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So just went to my first rabbit show, my wife has been to a few but I took the kids this time. I figured out what to do as I went along, and parked our cages near the tables that had our breeds. At some point I turned around to see a lady cleaning up a puddle behind me in the path that she...

So I came on here a couple years ago trying to figure out the basics, and now there are buildings that have been taken over, automatic watering systems, multi-stack units, etc. The rabbits are actually my 8 year old's, but who am I kidding. We have even dabbled into the world of showing. 6 year...

So I go to a swap to get rid of rabbits and come home with a Lilac buck. Given that I have red and broken red does to play with, what are my color combinations, I'm thinking lots of agouti and broken agouti? How would one go about breeding up to a broken lilac color?

So, I've got a doe that has done great in the past that has had her second litter that she barely pulled fur for that was cold and dead in the box. Another doe that weaned a litter about the first of November that refuses to lift. Another doe is doing marginally well but she lost a few in her...

We are having some buns for supper that are pretty neat. They came from a Belgian doe crossed with a New Zealand buck. It was not really planned that way, but I think we have hit on a superb meat cross. The doe doesn't cramp up a cage and eat as much food as the pure New Zealand. But she somehow...

These guys are 4 weeks old. I don't know much about markings but those two look pretty nice to me. Maybe a little light. The three brokens are girls, best I can tell. The solid is one of their brothers, there were five solids and three brokens in the litter. Dunderhead done good. Thanks for the...

We have litter in the box right now from our broken red NZ and our red buck. Also have a litter of Champagne D'Argents about two weeks old right now. Meat mutts of assorted colors and flavors. Near Roanoke. PM for details.

Seems like only yesterday I was logging in to try to figure out why our two male rabbits weren't producing anything. Our rabbit count is currently at 38. Have some freezer camp candidates in about a week, at the same time another litter is due. Our champagne just kindled with 7, her first time...

Our beloved "Dunderhead" had two large kits that she ate parts of. They looked kind of large to me, I don't think she completely ate any more, but I guess I can't be sure. She was on day 33, maybe she had some trouble having them. She is a little overweight, and kind of flighty. I'm going to cut...

I just got done shoveling out the goat barn. After many years of trying all types of stall floor management options, I am continually amazed at the ease of cleaning of our carpeted barn floors. My wife dreamt it up and we tried it in a stall and we did the whole barn. We put down a layer of...

Looking for some input, here is the dilemma. Have a red Belgian hare doe that needs to be bred if any of the bucks work, (they have had fans). We were breeding her to a satin buck but we got rid of him, he was a little small. He was white and threw chestnut agoutis and blacks, one of his black...

Finally got around to breeding our new NZs, no signs of the p-word. The breeder said to wait till six months to let them finish growing. It is now five months and the doe is almost bigger than the breed standard. So we did it. The buck grabs fur in his teeth and doesn't fall off until the fur...

I've got a fair pretty close, but you have to leave your rabbits there all week. I guess that getting legs is the main push for showing, but premiums are the push for putting your rabbits on display for the public. The fair premiums don't seem to be worth much in terms of gas money. I guess if...

Just heard from a person who I picked up rabbits for when we picked up ours. I got them almost eight weeks ago. She got two does and a buck. I got the brother to her two does and an unrelated doe, as well as a pair of a different breed. Her buck just came down with white snot and sneezing. I...

Could someone explain the Satin gene for me. We have mutts, but our buck we were told was a satin. He is a little small at seven pounds (wonder if he is part mini-satin) so now that we have NZs and Champs it is time for him to go. We will, however miss that shiny coat. Even the doe we kept...

How big does a buck have to be to be too big for a doe? When working with mutts is it acceptable to breed, say, a ten pound buck to a six pound doe? I would assume that you will get some improvement in the size of the finished product, but at the risk of birthing problems. Does anyone have any...

Today was the end of quarantine for our new rabbits. So I moved them to the main barn. I was keeping them in my stock trailer, makes a nice quarantine area if you put a tarp on the sides. I will have to say that the champagnes were a joy to handle. The New Zealands not so much. I lost some skin...

Road trip. Went and picked up these guys yesterday. Settling into their quarantine digs nicely. The Broken New Zealand doe is huge compared to our mutts. She was born Jan. 5. They look really well bred and well put together to us, what do you think.

Got some ducks at TSC. First time duck owners. Observations so far.....Water fowl=go through lots of water, very foul. Had a spare water trough for cows laying around, using as brooder. A store that sells bedding would stand to make a profit giving the things away! Wonder if I could use sand for...

Doe that kindled on the wire last time was due yesterday. Time before that she missed. This time the buck serviced her twice, and then serviced the other doe twice, and then serviced this one again later that night. The other doe had 7 kits yesterday, her second litter both born in the nestbox...