Recent content by a2lute

Was it a first time momma? My best momma had her first litter at 28 days, kinda suprised me.

I let my dogs free roam my fenced in backyard. All my rabbits are in hutches or tractors in this area. Despite my area being full of coyotes, coons, and foxes I have zero predator issues. HOWEVER I am 100% sure my dogs would kill any rabbit that got out. They are friendly enough when they are...

I have done this with a deer hide, works great, leaves a big watery mess. Do it somewhere you can leave nature to clean up. And also, put the hide on a pallet or something. Otherwise it will pick up a bunch of mud you have to clean out.

I have had so many issues with wild rabbits...but yeah, they like carrot tops, not carrots. Bait with apples or fresh leafy greens. Use a live trap if you are new to trapping, you may catch other creatures on accident.

I didn't have any losses until about day 7, they were just too weak & small to hold onto her until then. I tried the platform for 2 days. They all survived, but they looked uncomfortable. Mama kept wrecking the fur insulation I set up & stomping it down & peeing on it? Definitely wouldn't...

I picked one out of the nest and put it on the wire just to watch. It chased mama's nips until she hopped up on a platform. They really have a "hands off" approach to parenting it seems. They are 2 weeks as of today. I will be turning the nest box sideways for now. Someone on another forum...

Well this sucks to say, but I have had 4 of my kits die, all by climbing out of the nest box and freezing to death. At this point I hate nest boxes and I'm looking to find another solution. I'm looking at drop nest boxes or just giving the doe a platform in the corner. Does anyone have any...

I grew up on a small hay farm, about 120 acres. There's a lot of way to mess up, but also a lot of ways to do it right. I would get in touch with a local farmer and buy direct. If you can get a good look at their storage space and equipment you should have an idea of how they treat their job. It...

Okay, Here's what I've done. It is a Tee fitting with a small copper tube being one leg of the tee that reaches inside the body of my valve. This should bring hot water all the way to the inside of the watering bowl. I will be installing them by this weekend, I hope the flow is still nice and...

I'm not having issues with the small tube freezing, the flow rate is high enough it does not get a chance to freeze anymore. It's the larger 5/16" tubing that does not have flow that is getting me. And unfortunately the body of my valves are plastic, with the barb built in. If mine were metal...

Okay, update time! So here in Michigan we had a late start to winter. as the temperature got below 20°F the system I installed failed. the vinyl hose got soft from the warm water and kinked where it was coiled. This seriously reduced the flow, to the point where they system froze up on me. So...

For anyone who was interested in the watering system, I posted a few pictures here. Heated watering system

I thought of a few ideas, but I have tried my dads suggestion as it was the fastest to implement. I changed the T at the end to have a 1/8 barb and two 5/16 barbs. This let me attach 20' of 1/8 hose, and make loops around the valve body. The 1/8" hose with the kinks and coil provides back...

Okay, there was some interest in my watering system for my rabbits so I'm going to cover what did and did not work. Below is a picture of my water resevoir. It was orignally 10 gallons, down to about 8 with the foam cap protruding in. I stuck a 5 gallon bucket upside down in there, cut a flat...

Oh yeah, he's definitly got a wiener. And found his sacks too. They just seem to be empty? its weird.