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So sorry to hear.

You can buy nesting material from pet shop to make a nest for mom. I find that if I do this then my one doe that doesn’t like to kindle until after babes are born and then not much, will take over and kindle properly and make a great nest.

Lol. Yes i did mean NOT. Thanks for the catch.

Hi there. I also have a bunny barn with suspended cages. We have a few laying hens and they are in and out of our bunny barn all day. The have a summer hen house that they live in during the warmer months but free range their yard and they have full access to the bunny barn. In the winter we...

I think I may try to move them with mom and then remove mom later. I like this idea. We do offer both bottles and bowl but I am thinking I may have to raise the bowl maybe. Thanks so much for your advice!

Thank you so much for this info. I had no idea. This is our 2 nd litter that we moved to grow out. First one we had no issues with. I didn’t find any wounds on the bunnies at all and I really didn’t see any evidence of diarrhea either. All I know for sure is it has been an emotional week and...

No it didn’t poop out maggots there was maggots around the anus that had a bit of poop on it. No we didn’t open up any rabbits.

Good to know. Thanks.

Ok well the good news is the barn bunnies are well. We now have an idea as to the cause and we can watch out for it. Just shocking that flies have caused this. Thank you for your assistance.

We have just the rabbits and a couple of chickens.

Okay folks. I have a bit of a conundrum so I thought maybe someone here may have some insight. I had a completely healthy litter of 8 in a grow out (colony style). They had been in there for about 9 days doing great then all of a sudden in the last 4 days they have all died. None of my...

What an awesome idea!

I will try that I have a kitchen scale that would work should I be able to get the bunny to stay. Lol

Wow! I never even thought to weigh them. Lol. I was aiming for 10-12 weeks. How in the world do you weigh them without them hopping away!?!ROFL

Hi there! okay I have done a ton of reading and I am getting no straight concise answer on this. What age do you dispatch your meat rabbits? TIA