Recent content by PaisleyChickMama

Awesome! And can you omit hay and pellets entirely? Or do you still need that

I am expecting kits in 30 days! We had a fluke Buck and had to replace him as soon as we did our does got bred. So now I’m trying to raise up kits as low costly as possible. How do I go about raising them on grass/violets/dandelions in a tractor? Do I need to put mom in there with them? Or do I...

I figured it out! One of her nails got ripped out of her paw. It’s very swollen. What do I do?

I didn’t look I could have looked closer, I will do that when I cut her nails. I’ve been nervous about getting scratched since I have cuts galore from my buck. I’ve been petting her body,head, ears and watching closely and it doesn’t look like she’s cut on her body or I’d have blood on my...

So tonight I went out to feed my rabbits and the one in the middle has blood in her cage on a ceramic tile. I have been introducing fresh greens into their diets so at first I thought it was her pee being red from pigments, however none of the other rabbits had this, but then I looked below the...

Thank you for this insight, our dogs don’t mess with the animals but even if they did our hutch is maybe 5 or 6 inches off the ground. I like the idea of having a roof overhang that you can stand under. That would be a good idea for future builds 🤔. I was thinking about a hidey hole with straw...

It’s probably not ideal but I would rather not have them inside. Our duck coop has done fine in harsh weather and we built both our coop and hutch ourselves. The hutch isn’t far off the ground so it’s not wobbly. If God wanted to run a tornado through our land the rabbit hutch would be the...

Where did you get these hidey holes!? And are they good for protecting from snow/rain?

We get winds from all directions here in iowa (major tornado alley) but I guess I could pick a side I see storms come from the most

Hey guys how did you rainproof your hutches for the outdoors? I put a tarp and a metal sheet on mine and I even gave them plastic crates to go into but they didn’t get the memo, and they were all wet I had to run them inside to get them dry and warm.

Thank you so much this is great info. I’ll try again tomorrow!

I’m new to this but I put my doe and Buck together today to breed and the Buck just kept pulling chunks of her hair. Also he mounted her a bit but no falloff’s. I’m not sure she was very receptive although being in heat i think this is the first she’s been bred.

It’s spring in iowa which means it’s still pretty cold. But this week we have had a freak weather of 80 for about three days. And I’m wondering if it will make my Buck sterile. This is what the rest of the week will look like. I gave them tiles to sit on and ice water.

Yes!! The population of iowa is so small 😂😂 so it’s crazy when you meet another person

Hi my name is Krislynn, I just started rabbit breeding this week for the first time. I also have 7 ducks which I got my first egg from them today!( im on backyardchickens too😄) I’m generally a curious person so I will have a lot of questions for everyone.