Recent content by Smith's Rabbits

I would agree with the lop gene being hidden in there somewhere. Lops actually have a harder time regulating heat I think, so lopped ears don't help to cool them down. I have mini lops and mini rex and will often rub ice on the inside of the lops ears as they just seem so hot when its hot...

I breed Mini lops too, and I hate to be the bearer of bad news but if I was you I would move her along. She is a pretty enough doe, but the color is unrecognized. Martinized pointed white. I had a buck like that. She is likely to throw more of these colors in litters and if you are breeding for...

I usually work with them from four weeks old on, but this litter was born and at three weeks I switched from 2nd to 3rd shift. Somehow I seem to have so much less time, its so cold at night I don't want to go out or to take them into the warm house then back to the cold. Which is what I am doing...

These are the 9 Mini lops born on October 11th 2012 to my Gold tipped black steel doe, Sparkles, and my broken smoke pearl buck, Dixon. Considering the parents are some of my best rabbits I am disappointed in this litter. At this point I see maybe two show quality does and one buck. Thats 3 out...

Looks a lot like my "Siamese" (sallender) Satins. Here is a picture of one of them.

Thanks guys! I am glad to here that Titan is a keeper. I have heard other comments on the broken reds color. It says broken red on her pedigree. Her parents where red and broken red. but grand parents on moms side where opal and broken castor. Reds on dads side. Great grandparents there are...

So I am selling all my satins, no one is interested however and it looks like it might be spring before it happens. I'm offering my bucks for free, all but one. I put two of my does together in a 20' x 10' pen or a little bigger. No issues at all. Now I want to add my older doe ( mother to one...

These are the two full size Rex I won in a raffle at the fall Maquoketa IA show. It was a fluke I never inteded to raise these breeds, but they are very pretty and sweet. Conformation wise I know nothing. So let me know are they even worth keeping for show? Or should I just give them away to pet...

is it possible the lighter ones are lilacs? I am really not sure but I have had opals and mine looked more blue. Im not seeing the lighter ears, the first picture the belly looks white but its so hard to tell when they are that young, going to have to wait a few more days I am thinking.

I believe that BOSS can force a molt if given in a larger quantity. And I have proof it works better then calf manna at speeding up the process of a molt. I had a chocolate mini rex buck who escaped and was out in the rain for a night then basked in the sun the next day till I caught him that...

All good ideas. I did try amazon but a regular child size crown is too big and a barbie one is too small. Im gonna keep looking. I did message the lady who did the sunflower and maybe she will be able to help me! Thanks guys I will keep you updated.

If this is the wrong spot for this feel free to move it, I just wasn't sure. Since this is something I figure maybe other breeders have done, I am hoping someone can answer my question. I recently registered my Rabbitry with the ARBA. I got my first choice, The Royal Rabbit and then realized I...

We make a new copy of all pedigrees for rabbits in our barn. We keep their original names though and always include the breeder names, then the pedigree that came with them goes behind the new one in the pedigree folder if I sell a bunny all pedigrees go with it. They all have the same...

That would be great except that won't make it to the Fort Dodge show, I promised my husband no more shows till spring. Not to mention I need cage space bad right now. Hopefully by spring I will know for sure what I want to do with them.

At the show my otters where the only ones. Didn't get as good of marks as their father or brother. Piper is overweight. She is just a senior a day before the show and even though I entered her as a senior she was still DQ'd in the 2nd show for weight. So she gets to go on a diet. My chocolate...