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Thanks for the input. It was no simple feat to get her even close to posed and get pictures. Hopefully as I socialize her more she will become more agreeable to the idea.

This is Brooklyn, the fastest growing kit from Lizzy's first litter. Due to her impressive growth, I'm planning to hold her back as a breeding doe. She is a few days over 4 weeks and only a few oz shy of 2lbs. Since she is a planned keeper I spent a while this morning socializing her and...

Hmmmmmm. That bodes well then. I have really been impressed with how Alice kindled and raised these kits. I really would like to raise up a doe from her and if Meathead does indeed turn out to be a doe then its a no brainer. -- Fri Sep 22, 2017 5:53 pm -- When I fed pellets today at...

Kudos on doing so well at the show! I'm from just south of Denver in Englewood. There is a Floppy Hat Farms in NC but we are Floppy Hat Farm in Englewood, CO. We're just an urban farm and backyard plant nursery. The Castle Rock show would be a relatively short drive, and I'm thinking...

Was kinda hoping for a show report. Pueblo was a bit too much of a drive for me, but I'm planning to go to the one in Castle Rock in November for my first show.

Thanks. It looks like Meathead is pretty close to the standard but everybody else is behind by a few Oz. I'm wondering if relative size is a good indicator of sex. I can't tell the sex with these kits but I'm suspicious that the little one is a doeling. Its smaller overall but also has a...

I weighed Alice's litter for the first time today. They are three weeks old today. They are NZW so there are no identifiers for them yet but my KBtat pen is on order and I plan to ID them at 4 weeks in order by weight. Of the 5 kits, one is a meathead. It weighed in at 14.1 Oz! The...

I recently built a duplex top loading grow out cage but struggled to come up with a good simple raccoon proof latch. After pondering the conundrum for a couple days I came up with this: The notched end twists into the wire and then it hangs over the front of the cage. There is just enough...

Thanks for the feedback, everybody. We will have to see how she mothers them. My other doe, older, with her first litter (of 5) 2 weeks old has pretty much done everything perfect so I do have a comparison. I'm already thinking to hold back one of her doelings assuming they don't grow out...

My second doe, Lizzy kindled early this morning. This was her first time and she's a bit old for a first timer, about 1.5 yrs. When I checked in this morning there was one kit dead on the wire and seven in the box wiggling. The dead kit looked as if it may have been stretched. I don't have...

Wow that was fast. Thanks. Now I know what bunny to be on the lookout for to do a test breeding.

I'm just getting into understanding rabbit genetics. I've only got NZWs and a 1/4 SF X 3/4 NZW that is a cc bun. I'm curious what genes are being hidden under my buns cc gene. As I understand it, if bred to a bunny with aa, bb, C_, dd, ee the offspring would show everything hiding under the...