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I would think, no, this would not be good for rabbit’s. Since they are herbivores they may not possess the ability and enzymes necessary to digest animal protein and fats and that may put them at a huge risk of gastro intestinal upset and who knows what else would follow.

I'd love to see pictures of it!

At 4 weeks I always move mom with the kits to the grow-out pen. She stays there with them for 24 to 48 hours which “sanctifies” the new cage as safe territory for the kits, then mom goes back home. No shock, ever. Also, the kits are fully eating by 4 weeks and moms are ready to be done with...

Good suggestion and I have just recently done this for various reasons in addition to accelerating ear weight gain.

By chance, can you point us to these studies so those of us who like reading such things can? Thank you! 🙂

I like the idea of always streaming a second feed through just in case the main feed is not available. I just had that happen and is one of the reasons I thought I would switch things up since I am being forced to do so anyway due to unavailability of the feed I had been using.

I pull the fat and freeze it. Once I have a gallon freezer bag full of rabbit fat, I render it for use in cooking. I have drastically reduced my butter purchasing by learning how to render my own fat. Now I use butter only for unique instances where the flavor of actual butter is desIsabel in...

The growth rate answer is twofold: improve herd and reduce time from birth to the table. I started out with rabbits with poor growth rates and taking way past 8 months to finally reach senior weight. Some never did. So, I have been very focused upon learning how to improve growth overall. Now...

Thank you for clarification. I thought that might be the full picture of the alfalfa story, but I didn’t want to assume. By chance, anyone have a photo to share of what alfalfa hay looks like as opposed to grass hay?

I started off in my rabbitry using just 16% and supplementing boss and oars, etc for the working does and even for growouts, as I stated with rabbits who were below weight standards and have been trying to figure out how to improve growth rates, etc. So then I went to 18% for growouts and...

The confusion of different feeds for different rabbits was mostly manageable for me when I feed, but on days when I need someone else to step in for me, using different feeds becomes problematic and I prefer being able to enlist help without so much confusion.

I am wanting to make feeding a bit less confusing. Currently feeding 16% to bucks and non-working does, 18% to working does and growouts. It was suggested using 17% for everyone to simplify. Your thoughts? Also note the list of ingredients has alfalfa listed first. Is that considered good or...

Unfortunately, I am over 320 miles away.

Start asking questions. Many here can answer with a wealth of knowledge and experience.

I’ve continued drying my pelts on stretchers like shown in the photo at the beginning of this thread. BTW, after reading over all of these posts, I have realized I had never mentioned that I have used absolutely no salt or anything to dry my pelts….they are still 100 natural and just dry. After...

Yes, I believe I have 2 chocolate, 2 black (but now only 1 as the other was sadly lost in a mishap), 2 blue and 2 lilac.

No, I've never heard that. We are only approaching one year for Chocolate as recognized. I suppose I will find out when I start showing my chocolates next year.

I am soooo excited about this litter! I now have chocolate Silver Foxes in my rabbitry. :) <3 When I began with SF last year, my original trio carried only black and blue. When I heard ARBA accepted chocolate, I tried to figure out how I could get that color into my herd's genetics. The only SF...

The rabbits I processed with the bladder sludge were just 12 weeks, so not adults. Also, the feed was the same for them as it has been for all others. From what I've read, studies have been done to understand why some rabbits develop this condition, from hereditary issues, to inactivity, to...

She was a beautiful rabbit. I am sorry for your loss. I went through a bad delivery 8 weeks ago with one of my NZ/Cali mixes. Same as yours, she is a large rabbit, which is why I kept her. Her first litter was a typical 4 kit litter, so I had no reason to suspect a problem with the second...