Recent content by heart&sparrow

I'm looking into getting some standard Rex rabbits soon, and I'm having a surprisingly hard time finding out what size containers I need for food and water. What size feed container do you use for a standard meat rabbit, and what size crock do you use for water in wintertime? If you use...

Good point that with meat rabbits, you can eat your starter breeding stock if you buy better rabbits down the road. Except I'll probably have named the starters by then, and the kids won't want to eat them. :-/ Of course, I could always sell them to somebody else who isn't quite as attached to...

So much good advice! Thank you! I may have a road trip to Connecticut in my near future. :)

I'm looking to start a Standard Rex rabbitry in the coming weeks (mostly for meat, maybe for show), and I've heard that it's wise to start with "good breeding stock." How do I identify good rabbit breeders (and good rabbits at their rabbitries) when I am too new to tell whether a rabbit has...

Thanks, eco2pia. That makes it sound very doable. I'm going to give it a go!

"dogs are social animals. they live in packs. Most people have one. also Parrots are social animals who live in flocks. Most pet birds are, in fact. Again, many people have just one." Excellent points. I'm getting the sense that it would be fine to start off with just one rabbit, but we'd need...

"What do you plan to breed for, meat, fur, pets?" My current line of thinking is to treat the breeding pair (or trio) as pets, and use the offspring for meat.

I'm considering starting a Rex rabbitry, but I've never owned a rabbit before (though I've had a variety of other pets), so I'm not sure what kind of time commitment I'd be signing up for. I'm a mom of four kids, so my life is very busy, I don't want to buy and breed multiple rabbits only to...

Hello from Massachusetts! I'm seriously considering starting a Rex rabbitry because it appeals to me on so many levels--healthy and sustainable food for my family, fine tuning a good breeding line, beautiful animals to nurture, and (admittedly my favorite part) an endless supply of cute baby...