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This morning, I found one of my light weight Sr. NZ bucks lying cold with his back up against a wall of his cage. I am estimating he's somewere around 3 yrs old. Was fine yesterday, but found him around 10am still somewhat warm in 35F temps. No unusual discharge, urine was clean, healthy eyes...

Ok. Cool, thank you. Makes sense.

I do recall the family saying they could have Harlequin in them. When those rabbits are posed, they do exhibit the semi-arch type. Thank you for the info! Someone from another platform suggested that the buck could be "Shagouti" and doe "Brassy Chin", but I don't know what those are.

I just remembered...when we blow into his fur, you can see those rings.

These two rabbits are meat mutts, believed to be siblings. We think they are Flemish/Chin and a little NZ. They were raised in a colony setting, so we don't know for sure. Any guesses? Asking for two 4H kids so they know for showmanship. First three are the buck, and next three are the doe. Thx...

The theme is "Memoories In The Making" as in Memories, but in relation to a cow mooing. Sorry for the confusion there. It is ridiculous.

Hello, I am a 4H rabbit leader. Every year as a part of our project presentation, the 4H kids decorate the livestock barn in relation to the Fair's theme. This year's theme is: MeMOOies In The Making (dumb I know, but we have to work with it 😜). I am stumped about what we are going to do for our...

So they just dry up then? No intervention is generally needed?

Hi, returning member here. I had a 1st time mom loose all of her kits this morning. I do not have any other does bred or kindling any time soon. This was an accidental breeding because of an escape. Do I need to be concerned about her health if she has no kits to nurse (like mastitis)? Sorry, I...

I understand; I never had success feeding those big pellets either. I think these ones are smaller, so I will try using this feed. If they don't like bluegrass, I can just feed it to the other critters. Thanks!

Yes. I have pedigreed NZs. Once in a while I will sell out some out of my grow out pens. At the moment I have sold all of my pedigreed does (I eat the bucks, sell the does). They are decedents of the Harris Rabbitry in WA. I still have purebred does and bucks right now. I think they are 6 mo...

Ok, thank you. I feed Wood's rabbit maintainer. I saw those hay pellets at Twin for $10 per 50lbs. I would use it just as a supplement, and mix it with Woods. I'm trying to limit the waste of feeding normal hay. I raise New Zealands for meat, and have a couple of pets.

...And is bluegrass acceptable to feed rabbits?

Hi, returning member here. Yesterday I went to go get hay for my animals (both large and small). The supplier is a local hay, grain, and beef bussiness. Anyway, when I was there, I couldn't help noticing that they had "hay pellets" for all stock. I have never seen this before! (FYI, I am a North...