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I don't feed oakleaves, but if i can get a good source 1 ripe, so brown and ready to grow a new tree acorn per day per rabbit. They see it as candy.

Usually the age varies due to size. Dwarf about 6 months, small breeds 7-8 and the standard to big breeds 8-9 months for does to be mature. A californian falls in the standard size breeds category. Yes they can all breed earlier then that, but child pregnancies are problematic in all species...

She says : these four are one month old. At four months the buck would be way more clearly a buck.

At 4 weeks they'll be mobile enough to go everywhere the doe goes and pester her for milk. Doe is just insisting they transition to solid food, doesn't make them ready to live on their own, they are just learning boundaries (i.e. no) and their digestion is switching to solid food. Leave them...

I wait untill i need to know what is what at 8-10 weeks old, young ones are difficult to see. At 4 weeks they still need to be with the doe and are not fertile yet anyway. Pictures look like 1,3,4 does, 2 buck. Keep checking to learn and see if you haven't missed something, girls can look...

The "all animals need a friend" thing comes first from humans being a social species themselves. It applies to herd animals like cows, sheep, horses, but with our inhouse pets it is not always true. Animals like cats or rabbits sometimes have public common meeting places, but may have seperate...

My bucks are more cuddly then my does, but agression if any is either done with the kits (and not directed at me) or hangry and wanting pellets NOW. I have dwarf rex though and mostly from hobby breeders that handle their animals plenty. You could very well be dealing with hormone fluctuations...

If you have quail that actually go broody and raise their own chicks you have a very rare bunch of quail there. I'd see about selling some for people who'd want that trait for self sufficiency and such. Quail have been bred to not go broody and just lay eggs for centuries.

Quail eggs gave me tummy ache, and i found the bones to fiddly. Other then that they are messy birds but cute to watch once into their adult feathers. My only batch was about a week old and rapidly went from 3 in one hand to needing almost 2 hands for one in the next 7 weeks. Happy to have had...

Is she fertile now? Turn her over and check vulva for color and anything amiss. Otherwise she might just be scared since she is hiding herself. How old is she? Too young can give this reaction also, even more with a young inexperienced and eager buck. You could switch cages with the friendliest...

My 4H knowledge is very limited (dutch), but from what i understand meat rabbit pen needs to be uniform in weight and color. Difficult with any color other then white and maybe solid black. Blue and red have differences in shade of blue/red that makes such a uniform pen impossible. So unless...

I use a mora for basics and now have a deboning knife from diamant sabatier riyouri series to try because i want to make more things then just pressure cooked meat ready to go into a one pot meal dishes. But i am dutch, sabatier is french but fairly common in more specialty cooking shops here. I...

In the category of crazy nesting behaviour i bred a doe because she showed nesting behaviour (haystaching). The babies on he brain thing did result in a litter 31 days later.

Some of mine also have a nesting urge around this time in the pregnancy, little dips in the bedding or some such. Ends with a healthy litter on the due date so probably something to do with pregnancy hormones and good mothering abilities.

So son got mom pregnant? That is quick, usually they take a little longer then 8-10 weeks for those bits to work.

Smell of the buck and enough daylight hours. First you already have, second should be enough in the US, you are further south then most of Europe (Pyrenees is about 42 northern latitude, same as the US - Canada border). Does do have a cycle though, so check the vulva before you put her in with...

She'd be on a table/stable surface with jummies in front of her for this. So she should feel safe enough to think and choose what is more important, the treats in front of her or your hand on her.

The buck would be more likely to breed at 6 months then 4 and for standard to big size rabbit does breeding advice is more towards 9 months then 6. Clipping nails requires trust. Both that you don't trim to short (squeeze the nail with the clipper before you cut, reaction = to close to the...

Sparingly, calcium content is fairly high and greens contain a lot of moisture. Also unless you know what has been done to the plants spraying wise and access to the field for dogs, cats, wildlife that can spread internal parasites, i'd be cautious. For my rabbits i prefer to harvest above the...

Alfalfa is pretty high in calcium, in breeding does they can put that into building kits, bucks may end up with bladderstones. I´d go for about a level 1/4 cup per 2kg (=2.2 pounds) rabbit in 1/3 oats and 2/3 pellet and again that in alfalfa. Top of with as much hay as they will eat (or play...