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Is Ambrosia trifida (which we call blood weed) okay for rabbits to eat? Will they eat it?

So I have heard that bucks go sterile at 80 and at 90 degrees. It is already in the low to mid 80's here everyday so it would be good to know the truth. What temp. is it?

I just picked up some new rabbits yesterday. 3 Californian does, 2 Californian bucks, and 1 NZB doe. They are all 3 months old. The breeder raises them for show and stock shows, and she seemed to have really good stock. I really hope that these put me in the right direction for my breeding...

So this morning I was thinking about what is the best way to breed toward faster growing kits. And that got me thinking, what determines the growth rate the most. Genetics, or the mothers milk productions (which I guess genetics fall into play a bit there as well). :?

Has anyone ever grown flowers from BOSS seeds? Do the flowers get the same size as regular sunflowers?

So earlier this week I took the nest box out of one of my cages and put it on top of the cage. Well this morning I went to check on the buns and who do I see peering down at me from the nest box; it's one of my white rock chickens. When she gets out I will have to see how many eggs are in there.

So I have rabbits from different sources and a few different breeds (Californians, New Zealands, Rex, and a pair of Americans). Right now the oldest litters I have are pure Californians and the babies are not gaining as fast as I would like to see. The parents have good meat body types. These...

I am going to buy a pair of Black Americans today. If I breed them together is there any chance of getting blue from them?

So I was looking into the laws in Texas about selling home butchered animals. It appears as long as you only sell "low volume" rabbits/chickens can get a grant of rabbit/chicken exemption you can sell from your home and other places. But in order to get the exemption you need to submit a...

When are mini Rex ready to breed?

This year I started a 4-H club in my community. It is a small town with a K-8th grade school with classes that have around 15 kids each (kids go to high school in the next town over). I sent out a letter through the school about the new 4-H and had 8 kids other than my 2 interested in joining...

So I bred my standard rex Pepper (black otter) to my mini rex Dice (broken brown color). I do believe the male has dwarf genes because he has tiny ears. I was wondering what I should expect color and size wise out of these 2.

I have been hounding my husband for years to make me something better to keep the rabbits in. So I finally convinced him that would could keep the costs low and we started to work. First thing I did was start looking on CL daily for used lumber. We managed to find some nice stuff from 2...

It has taken about 6 weeks for this whole process but I got an email today that 4-H club I started was finally chartered. I as so happy that we can finally be official. Now if I can just get the people that showed interest to show up at the meetings. ;)

I finally butchered my first rabbits in about 15 years (I did a few in my teens but that was a while back). It went pretty smoothly and I was surprised I was able to get them done so fast and with such ease. One was a male about a year old that wasn't very good quality, and the other was a young...

What kind of feed(s) does everyone use? How much protein? Do you use the same for youngsters as adults? Do you use any supplements?

So yesterday I got a new litter of 10 (I posted about it but somehow it disappeared). But now I have another that just started nesting but it isn't in the nest box, it is in the cage. I tried putting the hay in the box and she just takes it right back out. It is going to be 46 tonight so at...

So I have 3 does due this week. Wednesday is day 28, and is also a full moon. I know when there is a full moon it can cause animals (and humans) to go into labor. Do you think I should expect some to have them early? I had one that was sitting in her water bowl so I gave her a nest box and some...

It is now day 34 and 35 for the rabbits and no babies :cry: . I guess I will try and rebreed them today and keep trying until they seem interested on their own this time. If nothing happens again I guess I will have to butcher them. I do have 4 more rabbits due in about a week (3 to the same...

I know they are colored differently (NZW is all white, Calis have black points) and they NZW are a little bigger, but visually are there any other differences?