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Hello all! I seem to remember reading a post on here about the tanning process for rabbit pelts on here, but I can't find it anywhere. Does anybody know where the link would be or can somebody explain to me how to do it, please? Oh, also I would like to try saving the feet, but can't find that...

As I know that there are many variables that attribute to weight, but I was curious who weighs their kits at 4 weeks and what the average weight of them should be? I weighed mine today, but I'm not sure how accurate my scale is. Their weight was right around 8-8.8 ozs. Does that seem like a...

I had a runt that I fostered out to another doe and it has since been doing really well. I am not sure what to do with him now though. Should I return him to the original mother or should I leave him where he is? What do you do with your fostered kits? Anyone?

I'm not sure where to post this, but I need to know the answer before tomorrow!! If it's not in the right place, please move it. How do kits and buns deal with the noise from the fireworks? I know some of you are out in the middle of nowhere, but there has to be somebody that is close to them...

Hey all!! I know it varies from litter to litter, but I was curious as to how long the kits usually stay in the nest box? I have NZW's that are between 2 weeks and 1 1/2 week old. When I went out to check on them last night, somehow 2 of the 1 1/2 week olds were out of the box. I didn't know...

So for spite, last month, every time one of the does scratched me and through a fit when I tried to pick them up, I put them in the buck's cage. Not realizing the date, I made a cardboard nest box, just in case the two that I mated were pregnant. Well, this morning I woke up to a nest box full...

Hello all!! I have an eggplant question for you, if you could help me out. I have 4 Ichiban eggplants that are starting to fruit, but some of the fruits are close to the ground and will be laying on it before long. I have heard that the fruits would be better if they didn't lay on the ground...

I know I'm late in starting, but I'm just starting my garden, and was wondering how to actually fertilize with rabbit poo? Do you till it in or just sprinkle it around the plants? I plan on getting some mushroom compost as well. Also, I have only 6 buns so far, so I don't really have enough to...

Hey guys. As some of you know, I started raising NZW's. I have named four so far, two bucks and two does. My bucks name are Hase and Pfeffer, and my two does are Marguerite and Grace. I'm sure you can figure out my bucks names, but my does may need a little explaining. Marguerite (Clark), the...

Hello again! I may be planning to breed my buns shortly, having 4 does, and was wondering how many grow out cages I should have? The cages will be 2x4, for nzw's, so I would think 4 of them. I know this may not be the time to breed them, but I have a plan to keep them in the basement or garage...

Ok, I've read some posts about breeding rabbits, but I am hoping for some more knowledge on NZW's around the Tn area. Here's the deal: I have 4 does, 3 1/2 months old, and 2 bucks, 5 months old, and am anxious to start raising them. I have read some about the does getting purplish, when ready...

So, I bought 4 does from a colony about 2 weeks ago and was keeping them in a 2x4 cage, all together. I decided yesterday that I should get the materials to make them all separate cages. It comes to be that it was just in time, because one of my does are starting to get aggressive with the...

Hello all!! I have been considering on fertilizing my yard and putting down some weed and feed as well. The thing is that I try to take my buns out of the cage, into a chicken pen, for about an hour or so a day, time permitting. This way they can get off the wire for awhile, get some fresh...

I tried to search, but probably the wrong words, so forgive me if this has been talked about before. Being new to this, I was wondering where the bucks testes are located? Background: About a month ago, I bought 2 NZW does, which, from your help, are bucks. They were 3 months old. I went out to...

I am new to rabbits, and was wondering the details on the kits that you all keep instead of cull or sell. What should I be looking for in them, that tells me that it would be something that I would want to keep? I am starting to raise NZW's now for meat and selling too, in case some of you may...

I have read that bucks aren't ideal to mate until about 6 mos. That being said, the bucks I bought lived in the same cage at 13 weeks, but I have them in separate cages now, for about 2 weeks. I tried to put them in the same pen but they tried to mate with each other and then started biting, at...

Hello all...again!! I try to take my buns out once a day, so they can forage a little in my yard, usually for about a half hour or so. The thing is that it has been raining off and on for the last few days and will continue to, for possibly the next week or so. My question is: Can I still take...

I tried to search for this, but I couldn't find anywhere that told me how much BOSS anybody feeds their rabbits. I was looking at the prices of it, and it seems more expensive to use than actual pellets, with the price being over $1 per lb. So the questions are, how much BOSS do you feed your...

Hey all! I have hanging cages, with chains and s hooks on all four corners of the cages. Every time the rabbits hop around the cage, the water is sloshing out of the #10 cans that I have for them, wasting the majority of their water. How do you all keep the cages from rocking back and forth...

Hello all! I've been reading a few posts about putting acv in the water, and wanted to know if you do this on a regular basis, or just if something is amiss? I new to all of this, and I want my buns to be healthy!!