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Hats, mittens, etc. Vests? Do you have patterns???? I have been wanting to make something! God bless you!

I tried plastic tubs and had a problem with condensation. Might just be my location (SW New Hampshire). I think this area is the Northeastern Rain Forest! Hemlock trees grow here (they need lots of water). I even tried drilling extra holes in the plastic for ventilation without success. Glad it...

After the furs are tanned, they have been pickled and washed pretty thoroughly. Maybe the fur doesn't smell like another rabbit? So far, no trouble using it! I have thought of brushing the rabbits when they are molting, putting the brushed out fur in a pillow case, tying it shut and washing it...

I tan the hides. When I brush them out, I get a decent quantity of soft fur which I save for such occasions.

In the winter, we will leave a banana box with hay in each cage in case a rabbit wants to have a bit of warmth. I am not sure they really need it, but it makes me feel better. ;-) And one more thing: we put duck tape on the holes/handles so that the kits can't stick their heads out. The...

Sams/Walmart should have banana boxes. Grocery stores usually have a plethora of them. We get expired/damaged produce to feed our pigs and it is usually packed in banana boxes so that's how we get ours. I bet you could ask the manager of the produce section about boxes. The banana boxes have...

I'm in New Hampshire. It can get below zero. I have the cages inside a fairly open carport structure. Mammas have banana boxes with lots of hay for nesting. The combination of mamma's fur with hay inside a box is amazingly warm. I have no problem with kits in the cold! (We leave the banana boxes...

Sounds like we have a rabbitry joke brewing! ;-)

Ha! I have a pedigree that says the ancestors had up to 6 legs! ;-)

When I started raising meat rabbits (American Chinchillas), I researched and discovered that a good method for maintaining a healthy, productive herd is to trade out the does at 2 years old. That means, BEFORE she is having any issues. You can sell them as pets or as proven breeders that way...

"Contractor Bags" are great for storage: inexpensive and strong. Especially good for fluffy things like hay and sawdust (by the way, sawdust is fantastic for absorbing urine and neutralizing the smell...and general clean up). If you get a good brand (Husky is good), they are quite thick and...

The ARBA puts out a good rabbit cookbook. The Complete Domestic Rabbit Cook Book – ARBAhttps://arba.net › Publications

Interesting...thank you!

Thank you! A few years ago I posted my 12 week rabbits as "ready to breed" and received a very incredulous response. I guess they never experienced a colony! God bless you!

That old-fashioned quarantine program is really important and a powerful way to prevent introducing and spreading of diseases/parasites! One of our friends told us of a successful rabbit farmer she knew who had more than 200 rabbits. He purchased an expensive rabbit at a show, brought it home...

Thanks for the confirmation about maturity! I had read that in colonies, rabbits can mature as soon as 8 weeks or even sooner. The author of the book said, "Anything is possible in a colony!" My guess is that pheromones released by the mature animals influence the younger ones who are mixed in...

I'm not sure of the reference for wolves eating everything but the stomach (I would be interested to see a reference or two). Our dogs eat EVERYTHING on a rabbit (including the stomach) and are in great health! [Thank's be to God!] We let our dogs eat broth (and the softened bones), homemade...

Goats are similar with regard to hay/pellets. If you feed only pellets to them, they can get digestive issues and you have to feed them baking soda to try to mitigate that. Eating natural hay causes them to chew longer which influences the digestive juice production. Apparently, there are issues...

We live in a state recognized wetlands. This effects many aspects of our lives! Mosquitoes are part of the program because that is largely the basis of what the wetland wildlife eat. Eradicating mosquitoes is regulated by law here. Encouraging the birds that eat mosquitoes and bats (put up bat...

Good morning! I guess I am just speaking in general about boosting immune systems. We give our rabbits water with vitamins and electrolytes in it when it is hot. That way, they can drink some nutrition if it is too hot for them to eat. On a regular basis we give the rabbits: raw cider vinegar...