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Applaud your working for change. I have found with my silver fox the does are better temperament, and cleaner and get along better in a group. The bucks want to pee on everything! Marking territory.

Ya, sometimes it's better not to ask. Now you're on their radar, so harder to just do. Internet search revealed lots of local restrictions on chickens and the ducks I first wanted. Including the 100ft fr neighbors lot line. I found that odd since I'm always cleaning up after wild geese, deer...

I was doing the twice a day water swap. Switched to 3 gallon metal poultry waterer with heater under. So we could take a short trip for the holiday. Came home with a flu bug so only having to fill water and food every other day was nice. I use colony housing. A 3 gallon waterer for each family...

They'll eat peels. I even give them peels from sweet potato baked for us. Also peels and seeds from pumpkin, squash. You can dry leaves. Heavy stems don't dry as well. Feed those fresh, dry the leafy part. I don't think vacuum sealing is necessary.I've read conflicting things about feeding from...

What a beautiful rabbit! Thanks for sharing

I really like the book beyond the pellet for good ideas. If you garden feed them all your weedings and trimming. Dry some if you have extra. Feed the kale stems fresh, dry the leaf. Mine love anything in the Cole family, especially the leaves removed from brussel sprout. They'll eat those tough...

I bought whole oats at local feed store for $12 for 50#. It spouted well and sometimes I let it grow long enough for the greens as a treat when ground is snow covered. Mix in some chopped sweet potato and kitchen scraps, kale etc . The grow outs are less interested, but nursing momma's eagerly...

??? I am lucky to be able to buy Prince brand made in our area. When the feed store was back ordered around Thanksgiving, I was forced to buy producer's pride from tractor supply. It didn't have that nice fresh hay smell the Prince always had.instead almost a rancid oil smell. I lost 7 rabbits...

Agree that protective instinct is a double edged sword. My first colony buck (silver fox) ended up being a biter. That protective, dominant attitude seemed to contribute to being a good dad. He's the buck who plowed paths in the deep snow for young kits. When I called them in at night he would...

Welcome! I started with a trio and have grown to 2 family groups (1 buck and several does each) and 2 grow out pens. I enjoy the colony system, watching them interact and " be rabbits" I use group housing with a yard for each. Permanent den boxes they nest in.bulk feeding, I've found when...

All these pics of pink babies! Mine always seem fuzzy. Wonder if it's the silver fox breed or our cold climate. Ash & Cinder's born last night

In winter , when garden goodies aren't available, I add spouted oats mixed with a little chopped cabbage and sweet potatoes. I bulk feed in colony settings.so they always have water, pellets and hay in the shelters. Other things are fed in their yard. I find different rabbits have different...

Thanks for sharing a new recipe to try sounds yummy. After my first attempt at sausage I bought the meat grinder for the kitchen aide for the same price as hand crank meat grinder. Love it. Better product than food processor. I use all the belly flaps, kidneys and fat surrounding them, and...

I also do both coturnix quail for eggs and meat, and rabbits and find them a great mix. My aviary is in the rabbits yard and they seem to entertain each other. (Watching in or out the windows) when that powder builds up in the rabbits feeders, I scoop it up and dump a pile in the aviary. The...

I prefer solid flooring and use old doors for floor and back wall ( structure and insulated) a pice of rubbery floor covering is easy clean. Cover with hay.Pick out wet spots. They tend to pee in one spot.Fluff the hay and poo falls to bottom. A metal dustpan to scoop it up. rubbery flooring...

Look forward to seeing your final data. I know my first year with rabbit poo in garden was best ever, even in a drought year. Really helped our sandy soil with both fertility and moisture holding.

I live in the north woods and we get cold, long Winters. My silver fox did well in -20* liked the snow. I raise in colony.use shelters and exercise yards they have free access during day.closed in at night Permanent den boxes they nest in. Free feed. Most made good mommas and daddy's. I've...

I have read that too, so asked at feed store he disagreed. So I give my rabbits a tray every night ( for the group)that's how I reward them for going in when called. They are in a colony and free range between their shelter and yard all day. I say " bun buns time to go home, treats" they come...

Don't know how much heat. I picked silver fox because I hoped their dense fur would better suit our long cold Winters . Mine have free access to their yards and an insulated house.even in below zero temps and a blizzard they'd choose to be out playing in the snow, looked happy. Summer had...

You might want to look in to colony raising. I have found it less work and more enjoyable. Instead of lots of individual cages I give them an insulated shelter and a yard they have daily free access to. Pellets, hay, and water free fed in shelter need to be filled less often. Garden goodies and...