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I have noticed occasional kit loss after a thunderstorm. Kits are young- still in the nestbox, but eyes open and moving around. I am guessing it is likely the doe has injured them in fear, perhaps jumping on them. Never an exterior injury, just perfectly intact and dead. What may disprove...

I thought I would mention this to see if anyone else has noticed it. Please forgive me if it is a well known and obvious fact as I have never had ear mites before. I have had an outbreak and it seems that every rabbit to have mites also has rubbed the fur from their faces until they are bald...

I lost most of a recent litter to cold. Not sure what happened. The dead kits all had a swollen reddened genital area, as did the ones that survived. Five days later the survivors are thriving but still have reddened swollen genitals. It this an issue or is it just something I have never...

I am noticing an interesting pattern in some rabbits. I am working on Sallander and i see they have what I like to call a 'racing stripe' that curves over their hind leg. It is visible in tortoiseshells too. You can see it here... http://www.gbfarm.org/rabbit/images/sallander2.jpg Now that...

I have discovered a bad infestation of mites in the ear of a nursing doe. I would like to give her a shot of ivomec. I have never had ear mites before, and thus, a few questions... Is it safe to give ivomec to a nursing doe? What is the dosage?

I have a red buck and a black gold tipped steel doe. The breeder guaranteed red kits and sure enough, out of a litter of 9 kindled yesterday, 6 are dark and 3 are pink. When the sun came up I lifted the pink kits to the light and sure enough, they have a red sheen to the tops of their head...

I have red Satins and it can be tricky finding more around here...plus, I am working on developing a pedigree with what I have (not much :x ). I found a lovely black doe who has added diversity and quality to what I have. The resulting color of the kits was red and copper (chestnut). The...

I want to take a lovely Copper Satin doe to a show at the end of this month. She has shed her fur to mid way down her sides. Glorious copper above, dull hair below. Any tricks to get that coat out a little faster? Thanks!

I raise heritage chickens and eat the roosters that don't make the grade. They can be a little tough if not cooked correctly. All that running around the farmyard and eating bugs makes for a tougher muscle tissue. This year I have embraced Spatchcock. You take a whole chicken, use a sharp...

Well, at least it does in Satins. Other breeds may know this color as Chestnut, I think. Here are my questions. Copper/Chestnut is a complicated color. Band width, color intensity, etc. Will I get a showable Copper on a first generation cross? Will I need to breed back to red, black or...

I have a question. I would like to identify my meat rabbits. They are not show rabbits. I do have a tattoo pen but it is not a fast process and at this point I want fast. I do have cavy ear tag equipment. Has anyone used cavy ear tags on their rabbits? Please share what you know! Is it...

I bred my Sallander coloured meat doe to a fawn buck that carries Tortoiseshell. My hope was to get some more Sallander! Well I was not disappointed! This is the lovely litter! I have a couple tortes, a couple sallanders, a fawn, some (I think) frosties and a strange little blue guy: And...

I always love to log onto Rabbit Talk because you are so innovative, imaginative, creative and humorous when deciding on a title for your topics! Some just call out to be clicked on...I can't help it! What are some of your favorite titles?

Five days old and I see this! Is this the beginnings of a curly coat? And the color. Any guesses? It looks blue or grey. Mom is Sallander and dad is fawn but he also produces torte and frosty

I have a new litter of 11 from my Sallander meat doe. I bred her to a Flemish buck that has produced frosties and tortes. All the kits are pink. A few seem to have some fawn colouring but the rest look white. Dare I hope? Excited! I will try to get some pics this week when they color up!

I have an ulterior motive here. I have recommended a friend join this forum. I would love to get this discussion started to lure her in! She is very interested in the Lop breeds. Her priorities would be first and foremost the enjoyment of the rabbits as pets, but also breeding and showing...

I have red Satins and have just impetuously purchased a broken black doe. I have no excuse. There she was, offered up in one of my Facebook groups as a proven doe with a pedigree. Nice picture...$35. It was late at night and I was tired and Satins are few and far between around here....wait...

Until yesterday I have experienced does 'lifting" for a breeding by simply tilting their hind ends up a little to facilitate the buck. Well, yesterday's display of 'breeding eagerness' left me flabbergasted! a Flemish Giant doe leaped from my arms into the buck's cage, spun 180 degrees and...

Yes, yes, I know all our topics as well as the information contained within are all wonderful and helpful, but which is your favorite? Personally, I always open anything to do with Rabbit Color and Genetics first!

Yes, I know, not a recognized color. I bred a sandy doe to a fawn buck and got fawn, sandy and REW. Then I bred that fawn buck to his fawn kits and got fawn, torte and what I assumed would be REW. However, now the eyes are open the REW kits do NOT have red eyes! They are grey or possibly...