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3 out of 12 kits left. We went to visit relatives on the other side of the state the end of last month (the list were about 6 days old I believe) and while we were gone we were informed by our house/animal sitter that one of the kits had gotten out of the box and passed away do you hypothermia...

That's a lot for one day. The most I've butchered in one day is 7 I believe. I get physically, and mentally drained at 5-6. The one thing I have found helps the best for a smooth process is having everything set up and organized. I mean everything, butcher station and buckets washed and fill...

Also, make sure to get the feeders with the punched metal for sifting (like the one you already have pictured above) and not wire mesh, the wire mesh wears out extremely quickly.

We use 5.5” feeders for our single Californians and 7.5” for our litters and does with kits. Fully filled with three+ rabbits per cage it lasts 1-2 days depending one the age and number of rabbits in the cage. Whether a bottle get algae or not depend on your setup (if they are under cover or...

I've had rabbits together for 8 months before (buck and doe pairings) without a problem. The biggest problems I've had is when they are separated for more than a day, and then put together again. With that said, I've had rabbits fight at 12 weeks before so, it can greatly depend on the rabbit...

The white one looks like faintly Siamese marked and the black one is a very faintly Vienna marked so, by adding white back into the overly black Vienna markings you might get some Vienna marked rabbits. Adding black back into the overly white Siamese marked you might get some Siamese rabbits. I...

UFKD7 is a first-time mother and sadly (like a lot of first timers) did not quite understand her job/had some complications. We always line the entire cage with hay for our first time does because they usually do not understand that they need to make the nest in the nest box, it’s no biggy, so...

Spacing wise you may run into issues with broken toes, kits legs getting stuck, sore hocks, and possibly more. Without a proper spacing the weight distribution across the rabbits’ feet is not correct and puts pressure on pinpoint locations instead of across the entire foot, which can lead to...

Ours is 18% so, that maybe it. My dad and I have been talking about switching to 16%. The ingredients and values are in the linked post above. Also, have been researching a little more and was wondering. Would timothy pellets work the same/similar to timothy hay? They always waist a lot of hay...

I have heard of those portions, will try. I have been trying to find natural feeding information as well, but it’s hard to find, and it’s hard to know if they are getting the correct nutritional values.

Yes, they get one ounce of pellets (volume) per pound of body weight. Weight/size wise they are all comfortably within the breed standard. One of are current bucks is actuality a little small (not under weight, just the runt.) That's why it never seemed to be an issue, because externally and the...

I have been the one butchering rabbits’ sense we switched to Californians (about 5 years) and I've noticed that they seem to have a lot of fat. We haven’t had any problems that usually come with obese rabbits, and they don't look overweight from the outside, but when you open them up the average...

We have Californians, are average litters are 6-8. The cage size is definitely not idea, or what we want, but it’s all we can manage with what we have. It has been proposed to make the doe cages 2’ X 3’ but there hasn’t been action on that thought yet. Even my parents wanted a colony set up, but...

Cages & barn set up Diet Are rabbits are fed a pellet only diet. (I personally would prefer to do a natural diet, but we live on a 50’ x 100’ lot with two buildings and 3 cars, so we don’t have enough room to do that ☹). They are occasionally fed veggie scraps and apple slices when we have...

Woody's Wabbits This guy is in Oregon and has been around a long time. Really good prices and ship in a decent amount of time to.

I usually am really bad at record keeping but the few times I’d k remember to write stuff down I like to use these templates Rabbitry Records I also add in one of my own for Heath checks

Kits usually naturally ween around 5-5.5 weeks so the base age we start weening is 6-8 weeks, some litters take longer to grow or naturally ween. The weening can take 1-2 weeks depending on litter size. I ween two kits at a time every other day until they are all weened. If there is one on the...

hmm. I've never heard of weening like that, or that young (usually the rule is not under 6 weeks). Very interesting. Are there any reasons/benefits to wean like that rather than weening two kits every other day or so over about a week. Like most people do?

given the tiny bits of white on the other parts of his body, and that his brother is. i would say he is a very faintly vianne marked rabbit.

short answer YES. I have my calis in 24" x 24" and 18" x 30" (which is not what I want) they can full stretch out and bounce a little, and they have done ok. Bigger is always better, but the size you have will work for the intended purpose. If you can go up one square foot or so for your...