Recent content by SterlingSatin

I completely agree with this. i run an 18 hole rabbitry so i don't have a lot to work with. i've never outcrossed to another line; all my rabbits get bred back to their mom/dad/grandaughter/grandson eventually. cull hard and you won't have problems.

not a question per se, but i had a bit of an experience while my computer wasn't letting me on this site, and I decided i'd share with you what i learned... I had an almost-ready-to-be-weaned litter of 8 in a 24 by 36 cage with their mom, and i don't know if they got too crowded or started to...

yay! good luck! i'm sure it'll be a ton of fun! i look forward to rabbit shows more than any other rabbit related activity anymore. so much fun to meet other breeders, sell stock, maybe pick up a few ribbons... ;-)

i breed back to back but give my does the summer off. so they are producing for me most of the year, except when it gets hot.

looks exactly the same over here in Indiana, minus all the snow already on the ground :-P but it sure is coming down!

go for it! it's a ton of fun! start small so you don't have to go up against the big boys on your first try though :-)

thanks everyone! definitely glad to be back bunnies are great! herd of 20 at the moment with a litter on the way. planning for the summer show season right now ;-) got a few wonderful bucks i'm excited to get up on the table

yes, pull the fur around her teats. it stimulates the milk production.

thank ya'll! guess we'll see how he does next week in his first show!

i have a lot of nervous bucks who do this. more often they do this if they're young, or before they have their first chance at a doe. once they've had "their first go" or mature a little, they shouldn't do it as often. nothing wrong with it though, and even most judges will let it go until the...

well thanks OS. means a lot coming from a fellow Satin breeder :-) got two young ones like him for sale right now ;-)

thank you marinea :-) i just love his pattern <3

i've always held the doe over the nest box for 10 minutes or so until she figures out what she's doing. if there are runts, i'll flip her to let the runt nurse. i've had SO many rabbits that won't nurse... if her milk isn't coming in that's slightly different, but it sounds like that wasn't an...

this is the latest "prospect" in my barn. young broken red buck. not even an intermediate in this photo. just over 5 months. would love to get some opinions from satin breeders. he's out of a broken copper/sold red cross but his color is good. no smut. got lucky ;-)

hey ya'll, sorry i've been missing in action for a couple months. I was getting a strange error screen every time I tried to access this site :-((( Which was unfortunate because 1. i missed you guys, and 2. i wasn't able to ask any questions :-( but it seems as if my computer has decided to...