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Good evening, Unfortunately, this winter is proving to be troublesome for my rabbits. They're in outdoor hutches, but we were unable to get one rabbit hutch finished in time for winter so that hutch has a tarp covering the back, a wooden roof, and wooden sides. Due to lack of space in our small...

The breed is mini Lop. The buck has tort, steel, agouti, orange, seal, and black in his background. Bucks dam was silver tipped black steel and sire was broken black tort. I don’t know about the prospective does’ backgrounds.

Does anyone know what I’d get if I bred a broken black to a Gold-Tipped (black) steel? Also, broken black to chinchilla? And finally, would you recommend breeding my broken black buck to either of those colors or am I better off with a black? I’d love some fun colors but I also am breeding for...

Hey guys! It's been a while. My rabbits honestly haven't been doing great, with DQs and a recent mystery death, but I'm plugging along and just trying to keep them all happy and healthy right now. Anyway, I have this doe with a lot of issues, but she's my best show Wooly (of course) so I've...

Thanks everyone for the input! I decided to switch my new doe to Kent feeds since I've never had problems with feed safety/consistency and the original owner mentioned it. Unfortunately, since some rabbits don't do well on it I'll be buying a few different feeds for the foreseeable future. Mana...

I apologize in advance for the very long post. So I have Jersey Woolies, Velveteen Lops and a Mini Lop. It's really hard to find a feed that will work for all of my rabbits. Kent worked pretty good; the issue was my fur condition wasn't as good as I'd like, but I didn't have many other options...

Okay, thank you both. As for what colors the parents were, it is my understanding that this breeder has been breeding pointed White to pointed White for three generations in this rabbit's pedigree. All her siblings are pointed White as well. Wouldknow what colors/color groups would be ideal to...

Hello, I raise Jersey Woolies and I'm looking at getting a gorgeous Pointed White Jersey Wooly doe at Nationals. All I have is black otter, so she'd be bred to my black otter buck eventually, if I decide to purchase her. Is breeding a black otter to a pointed White a no-no? What colors would I...

I just made the switch to Blue Seal pellets. I will say that I've had the best fur quality with my rabbits since switching that I've ever seen. However, I did not realize when I switched that it had 3% more fiber in it than my old feed. This is working beautifully for my lone meat rabbit and my...

My little brother's Dwarf Hotot rabbit has been dewormed and has been fed 3/4 of a cup to try to get him to gain his weight back, but it is not working. This happened after we switched feeds. He is really skinny, but there's nothing else wrong with him: he's a little less energetic but I...

I've heard lots of greats things about the KB Tatt and I have used it and loved it myself, but where o am there's lots of complaints about broken pens being shipped as new, bent needles, etc. So I am unsure of getting one now... Does anybody know if those claims are valid? I've also heard...

First of all, I won 3rd runner up in the MSRBA Royalty Contest! I was told the competition was very close. I was the youngest one to try out, though so I'm going to try again next year for sure. Anyway, onto the point of this post. :D I am trying really hard this year to make my Jersey Wooly...

Always have a method of culling rabbits before you start breeding rabbits, just in case. Hopefully you never have to use it!

I agree with Kyle, I would say for showing as a focus you don't want only Velveteens. I fell in love with them and chose them as a side project - I also raise Jersey Woolies. As far as the COD holder, I do know who it is currently, but I don't know if I should be discussing names out in the open...

I'll be there on March 3rd! I am super excited. I will also be competing in the royalty contest and I'm pretty much terrified (but also excited). Hopefully, all goes well and good luck to everyone showing!