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How to make hay somewhat depends on your local climate. Here I let it dry for 2-3 days. I cut it with a scythe, spread it, turn it over once or twice a day, rake it to lines in the evening so dew doesn't make it wet again, and start all over the next day, sans cutting. Dry, sunny days with at...

I have some questions that might be obvious for anyone knowing fundamentals about canning, but I'm a noob ;) What does the brine consist of, just water and salt? There is a lot of liquid in the jars, is that just water, or is it seasoned/salted/whatever? Years ago I tried canning once, the...

Holland lops are a dwarf breed, right? If you used two true dwarfs those two deformed ones could have been peanuts.

Hm, I would not think that tannins are going away by kiln drying since they aren't very volatile? I mean, gallic acid has a melting point of about 250°C. Normally, when tannins are to be removed, it's done by leaching, like when preparing acorns for food, or when making solutions for tanning...

Hi, I thought my litters would get pretty boring, had a black buck and a black doe (Chantal), and her daughter, a broken agouti doe(Ruth). Only got black and agouti kits. Chantal died last year, now it's 5yo Ruth (broken) and her 1yo daughter, a solid agouti. And I got a new agouti buck with...

Can't say much about about the bigger predators, here we have just foxes and marten, and although they are around I don't feel them, apart from that one mangy fox I shot in one of the hutches. I keep an eye open, wildlife camera placed, and the radio running when the herd is out grazing, but...

I reckon letting them free roam outside, even on the meadow and forest at times (like I do) isn't perfectly safe but they have a great life (never lost one outside) , but in proper hutches, runs, etc. there is nothing that speaks against keeping them outside, I definitly think it's better and...

This is one of my nestboxes, top removed, the others are just rectangular with a side entrance. I made the floor so that it is about 2" deeper at the rear where the nest is, and the hole is above floor level inside. I put a ramp or hay outside so that is easy for the kits to go back in. I'm...

That's 100mg/ml, your rabbit is 2.7kg, so for a 20mg/kg dose you'll need 54mg, rounded up that's appr. 0,6ml of this product.

I think it was 20mg/kg, if you are not sure what dose you need post the concentration (mg/ml) of the product available to you and the weight of your rabbit here.

I had it happen that 3 out of 5 disappeared out of the nestbox, without a trace - it was a rat. Just one single rat. A wildlife camera is a very useful tool, and good snap traps too...

Imho yes, you can use different concentration if the absolute dose is correct. I think I got the one for dogs last year when one of my does, 6yo, had EC. This was the second line of treatment though, first was an antibiotic and fluids injected every day for a week, that showed results pretty...

My thought is rats, too. With chicken around it's quite likely that you have rats. They are just too messy with their food to not attract those critters.

If your water is chlorinitad it might help to boil it for some time before giving to this rabbit, that should remove a substancial part of the chlorine, adding cold normal water gradually over time to get him used to it. On the other hand, water intake differs a lot with my rabbits, after the...

I keep the buck with the does until day 25 or so. Then I remove him, nothing gets a buck more horny than a kindling doe, they don't even let her finish and rebreed her as soon as they get the chance - had this once due to a Sex Change Fairy visit to the growout hutch, kits survived though...

Mine spray when there is a doe around, they actually spray the does, with terrible aim and a lot of colateral damage though :D . Vingar is a great cleaner for bunny urine stains.

Well, that's a lot, but on the other hand - it's just money, at the current inflation rate you get less and less for it every day :D. Being happy with the rabbits would be worth more to me than the money, well, I spent more on vet visits with retired does last year... If all the boxes check...

No beet or turnip greens, high in oxalates. I avoid oxalates where I can. Mine, given the choice, don't even touch it. If cucumber leaves taste anything like pumpkin leaves they are safe from rabbits - and when my rabbits leave something alone I respect that. They are not fans of pumpkin, it's...

I only use pellets at treat level, as reward to go back into their hutches, and somewhat more through winter, which wouldn't really be necessary, have to watch out that they don't get fat, but they like it sooo much... I gather forage whenever possible everywhere where other people don't mind...

I would just make sure that the way back in is way easier than out with a ramp, compressed hay or such, maybe limit their possible radius with a 4" board wall the doe can eaily get over (I need to do this because I have the hutch doors open all day) and stuff all gaps where they could squeeze...