Recent content by houston

Hey all, attempting to do some genetic charting and the pedigree I'm looking at (Holland Lop) lists "Tort - Black" and "Tortoise" as colors. The individuals come from the same breeder, so I don't think its a matter of different recordkeeping styles. Is a "Tortoise" not a black tort...

x2 on what Ny said-- a lot of my rabbits have real violent binks (I've seen my Champ doe launch herself in circles at mach speed, and I'm worried every time), so Tera might just have had a big emotion and binkied into the wall :( Rabbits are weird in terms of durability. A kit might have its...

Ooo, I hadn't thought of it like that. I'm sure it wouldn't affect growth too much, but even if some of the competition is gone within the first week, the rates for the remaining kits would be better. On the other hand, they're a miniature breed anyway, so I don't have to worry about growing...

That's what I figured, unfortunate. Are false dwarves DQ'd or faulted? Would I be able to have a nice show line with as little of the dwarf gene as possible? If it's a necessary evil, I can deal with it, but up to 1/4th of a litter being doomed from birth seems like it'd get real upsetting real...

We're official! We'll be at the Mini ARBA in Columbus with our table and some rabbits-- come by to say hello! As far as pricing, padre says it'll be 25-50 dollars if you've got a design all set up already, depending on the size. If you need a design done, it's 50 dollars an hour, and usually...

Question as is the title-- I'm interested in breeding Minis in the future, and I'd rather stay away from the Dwarf gene. Does anyone raise them? Do you have any problems with peanuts popping up in your litters (and what percentage)? Thanks! :D

My Silver Fox doe usually pops a couple under developed babies in the sack every litter. She is otherwise an excellent mother. I'm not sure what causes it-- maybe abortion midway through, and she just hasn't reabsorbed them? I might would keep an eye on her come kindling time, but otherwise I...

Blue and chocolate are 2 separate genes. Blues carry two copies of the dilute gene (dd), chocolates carry two copies of the chocolate gene (bb), and lilacs carry both these recessives (dd bb). If you want to avoid lilac and chocolates, just keep stock and breed for your rabbits to have Bb...

It's not so much that we don't breed them, it's that we haven't gotten any yet :P Since we have lilacs, we have the gene, it's just getting only blue and not lilac that'll be a pain. Like I said, I'm gonna take that off because we are striving to have all the colors!

Yep, I designed it myself! It's based off my late bighead (the bun in my icon!), Fudge, but black goes better with the color scheme I think :P Thanks! I'm pretty jazzed about how Serious Rabbit Breeder they look too :)

My dad works at a printing company, and offhandedly mentioned that he could make us banners. After about a month of procrastination on my part, we got our first proofs! I'm editing a few things ("Silver Fox Rabbits", instead of "Silver Foxes", and I'm gonna take off the color list, as well as...

As far as showing goes (I'm also a SF breeder!), I'd recommend finding a local sanctioned show and showing a few of your rabbits! The best way, really, is to throw yourself into the show rings! My first show was the 25th, and I was lucky enough to sit next to a Rhineland breeder who was willing...

I would bring it up in the context of 4H. I'm sure your parents would be willing to let you get some if you have a plan! What will you do with the babies? Do you plan on keeping the breeders, or is it a "until I get 4H awards" thing? If you're going to sell them, do you have any potential...

I'm thinking it's not the Mini Rex that's causing scrawny carcasses, but the Angora. Rexes (mostly the normals, but I guess minis too) seem to be tentatively double purpose-- obviously a lot more focus on fur, but I know of breeders who add Rex to add more delicate/better tasting meat. Angoras...

I use a C&C for my growouts-- mine are both 4x4 and 2 tall, and serve well. When my Champagne doe retires I plan to build her cage out of C&C. If you want to see good examples of C&C cages, I usually look through videos on youtube to get inspiration-- most the video makers are teenaged ladies...