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Hi all, it's been a while since I've posted, hope all are doing well! So my 3.5 year-old (human) has been doing the picky pre-schooler thing recently, and often refuses meat on the bone. But she has yet to meet a sausage she doesn't like! So I think I'm going to try making our own rabbit...

Hi everyone. Like most of the west, we're staring down the barrel of yet another extended heat wave. This time we might reach over 105 in Reno, NV, which is high desert that usually doesn't get quite that hot (100, yes, but 105???)! Note that this is indeed a dry heat, humidity usually well...

Hi folks! I want to expand to working with Rex, having just picked up a seal (most likely self chin, actually) Rex doe and deciding that she's awesome! Would anyone on here have sables, true seals, Californian, or whites from selfs or shaded lines for sale, and in a way that they could end up...

Hi, everyone! I've been busy being a new mom, haven't had nearly as much time for good ol' Rabbit Talk like I used to. But I still have plenty of rabbits, my Americans continue to be the workhorses of the barn, and I'm trying to find good homes for my last two Champagnes. But since having one...

Hi folks! I've been AWOL a while - had our first (human) baby a few months ago and it's true what they say about how much time these little things take! Anyway, we scaled back to core rabbit numbers for a while, and now that we feel it's time to start re-building the herd, my husband agrees...

Hello, everyone! So, I got rather unexpected results from breeding a Champagne d'Argent doe to a Creme d'Argent buck (all part of my scheme to make Argent St. Hubert buns.. mwa-ha-ha-ha), and I'd like to consult with the group as to what might have happened. Ok, from how I understand it, the...

Hi, everyone! I just wanted to run this past the group. My little black American doe, Iman, had her first litter of kits 3 days ago! Despite being just a shade over 4 months old (this was an oops litter - as detailed in a different thread, she hopped out of her side of a rabbit tractor that...

Come on over to the other side of the mountains for a show that is NOT the WCC! The Sierra Nevada RBA and Douglas County 4-H are hosting a double open show on 14 March in lovely Gardnerville, NV, just south of our capital city of Carson City. Californians, just cruise over on 50 or up 395! I'd...

Hello, everyone. We are considering making the big plunge to full organic on the farm. Our duck egg vendors have expressed an interest in selling organic-fed duck eggs (and are willing to increase the price they pay us per egg to match), and since we'd get a much better price buying direct from...

Looking for your own fluffy Holland loop? Well you're in luck - apparently there are a few over here in Reno! http://reno.craigslist.org/grd/4839646555.html That and I've seen ads for New Holland meat rabbits in Sacramento. The rare breeds are popping out of the woodwork over here!

MSD? Sagebrush? Anyone else heading to Vallejo for the January Jamboree?

So, my brother-in-law told us a cute story about how he told his friends that his brother in Nevada had a "bunny ranch," and apparently because he was in California, everyone assumed he meant that we ran a brothel... which is hilarious! But that got my husband thinking that maybe we should...

Hi folks. I've been through a few years' worth of old posts on the subject of feeding dogs raw diets, and have learned quite a lot. But I have a few specific questions/issues that I hoped to get some good advice on. First, if I were to start feeding raw, I think I'd start by just adding raw...

Hi folks. I have been considering adding rabbit fur trim to a couple of garments, but I have almost zero experience with sewing of any kind. While looking online for advice, I stumbled across mention of using iron-on hemming tape to attach FAKE fur trim to clothing. Now that stuff is right up...

Out of three does bred during the same two days in early August, only one of them kindled - and even then, she only had 2! I guess my previous run of having had no problems with buck fertility during hot spells has ended. But the one plus is - super-fat baby rabbits from such a tiny litter...

Hi folks. I am getting to the end of my tanning experiment, and now need to keep track of which pelts were tanned in which method. I used the alum pickle (which is not a true tan), and Tasco's EZ-100 tanning kit (which results in waterproof well-tanned pelts). Because some are waterproof and...

Hi everyone! So, in the way that these things can happen, I have somehow been persuaded to serve as the Nevada director for a new club of western Creme d'Argent breeders. It didn't bother the organizers that I don't actually have any Cremes! Champagnes are apparently close enough... Anyway, it...

Anybody going to the Stockton show in September? I hear it's usually a big one...

Ok, most of these photos are for Zass, because I know how much she loves steels, but I would like opinions on the first topic of squirrel (blue chinchilla) versus "shagouti" (and a smoke pearl shagouti at that!). So, I briefly had an extra American blue buck hanging around that I took on as a...

Hi folks. Normally things cruise along quite nicely over here in Flying Fossil Farm, Reno, NV, but my latest three litters have been throwing me for a loop. So I'm one of those people who asks my rabbits to breed year round, hot or cold, and usually they do just fine. Two of my experienced does...