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Ok all, thanks everyone for the great advice, I'll keep you posted on how it goes, I have another doe due in about a week. Cross your fingers! Matt

Thank you, I will give it a try exactly like you said. What do you think? Should I use straw and wood shavings, just some straw? The straw is pretty course, maybe it's too rough for her? I will also put a heat lamp up next time so if for some reason she doesn't do a good job with the nest...

It wasn't too cold, maybe -7 outside, in the shed it wouldn't even have gone below freezing. Plenty cold enough though too kill them if the babies don't have a good nest I'd imagine.<br /><br />__________ Sun Mar 24, 2013 6:53 pm __________<br /><br /> Last time I filled it with straw and...

A while ago I posted a question and said my doe had 11 kits and not one survived, well she had her 2nd litter last night and none were alive out of the 10, we warmed them up this time with no luck. Let me explain what happened, she has her own kindling cage with a drop nest box, lots of food...

So recently I decided to buy nipple drinkers for my bunnies, to save time and ensure they never run out of water. This is the set I bought: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/20-Sets-Automati ... 2624wt_906 Problem is I can't get them to work! I setup everything and one works well and the other two...

Excellent, thanks for the advice!

Hi all, as some may know I had some questions recently about breeding my does. I was just wondering, can you tell me how long you leave your doe in with the buck and do you supervise? The book I have says to put her in his cage, let him get it over quick and move her back, don't leave them...

Wow everyone thanks for all the great advice! Sorry I couldn't get back to you sooner. The book in question says to re-mate them in case the doe urinates after insemination. The last doe I bred only allowed him to one time and she is due in 3 days :) I appreciate the tips and I will put them...

Good morning all! I have a NZ white female who is being a bit difficult. I put her in the bucks cage and he mated with her immediately, my book says to put her back in about 8 hours later just to be sure and mate her again. I've tried three times on three different days and she just puts her...

Thank you very much for all the excellent advice. Miss M - I appreciate all the time you took to write that. My other doe put almost no fur in her nest until the babies were a few days old, then she pulled all her fur and made them a nice nest! I have a lot of fur in my shed from the other...

Ok, thanks. If I caught it sooner I would've moved them to the nest myself, unfortunately it occurred overnight. So saw straw is acceptable nest material, even if it's coarse? Matt

I'm new to raising rabbits, I'm only about six months in, I bought a book and built building and put some nice wire hutches in there, it is bright, clean and safe (with power). I have 2 NZ white does, 1 NZ red doe and 1 NZ white buck. I bred my does and they both had their kits on the 31st...