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I removed Fawn from the maternity ward this morning and weighed her kits this evening. These are pure New Zealand's. Are these weights on target? Black #1 - 1 lb. 10 oz. Black #2 - 1 lb. 9 oz. Black #3 - 1 lb. 6 oz. REW #1 - 1 lb. 8 oz. REW #2 - 1 lb. 6 oz. REW #3 - 1 lb. 5 oz. The average is...

Thank you for your sympathy. I'm learning that this is the not so fun part of being a rabbit breeder. :cry: Miss M, if you are talking about RoosterMania that is my dad. :oops: :lol: Oops, i just realized I'm on under my dad's handle. :oops:

MaggieJ - I still plan on feeding pellets once on pasture. My hope is that they won't need as much pellets since they will have grass and weeds available. I'm giving them fresh cuttings now to get them used to the naturals stuff. One thing I've asked that hasn't been answered yet is, since I'm...

Miss M, I just looked at my record keeping spreadsheet and I'll rebreed Fawn when the kits are four weeks but won't wean them til five weeks. Thanks for straightening me out on that! :)

I didn't realize Bunnikin had already posted about it. It's the same one. It survived the night, but looked no better. We're gonna keep giving it water and see how it goes. We've been bringing the nest box in every morning and taking it back in the evening as it has been in the high 90's all...

I have a three week old kit that is not moving around much. The only other symptom I've noticed is that there is thick urine matted at its private parts. Any ideas on what this might be? I thought maybe cocci, but from what I have been reading I'm not sure now. Thank you! Just noticed this kits...

Here is a pic I took this morning. 2815 They are still very energetic. But between worrying about the heat and whether or not she feeding them, I am a basket case!! :P

I'm new at this, but I believe the screened bottoms are preferred because they allow the fines (dust from the crushed pellets) fall through.

I hope it is okay to keep asking questions on this thread rather than starting a thread for each question. This way I can come back to one place and maybe it will help other first time kindlers as well. This morning I noticed that the kits had been moved to a new nest within the nest box. Fawn...

Born 6/3/14

I just got back from purchasing the wire for the bottom. it is 1/8" mesh. I'll put that on this evening as well as getting the new cage set up and putting the doe in there. I'll go ahead and make her a small salad too as she is the only one I haven't put on the ground to graze a little yet...

Big thank you to all of you! I'm about to set him up. Miss M, he was inspired by your son's handle. He will be Bunnikin Skywalker. :o We home school our six children and he is our second oldest so I think he will greatly benefit from having to communicate his thoughts and ideas in writing...

My ten year old son's doe is supposed to kindle this weekend. He wants to be a rabbit breeder and I'm wondering if RT is safe enough for him to post questions and read some of the old posts. I've been learning a lot here and know he would benefit from the knowledge and encouragement of you kind...

My son's NZW doe is due to kindle this weekend. I have a few questions in anticipation. It will be her first time as well as ours. 1. I built a nest box this week. I don't have a bottom on it. My plan is to zip tie it to the back if the cage so she can't move it. Will it be okay to leave off a...

I've been transitioning my rabbits from one pellet feed to another over the last two weeks. I was doing a 1:1 ratio but this morning change to 2:1 new to old to begin weaning them off the old feed. They have coastal Bermuda grass hay as well. I've enclosed a run for them to be able to get feel...

Definitely will.

It's in the low 90's today so I put a frozen water jug in with each of my rabbits. I just noticed that my NZR buck has chewed up some of the label on his. I suspect he probably ingested some of it. Is this gonna be a problem or will it just pass? :o

DUH!!! Man, do I feel... well you know! :oops: :lol: Thank you!