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For bigger bowls bird bath heaters work i use them for chickens

For multi cages i use the farm innovators heated small animal water bottles bought on Amazon. Knock offs break. Singles just a mini submersable aquarium water heaters meant for beta tanks. Just make sure they can’t get the cord. My metal bowls hang so easy. Got mine at walmart

Some does especially first times will pull and nest build at the last minute. Give them nest boxes and stay away keep things quiet.

Just a question. Do you happen to know of anyone breeding hulstlander in Canada? I am looking for a house bunny. Rare breeds are my thing and I am dutch. TIA!

If you don't have kits yet, the advice my breeder/mentor gave me was to ait a ful 40 days before rebreeding.. She said she has seen does kindle successfully as late as 39 days. Now if your doe is just overfat like my doe got on summer grass, its best to wait until she is back to a healthy...

I am curious and I sympathize. I had the same situation with a virgin doe. Turned out she had just gotten extremely fat on pasture! Her sister however who at the time i thought was unlikely to have caught and was tiny had 5 huge kits 3 weeks ago and is a spectacular mother. Miss chubby is...

No problem. I am waiting for the exactly right animals to come available. Personality is my most important selection, followed by correct confirmation. As witnessed at the recent nationals, solid blues are all over the map atm. I aim to do my part to change that. TIA

Well, it is a good question. I have a rare genetic defect and rabbit is one of the few proteins I can eat without issue. It is also very expensive at the grocery store. I also homestead to save on our grocery bill and do what I can for the environment. I also think it is good for my...

Very interesting that my late mother might have been right after all... and her mother before her! I did dread worm paste day but yes, running around barefoot all the time amongst all kinds of critters and doo doo... and kids are not so very great with handwashing.. chances are I had something...

lol I am not INTENDING to show any rabbits... however things can change! Right now I think they are the only beveren in canada, so it wouldn't be a fun or fair compettion! Is there anything I can do the make it right? Then again the half up ear makes him look a bit like the velveteen rabbit...

Hi all! So I have had my first beveren with their beautiful ears now for just over a week. My little buck has always had a bit of an airplane floppy left ear. I moved them to the farm on Friday, and my friend who owns the property asked me if he always had that floppy ear. I said yes, he is...

I would try with olive oil first... and treat ALL your rabbits. Apply as stated above, swap out with a clean cotton round the next day and repeat every day until no goo on the cotton. Then continue for three days after. If its really bad, then I would go with ivermictin. As stated, it is a...

So day 10 for Joys 5 fat little black wiggly kits! No open eyes yet, but they are getting there. Joy keeps the next box spectacularly clean, I don't know if it is the carefresh bedding and shopped straw but there is zero ammonia or wet in their bed. Kits are all clean, fat and glossy, so I am...

oh yes and i prefer to use wire dog cages, easy to rodent proof them with 1/4 hardware cloth, though getting floor wire here is impossible so I paid way too much on amazon. I like to dog cages, my large rabbits can stand right up! And easy to find free or el cheapo.

Hello and welcome! Lots to learn but I personally find rabbits even easier then chickens all around! Same principles appy... keep them out of wind and wet. Cages also depend on type of rabbit as well as housing. I keep beveren and silver fox... totally fine in quebec winters. We get a...

So Joy is a wonderful mom! She and her 5 kits are doing very well, and she doesn't like it but allows me to take her nest box out of her cage to inspect and handle her babies every day. So perfect, no broodzilla mom! Hope on the other hand, no kits and no nesting behavior. So she was just...

Ah yes....the pace in other places and be slow. It is also highly likely they have not gotten customers outside of the region and must take time to figure out how to ship, cost etc. Don't be surprised if the shipping cost is ungodly expensive and takes the slow slow boat route. As a Canadian...

You mean nobody makes money in breeding! Be it rabbits, dogs, horses etc! Not to mention the time costs! Oh the shock and horror! We must breed for the love of the animals!

Tjese are the same concept I think and pretty commonly available. I don't know if they would cut fine enough? But when people are chipping for mulch they usually choose different grades/sizes? It claims to chop up decent size branches as well as weeds/grass so should tackle hay without issue...

5 live rather large and strong kits. No stillbirths in a perfect fur lined nest!