Recent content by SilverFeather

To start out with, we named each kit in a litter alphabetically, as in A, B, C, D, E, and F. When we decided to keep one, we chose a name based on the letter she received as a kit. Our original breeders also came with names, which we kept in honor of where they came from. We tend to name any...

I think that is it! Thank you Caroline! This rabbit just had a litter that came out with a few self (?) kits, a few that were all brown / chocolate color and a couple that were all black. She previously had a few REW kits. I think my current guess for Sand's phenotype is AabbchdcD_E_ ? Is that...

Hey guys. I breed American Chinchillas and I have had an interesting color showing up in my lines, and I am trying to figure out what genes might be responsible for it. The rabbits are a cinnamon-sugar color. When they are born they are the color of sand, and transition into this color once...

Here is my in-progress rabbit hutch setup. (The tyvek shade cloth is temporary haha) The does on the top row have built in hiding space for their nest boxes that are lower than the floors of their cages and can be closed off when needed. Below them will be a more cages when I finish. The top...

Hello all, I have seen a lot of posts about the minimum size a nest box should be, but I can't find much information about the largest they should be. I am constructing a new hutch for my American Chinchillas, and I am planning to have perminantly attached nest boxes out the back of the cages...

Hello all, I am new and hope this is the right place to post this question. One of my does had her first litter a couple of months ago. At the 2 week mark she started digging furiously at the corners of her cage every night, though she wasn't hay-stashing. In an attempt to settle her down, we...