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Last night I noticed a considerable amount of blood on one of my does resting board. I took her out and examined her everywhere and can't find a spec of blood anywhere on her. Any ideas?

I'm now certain none of our does have taken. I'm thinking about waiting until Feb 1 and breeding them all again. Do you think this is a good plan or should I try breeding them all again now?

We are having all kinds of trouble getting our does bred. We've bred all 8 does twice over the past 9 weeks and no babies. We have both younger and older does/bucks and always put the does in with both buck (one day each on consecutive days). It's been cold here the past few days, but before...

I've been raising my rabbits on an all natural diet (barley fodder, mulberry, hay, ect). My feeders aren't growing as fast as I'd like and I am going to switch them to pellets and supplement with fodder. Do I need to ease them into the pellets? Some of them have never had them, but some of...

Thanks Demamma. I made a few similar to those, but they seem to waste so much of it. Any way to prevent waste?

I am needing to make some hay feeders for my grow-outs. I found some ideas online, but was wondering if anyone here had any good ideas or pics they could share. Thanks.

I am feeding my rabbits grass hay for roughage to compliment the hydroponic fodder I'm feeding them. I'm beginning to think they need more. I have some good alfalfa that I feed my goats, but it is very dusty, and most of it falls out of the hay feeder. I have a source for good red clover hay...

I am feeding out my first little of meat rabbits. I am trying to do so without feeding pellets, and I am feeding them barley fodder, hay, and other natural feeds (Mulberry leaves and other greens) They seem to be doing quite well at the 5 week point. I've been feeding them in the evening...

I weighed them and they average just under a pound.

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My first litter of babies are 4 weeks old today and I am going to put them in their grow pen in the next day or two. So far, I've only fed them barley fodder, mulberry leaves/sticks, and other misc forage, no pellets. I am wondering how their rate of growth is compared to those fed on pellets...

I put a few a few freshly cut Mulberry sticks in their cages last night.......and they were stripped clean this morning. Thanks for the advise.

I had been doing 80% barley and 20% field peas, but I ran out of peas for a time. I just got another bag and will start putting them in again. They really like the peas. My does would root through it and eat the peas first.

I am growing/feeding hydroponically grown barley fodder.<br /><br />__________ Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:36 pm __________<br /><br /> Well, I wanted to limit the kits, but they dig into just as fast as their Momma. Should I have put the fodder up higher so the kits couldn't reach it?

Would Mulberry be preferred or doesn't matter?

No pellets, but i do have a mineral block in her cage.

I have a doe that is nursing 6 three week old kits and is also bred. Her and her babies are eating a tremendous amount of fodder daily. Yesterday I fed them right at 5 lbs of fodder. Should I be concerned they are not getting enough nutrients from the fodder? or is it typical for a doe to be...

My first batch of kits are 3 weeks old today. They have been coming out of their box some to hang out with momma and nibble on her fodder, but they still spend some time in the box. When is a good time to take it out? I worry that they might get squished by the box if momma pushes it around...

I had a first time Mom mishap yesterday. She is a 7 month old Cali. Despite the box being in her cage, she had all but 1 of them them on the wire. I put them back in the box, but they ended up back out and died. There was one left in the box. If she ends up with none, when should I breed...

Reason I am asking, I am wanting to order my fodder seed supply for the next year, and I'm trying to get an idea of how much seed I am going to need based on how many rabbits I think I will be raising.