW doe with a Broken Black buck (both NZ) and I think I ended up with a couple of Steels. Please correct...

Hi All. I'm working on my first batch of rabbit hides, using the alum and salt pickling solution I read about in "Mother Earth News." Everything is going great so far....just finished fleshing the skins today after letting them soak the first few days. My pelts are still inside out, and they've...

OK. I'm convinced that my rabbits are all from Mars or somewhere. I keep having all these color issues that don't make sense to me. I wrote a while back about some of my NZ kits being born REW, but later developing dark noses, tail spots, and dark trim around their ears. We figured out that my...

I have a doe who is about a year and a half old. (NZ/Californian mix) I tried to breed her for the first time toward the end of April, and felt sure that breeding took place. However, when she was due (20th - 25th of May) she had no kits, (which I could tell long before that she didn't seem...

Hello. Hoping someone can help me. I've bred 10 does for 4-H. All are New Zealands, but can't say they are pure. Some have better lines than others. I bred a black NZ doe and a REW NZ doe both to a Black NZ buck. The black doe had a litter of 9. 7 were black and 2 REW. The REW doe had only 5. 4...

Hello. This year I decided to breed a few rabbits for our 4-H club. I obtained 6 New Zealand rabbits, 4 does and 2 bucks, from various places including a couple from a swap meet where I knew it was hard to say what I'd end up with. 3 of my does and 1 buck are REW (albino), which is what most of...