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Update: She did not become pregnant, unfortunately. I should have tried putting her back in with him, but didn't. It's been over a month; no babies.

Yesterday I attempted to mate my doe with our one year old buck. Doe was cooperative, I thought. Buck mounted her like 10 times, her tail was lifted, it looked like they were doing everything right. With each mounting, buck would vigorously go for a while, and then they would stop for a bit, and...

Thank you! This is my first litter and they've all been totally healthy! I'm so happy to have a good first experience.

I use Modesto Milling Organic Feed. All organic and no corn or molasses. The rabbits prefer it over the Purina Rabbit Chow my husband was buying before I took over. But it's expensive. Corn does make animals fat, but other grains do, too. That makes sense that your 100% grass fed rabbits would...

I noticed the prettier ones hate being picked up more. So not sure I want to breed from any of this batch lol. Maybe I'll have better luck next time.

I like your question and would wonder the same thing. Animals will produce the healthiest meat, I believe, when they are on their *natural* diet. For cattle, this is absolutely grass, with maybe a small amount of grain (like when they would nibble on tall grass with seed in the field). Chickens...

I'll add that practice helps. If you aren't sure, just keep trying and comparing with photos or videos.

Mine all looked the same until I realized I was doing it wrong haha. You've probably seen some videos or read some instructions already, but I did that and I still wasn't doing it right. Although you do need to be gentle, you need to make sure you are pressing down enough on the sides of the...

Thanks for the tips!

Makes sense!

😂 Thanks for the advice!

Thanks for the warning!

I like rabbit stew. I like to use bacon grease with rabbit. I don't really have a recipe. I just look on Pinterest for ones that look good, and then change it according to preference and what I have on hand.

One of my 8 week old silver fox kits has ears where the tips are curled a bit. This happened some time in the last two weeks when I was out of town, so I'm not sure what the deal is. The rest have nice straight ears.

I thought I had it figured out how to pick up our silver fox kits, but then I went away for two weeks, and they've turned into little kicking monsters. They are about 8 weeks old now. I don't know if it's just because no one was picking them up for two weeks during their development period, but...