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RABBITGIRLFORTHEWIN

RABBITGIRLFORTHEWIN

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I Love what Secuono is doing with her Not new, but returning! thread and thought I would start my own.

Two litters are due (hopefully)
1. Chestnut is due on the 17th. She will be a first-timer so hopefully, she will do good. Her sister did amazing so we will see. I put the nest box in today (I like to give my does more time to get used to the nest box).
2. Darin is due on the 19th (again, hopefully. She has been cranky!) and is also a first-timer. I will probably put her nest box in on the 16th.
I need to choose who I'm keeping in Mama's litter. They're getting big and I got to start advertising them.



These are old pics of them. So cute!
 

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Darlin's kits are growing like weeds! She has lots of milk so they always have big bellies. She is a protective mama and is always grouching at me. Chestnut is a sweetheart she is always trying to get me to pet her She is a smaller doe and isn't producing a lot so they aren't growing as fast but they are still growing. I did think about giving Darlin a kit or two but I don't know how she will react. It's still raining!!!!!! I planted some leafy greens for me and the rabbits we will see if they come up.
 
if you want to foster kits, just plunk them in the nest and cover them with fur. 99% of rabbits will not care in the slightest.

General rules with fostering still in the nestbox (generally less than two weeks old)
- foster the biggest NOT the smallest. you only move the smallest if trying to increase numbers from a small young litter. (so a doe who has less than three kits, take the smallest from the litter closest in age to make a minimum of three).
- do not foster immediately before the doe feeds her kits. you want about a two hour gap (to combat that 1% of does that do mind). Plunk new kit right into the middle of the original kit and cover them with fur. Let them settle well. This way all kits will smell the same.

Fostering older kits (so older kits so 14-21 days). TOTALLY depends on the doe. Some does will accept stranger kits and other does will not. So it's a try and see. I've had success by removing ALL kits from the doe and then adding fosters into the mix into a smallish container so the kits are all rubbing together to get smells on each other. Does that accept other kits easily are gold and you want to keep them around. :) When I hear stories of does with six week old kits who wean that litter and take on a new one from a doe having issue... I WANT THAT DOE! :)
 
ladysown said:
if you want to foster kits, just plunk them in the nest and cover them with fur. 99% of rabbits will not care in the slightest.

General rules with fostering still in the nestbox (generally less than two weeks old)
- foster the biggest NOT the smallest. you only move the smallest if trying to increase numbers from a small young litter. (so a doe who has less than three kits, take the smallest from the litter closest in age to make a minimum of three).
- do not foster immediately before the doe feeds her kits. you want about a two hour gap (to combat that 1% of does that do mind). Plunk new kit right into the middle of the original kit and cover them with fur. Let them settle well. This way all kits will smell the same.

Fostering older kits (so older kits so 14-21 days). TOTALLY depends on the doe. Some does will accept stranger kits and other does will not. So it's a try and see. I've had success by removing ALL kits from the doe and then adding fosters into the mix into a smallish container so the kits are all rubbing together to get smells on each other. Does that accept other kits easily are gold and you want to keep them around. :) When I hear stories of does with six week old kits who wean that litter and take on a new one from a doe having issue... I WANT THAT DOE! :)
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I have doe like that she is amazing! It was her first time and I had to foster a couple of kits and she took them like a champ! Thanks.
 
I showed at my local fair the other day and won in my intermediate class, and also won best of show (My rabbit was the best out of around 40 other rabbits breeds). I showed my black Silver Fox doe Glitter 8-9 ibs. 6 months. I am very proud of myself (if you can't tell lol😂). It felt really good to hear and see that everything I have worked for hasn't gone to waste. I will most likely be showing at the Washington State Fair this year!!!! Sorry for bragging.
 
Glitter is due on the 4th! I bred her with black(not my favorite buck :( but it's the only one she let get a fall off). She was getting really nasty so I was hoping to breed her to one of my calmer bucks. I just realized the 6th will mark one year on rabbit talk! Rabbit talk has truly been a blessing. Need to make more room in the rabbitry(If you are looking for a silver fox rabbit near Aberdeen WA I've got some).
 
All seven of Glitter's kits are doing great – five does and two bucks. Almost all of them are sold or spoken for, as long as people follow through. I recently acquired a new black silver fox pedigreed buck that is 7 months old and looks great. I've bred him to two does, Moon and Darlin. Moon is a first-time mom, so it will be interesting to see how things go. I also sold one of Darlin's bucks from a previous litter.
 

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