Finally got around to breeding my two older does, Alice and Polly. Hey, I'm only about a month late! :roll: I intended to do it on St. Valentine's Day, just for a lark, but decided to hold off for another week or two... and then procrastinated some more. This is my biggest downfall as far as making a profit from my rabbits goes.
Lovely sunny day here and quite mild... I went down to the rabbitry just after 10:00 A.M. Everybunny was wide awake and energetic. I popped Alice, our favourite, in with Jasper, the NZR from Moonkitten's rabbitry. Alice is a little hussy... she had her tail up before he could even mount her. He fell off three times in quick succession and then I pulled her out and put Polly in. She cooperated too but with a little less enthusiasm. Jasper seems to be an Energizer bunny... He wasn't taking any breaks and just kept going and going. :lol:
So... calendar is marked and we're hoping for popples in about 31 days. :bouncy:
Still have two first timers to breed, but they are still sharing a cage and I would like to keep them together and try a colony pen. It would have to be rat-proof and cheap... so it will take some ingenuity. If I can't figure something out, I'll just have to separate them so each has her own cage. But they are sisters and littermates and get along great... ideal for a trial colony.
Lovely sunny day here and quite mild... I went down to the rabbitry just after 10:00 A.M. Everybunny was wide awake and energetic. I popped Alice, our favourite, in with Jasper, the NZR from Moonkitten's rabbitry. Alice is a little hussy... she had her tail up before he could even mount her. He fell off three times in quick succession and then I pulled her out and put Polly in. She cooperated too but with a little less enthusiasm. Jasper seems to be an Energizer bunny... He wasn't taking any breaks and just kept going and going. :lol:
So... calendar is marked and we're hoping for popples in about 31 days. :bouncy:
Still have two first timers to breed, but they are still sharing a cage and I would like to keep them together and try a colony pen. It would have to be rat-proof and cheap... so it will take some ingenuity. If I can't figure something out, I'll just have to separate them so each has her own cage. But they are sisters and littermates and get along great... ideal for a trial colony.