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Thanks to everyone for meeting up - it was lots of fun to get in touch IRL! That was a chaotic scene, such a big show - and of course the two breeds I had brought ended up showing at the exact same time on opposite ends of the room. I ended up missing lots of valuable comments on the...

I have an American Blue buck who seems to have seasonal allergies (though he has them all the time, pretty much), in that he typically has just a tiny bit of white muck in the corners of his eyes. It got a lot better when I took him out of the dusty environment of the rabbit barn (pictured) and...

Sorry to hear you had a bad experience with a breeder of Americans, we aren't all like that! I currently sell for $35 a head for freshly weaned pedigreed bunnies, $25 without pedigrees. I raised my prices a little recently when I noticed folks were selling mutts on craigslist for the same price...

I got a PM from MSD so we can meet up - perhaps for the lurkers or others we should set a meeting time/place? How about the Starbucks on the ground floor, near the check-in counter, at noon?

Thanks, MSD, I'll have to try to meet her - hopefully she can point me in the right direction. Exactly what I was thinking, Dood - a nice chestnut (copper in Satins?) from a long line of chestnuts or other agoutis would be ideal. I hadn't thought about the possibility of using red, I have no...

Hi, folks! Anyone know anyone who would be bringing good meat/production strain Satins or Flemish Giants to the West Coast Classic in Reno, NV, in a few days? I kind of want to test for steel genes in my Americans, and it's almost impossible to find non-steel-carrying agoutis in that breed. So I...

Thanks for the ideas, Comet. I have a strategy - he will move back into a more typical all-wire hanging cage, off pasture. He'll get a ton of pellets and a little bit of black oil sunflower seed, maybe some oats. Probably rolled oats instead of the whole oats I use at weaning time, not as much...

Hi folks! So, I am considering showing a few of my rabbits at the West Coast Classic coming up in two weeks in Reno. I was checking out my potential show bunnies, and noticed that the slimming campaign that I've been waging on my Champagne d'Argent herd sire (he was not so into the ladies, I...

Woo hoo! I am going to be there on Saturday, with my American Blue senior buck and maybe my Champagne if I can get him back up to weight (had to slim him down to keep him interested in the ladies). PM me so we can figure out how to actually meet up in real life! - Jessi

Hi folks! We just enjoyed a great adaptation of a chicken tenders recipe last night, and I wanted to share it. I found it on some paleo website somewhere (sorry I can't give them proper credit), where it was called "Paleo "KFC" Chicken Tenders." I wanted to try it because it sounded nice and...

I won't be in Ohio any time soon, but I will likely be in Loveland, CO, in the end of May and might have a black American doe (have two in the nest box, have not checked sex yet) that I could bring there. - Jessi

Here are some Champagne d'Argent x American Blue crosses. I always, always get black with a little bit of silvering from that cross - apparently my Champagne buck does not have any goofy recessive genes hanging out. I think the amount of silvering looks somewhat like a silver fox, but of course...

Grumpy, like everyone else, I am so sorry to hear of your troubles. I hope you get some sort of resolution, and that your herd rebuilds stronger than before. I have noticed that you mention perhaps turning to fodder as a solution to your feed-sourcing issues. I would encourage you to try a...

Hi, folks. I’m sorry it’s taken me a long time to get this post together, but you know how it goes, life gets in the way of our best-laid plans sometimes. One detail is that we’ve killed the internet to our house (too much time spent watching bad internet TV and browsing), so I don’t get to use...

I am in the middle of a fodder versus pellets trial with my current batch of grow-outs. I'll post about it soon in the Feeding forum. But as a preview, I'm finding that my rapidly growing Americans are needing a lot more than 5 or 6% of their body weight plus alfalfa plus sunflower seed each...

Zass, I'd like to see your photo of two variations on the steel theme, but for some reason it says "You are not authorized to view this image" rather than showing the picture. This is not the first time that I've seen such an error message instead of a picture, and I've never figured out why...

This sounds intriguing! I wonder if it would do well in the slow cooker/crock pot? That's where I cook everything that is supposed to be on a low simmer for hours on end. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks, BlueMood, I'll try it out! I'm not set up to cold-smoke, so I'll have to go fresh, but I'm sure it will taste great.

Remind me what a "super steel" is again? And from what I can tell, as long as you have only aa rabbits to work with, having self steel isn't a problem, and if you believe some folks, advantageous if you want deep dark blue. Yeah, I don't know if Ed is a real thing or not. If it is, and if it's...

HoppinHalfPints, I have heard of folks feeding only fodder (plus oyster shell and free range) to chickens, and others who feed fodder, pellets, additional seeds, meat scraps, etc. I've heard a lot about folks feeding fermented seeds to chickens, or feeding fodder grown to a younger age (3-5...