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I've still got all 9 from the Silver Fox litter, they've been eating vast amounts of feed and I need to get them into the freezer. I thought I could get some more weight on them, but they're getting pretty old now. I just weighed them and they're averaging about 4.25 lb each. I was expecting...

She kindled last night. Maybe there are more! That would be great. Thanks for that bit of knowledge.

She's starting to impress me as a good candidate for the crock pot.

OK well this misguided doe has kindled again, 2 super healthy kits. Two!? What!? It's pretty disappointing. Would it have anything to do with the immediate rebreeding?

I suppose it's possible. I'll keep an eye on it for a few days. Do you think I can return it to its litter mates?

My daughter just noticed this strange growth/injury on one of our ~4 week old SF buns. It's behaving normally. There is no evidence of profuse bleeding, and none of the other rabbits have any similar issues. For now it's quarantined.

Awesome. I'm getting used to showing up late to internet memes. I guess I may have gained some old-school knowledge that needs reshaping - i.e. re-breeding at 10 hour interval. Thanks for your help!

OK I'll get her bred tonight, and again in the morning. My SF did so well with her first litter, I was expecting great things from here on out. I suppose this kind of thing happens. Hopefully not too often :( Also, what is up with this? ---> :pancake:

I have a silver fox doe with a ~2 week old litter of 9. There are a couple of runts among them, and I haven't had success getting her milk to let down when I manually flip her to feed the runts. I wasn't thinking she could handle the other 2. What do you think?

My black NZ kindled last night or this morning. She hadn't even pulled hair last night, so I wasn't expecting an imminent birth. Just now I went out to check on them and she had pulled a moderate amount of hair into her box. When I opened the hutch to check for buns, she jumped in the nest...

We're expecting a string of hot days around here - from high 80's all the way up to 99 (!). The buns are less than a week old right now. My plan was to use ice bottles for these kinds of days, but that won't help the young ones buried in a nest of fuzz. I've heard several techniques for...

Success! 9 little wigglers. So excited!

Well she's got a pretty bare belly now - she figured it out :) Pretty excited for my first litter! It's going to be windy tonight, and ~46°. The hutch is wire-sided, but tucked in a corner of two fences that block wind pretty well. The fur in the nest isn't blowing around or anything, so...

My Silver Fox doe (first litter) will be kindling imminently. She's filled her nest box pretty well, but it seems to be all fur from her hip, where there's a ~ 3x3 bald patch. I don't see that her belly has been cleaned off at all. Will the kits be able to properly feed? Should I pluck her...

Thanks! Going to be leaving the little buggers alone.

I'm expecting my first litter in a week or so, so I don't yet have any experience here... A friend called me and told me he found a nest of wild rabbits in his yard. He knows I'm entering into rabbitsmanship and thought it would be cool to give them to me to raise. Worth it? I know the...

Just registered, so I thought I'd say hello! I just built my hutches and am planning to raise Silver Fox. We've got a basic backyard trio setup with plans to pasture the bun buns in a tractor during the growing months. We're also going pretty large with our garden again this year, I suppose...