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I wouldn't go any larger than a 4 hole carrier myself. When I first started showing and hadn't ever had to pack them much I thought the larger the better but now I've been to a few shows were their wasn't room for carts and I would much rather have to make multiple trips to bring the rabbits in...

I start posing them around 4-5 weeks and don't really start passing judgment on them until about 8-10 weeks but still don't cull or sell until 14 weeks. If you show culling too early can often let a few of the late bloomer's go. These are the ones that ussually make your best seniors.

8 months and he should be good to go. I've had several breed at six months. I have one now that is only 6 months and 7.75 lbs and my largest does around 11 lbs don't have the energy to deter him.

My cals and nzs both consume about the same amount of feed. Not much difference in my barn.

I don't know much about the rex's but their is little difference in cals and nzs. They both are at prime killing age at 8-10 weeks with a weighout between 4.5-5 lbs. After 10 wks weight gain slows and feed ratio increases. The small difference you may see is in full grown size with the nzs...

Depends on the breeder some think the have gold. Around here a meat rabbit is about 40 -60 for a descent show quality one and the people I have bought from have always been in the top 20 or so breeders in points. I've seen NZWs as high as 300 from some people but I won't pay it nor charge it.

Wish you luck Joe but with the heat we have both had I wouldn't be surprised to have to wait a whole month before I see my first litter of the year.

Got ya now ;)

I'll agree at some point you will want to do this but it's better for a begining breeder to start with related blood and learn one blood line of rabbits and their attributes first before then introducing another line. If not it's hard to tell which rabbit is bringing out what traits in the...

I don't quite understand your reasoning there as most breeders at the top of any breed of show quality animal does alot of line breeding within their program. It is the basis of any domestic rabbit breed.

Well I didn't think the question was of getting better stock rather than wanting to have unrelated animals. Most breeders prefer a related animal breeding over unrelated using line breeding. Of course you do prefer the better stock but you also want them to be relatively related as to have...

Description of body type can often be quite similar between certain breeds although their ussuually tend to be small differences that with time you will learn. My Cals and NZ are both commercial breeds and are almost identical in body type with the exception a Cal carries the peak of it's depth...

Often your better off having related animals in my opinion. Afterall any pure bred rabbit is nothing but inbreed to produce the same results over and over.

If in doubt feel for them even if he has retracted them you should be able to feel a hint of a round object there still.

My best litters are ussually winter babies, might have a little smut on the kits but that fades with time. I have a slower weight gain at warmer times. They tend to have a bigger appetite in the winter with the faster weight gains.

As far as Satins go I'll have to look back and see how last years turnout went. I kind of have a hectic job and can't make it to all the shows I would like. Last year I was unable to attend, but this upcoming year I have asked off well in advance as well as already promised my services. I do...

Well I'm half asleep work night shift and been up since 11am yesterday. I looked at the bottom of your post first name I saw was Samuel while I was typing and now I realize the quote above it. Time to go to bed.

I would also watch any offspring from these rabbits closely. Often sore hocks tend to be genetic due to thin fur padding on the feet and I have never been willing to take any rabbit to a show that needed some type of treatment or sore. The whole idea of a show rabbit is for you to breed as...

Hope to see you there Samuel. Hopefully I will be able to get all the information compiled for the catalog soon, ad, specialty shows, etc. and can get it up on the ARBA site. Still waiting on some of it though.

Their will also be some specialty shows on the 13th along with all of the nationals and then of course the double open and double youth on the 14th. Hopefully their will be quite a large turn out.