Help sexing kits

Spicerack Rabbitry · Aug 28, 2024

Alright, these four are a month old now and I have some guesses as to their sexes but this is my first litter and I don't trust myself to get it right first try. I had my sibling get some pictures of each kit and marked the pictures to match their temporary ear tattoos (just skin safe marker since they're so small still). Any help would be great. My guesses were = and o being male and x and : being female but I could be way off.

tambayo · Aug 29, 2024

I wait untill i need to know what is what at 8-10 weeks old, young ones are difficult to see. At 4 weeks they still need to be with the doe and are not fertile yet anyway.

Pictures look like 1,3,4 does, 2 buck.

Keep checking to learn and see if you haven't missed something, girls can look like boys if the parts don't show fully when still kits. And after also, part of a standard health check on your animals plus keeps them used to being handled.

Phrick · Aug 29, 2024

I found this to be really useful to learning how to sex them, the pics are great. http://hillriserabbitry.blogspot.com/2014/04/sexing-rabbits.html?m=1

And I agree with @tambayo that 2 looks like buck and the other 3 like does. (also: never did I EVER think I’d be a person who thinks nothing of zooming in on animal genital pics

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Spicerack Rabbitry · Aug 29, 2024

Thank you both! Nutmeg seems to be very done with them so I was planning to move them to a grow out hutch in a week or so. I will definitely keep checking and I've been making sure to handle them every day. I'm hoping to keep a doe back as a future breeder.

tambayo · Aug 29, 2024

At 4 weeks they'll be mobile enough to go everywhere the doe goes and pester her for milk. Doe is just insisting they transition to solid food, doesn't make them ready to live on their own, they are just learning boundaries (i.e. no) and their digestion is switching to solid food. Leave them with her untill 6 and preferred 8 weeks. It will save you a lot of risks with weaning entritis and such.

Cal Gal · Aug 29, 2024

I agree
1- doe
2- buck
3- doe
4- doe
4 maybe a Buck. 1 of my bunnies from my litter I thought was a doe but as he got older I saw he was a Buck.

RABBITGIRLFORTHEWIN · Aug 29, 2024

Spicerack Rabbitry said:
Alright, these four are a month old now and I have some guesses as to their sexes but this is my first litter and I don't trust myself to get it right first try. I had my sibling get some pictures of each kit and marked the pictures to match their temporary ear tattoos (just skin safe marker since they're so small still). Any help would be great. My guesses were = and o being male and x and : being female but I could be way off.

The first is a doe, the second I believe is a buck, the third a doe, and the fourth a doe. Are you sure they are four months old?

tambayo · Aug 29, 2024

RABBITGIRLFORTHEWIN said:
The first is a doe, the second I believe is a buck, the third a doe, and the fourth a doe. Are you sure they are four months old?

She says : these four are one month old. At four months the buck would be way more clearly a buck.

RABBITGIRLFORTHEWIN · Aug 29, 2024

tambayo said:
She says : these four are one month old. At four months the buck would be way more clearly a buck.

Oh, I must have read wrong lol.

ladysown · Aug 30, 2024

another way of telling if a rabbit is a buck or doe is to look for thin red lines on either side of the vent. If those are present you have a doe. From pics you have doe, buck, doe, doe.

Tinytailsrabbits · Aug 31, 2024

Spicerack Rabbitry said:
Alright, these four are a month old now and I have some guesses as to their sexes but this is my first litter and I don't trust myself to get it right first try. I had my sibling get some pictures of each kit and marked the pictures to match their temporary ear tattoos (just skin safe marker since they're so small still). Any help would be great. My guesses were = and o being male and x and : being female but I could be way off.

I breed bunnies, and I have gotten super good at sexing them. 1, 3, and 4 are does, 2 is a buck. I’m 100% sure.

R Buns · Nov 26, 2024

Spicerack Rabbitry said:
Alright, these four are a month old now and I have some guesses as to their sexes but this is my first litter and I don't trust myself to get it right first try. I had my sibling get some pictures of each kit and marked the pictures to match their temporary ear tattoos (just skin safe marker since they're so small still). Any help would be great. My guesses were = and o being male and x and : being female but I could be way off.

How'd they turn out? Was the guesses correct?

Spicerack Rabbitry · Nov 29, 2024

R Buns said:
How'd they turn out? Was the guesses correct?

Ah I completely forgot to update! Turned out three girls and one boy, O was the only buck.

therabbitlady · Nov 29, 2024

Spicerack Rabbitry said:
Alright, these four are a month old now and I have some guesses as to their sexes but this is my first litter and I don't trust myself to get it right first try. I had my sibling get some pictures of each kit and marked the pictures to match their temporary ear tattoos (just skin safe marker since they're so small still). Any help would be great. My guesses were = and o being male and x and : being female but I could be way off.

I've always gone by the "if it's a girl it's a taco, if it's a boy, it's a cheerio". So far I haven't been wrong lol.

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