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At this point, my grow outs are reaching 5 lbs at about 9 weeks on pellets & LOTS of hay - and I use the term loosely, it's just a field full of weeds and random growth that is mowed & baled. So, I'm happy, and putting them on straight grass tractors worked out well. I mentioned that there was...

Castrating mice? That is an interesting visual ... I guess you use a teeny tiny knife.

I have no idea, but since nobody else has answered you, I'll just say that goat milk tastes different from different breeds of goats (Nigerian Dwarf is fantastic) ... so whether that translates to rabbit meat, I have no idea LOL but I wanted someone to answer you :)

Welcome! It is so interesting to have members from all over. I'm interested in your methods/rabbits/problems, etc. Welcome aboard! I'm in Texas, USA. Are you raising for meat or for pets or for something else? - Liz

I actually got the idea from this post New favorite dispatch method and they had dull loppers that merely broke the rabbits neck and they did it in their kitchen. We just thought cutting their head off would skip a step :)

I I need to add a 'tag line' that unless I'm asking about a specific thing, just "please don't take me seriously - I'm probably kidding" LOL. Besides we already ate him. I have to say, his father (who incidentally looked just like a cinnamon rabbit) was a real pain in the tush. Very unpleasant...

Well . . . seems he could have the rare Cinnamon Rabbit in his background - I have no idea of his ancestry, so it's possible.

Of course that's assuming I get the right number of does and bucks. Last time I mostly got all bucks.. not good

Actually, seven of the nine are already sold.

Well now you can actually tell them it's a scientific thing, it is the monoclonal *** change fairy antibody and everybody has heard about monoclonal now so they'll believe you LOL

I agree completely with you! However, these two were quite a bit smaller than their siblings so they did not start on equal footing no matter what. And the one that is the smallest is the cutest and I already have it sold if I can make sure it's healthy LOL

Okay, I'll bite. What is SCF? When I googled it this is what came up LOL "Rabbit recombinant monoclonal SCF antibody [EP665Y]" and I don't think that is what you are referencing 😁 EDIT .... *** CHANGE FAIRY I GET IT LOL

Ok, hopefully my last question about this. I have a great mom with 9 kits, 2 were a bit runty (1 very runty). I see that a lot of people take a few kits out at night to give the runts a better chance. I really don't want to cause a problem for the more valuable big kits. The question is - it's...

except the issue was that the hay was dangerously fibrous and cost one kit his paw :( That is why I was trying to change hay in the nest.

well, I was 100% sure hahaha

I sold two 'sisters' I just heard from the customer that she just had babies! (not happy!) LOL So, in talking to her, I offered to take both parents back (no refund) and raise the babies for her and she can pick one of the babies and start over LOL Doesn't matter to me really, I have the room...

well, they are easy to do

I'd have to see photos. But I'd probably never do it because I either breed them or eat them. After they're sold for pets, it's up to the owner to deal with. :D They do cattle that way. They just slit it open, pull out the parts and I'm not sure they even suture them, but if the person is...

I just put them in mylar bags in a dark place. Cool-ish but it's really hot here and we don't always run the air. Hope the eggs survive. We still have a surplus so I haven't eaten any yet. I used to have a really good book called "Home Preserving Made Easy" - I hope I still have it, we got rid...

That's probably the more 'natural' way to do it, I don't think the does hang around the kits at all in the wild.