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Harvested 17 rabbits yesterday. That should keep the grocery and feed bills down for awhile. :lol: Man are my arms and legs are sore and tired. This old wore out man can't work like he use to anymore. :cry:

I will be harvesting 16 fryers this week leaving me with just my breed stock. I am thinking of putting the breeding stock in a rabbit tractor in the yard where there is plenty of grass to feed on. I have 2 bucks and 3 does. I know I can put the all does in one section separate from the bucks...

About 2 hours ago something told me to go outside. I heard all kinds of noise coming from my rabbitry. I get a flash light and go take a look. A Pitt bull is attacking my rabbits. He sees me and puts his head down and walks to the back of the inclosure with a guilty look on his face. I held the...

I have 2 litters of kits I need to move form moms. One set of 3 and another set of 6. Can i put the bucks from both litters in one cage and all the does from both litters in another? I am getting short on cages but all the kitts are a little small yet to send to freezer camp. The litter of 6...

It is 10:44 here and I just went check on a doe that was due last night.That didn't happen. She is in the process of kindling now . I didn't want to take them out of the nest box tonight as it is getting pretty cold out side. I did put my hand in there and felt several (maybe 5 or 6) moving...

I bought a camera for my wife for Christmas so I thought I would try it out to make sure it worked OK before Christmas morning. Please keep in mind I know less than nothing about taking pics so I have the camera on auto. Buck 1 Doe 1 Doe 2's kits Doe 1's kits. There are actually 3 kits in...

Went to feed the rabbits this morning and I had another doe that had 6 kits all alive and well. Now I need to make 3 grow out cages. Hope I have enough wire left over from building the first 8 cages. :?

I made a 2' X 2'X 8' tall closet 2" off the ground for ventilation next to my rabbit hutch (this is outside). I put 2 cheap work lights to keep it warm in there. Now I have ants in my fodder trays. I sprinkled cinnamon around to chase them out,used DE to try and kill them and also some ant...

Some of my 3 week old kits are trying to drink from the water nipples I have on my cages. I put a waterier like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/USA-12pcs-White-Soda-Pop-or-Water-Bottle-Fountain-Cup-Poultry-Rabbit-Quail-Bird-/310832642409?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item485f11b969 . I didn't see if...

When would you breed your does to have Bunnies ready for Easter Sales? I know I am early for this but I like to be ready. :)

I just went check on my doe that was due yesterday. She had finally started her nest building this morning. Now she has 1 dead kit(I got rid of it) but she has 3 live ones. I am thinking she is not finished. Hopefully will have at least a couple of more. :D Wish I had a camera to take some...

No I am not giving away a free rabbit. ;) I just had a friend down the road bring me a free rabbit. An all white NZ male about a year old. Seems his brothers kids had a rabbit that they were ignoring. So after he told my friend about the rabbit, my buddy says "I got an old fart of a friend...

This afternoon I noticed a few tuffs of fur in one of my does cages. She is next to the bucks cage so I figured he had pulled some fur out of her trying to get her. I just went out to the hutches to turn off the water pipe so they don't freeze tonight(Temp is suppose to get to the mid 20's...

Last month I tried to bred one of my does with my new buck. He mounted her several times but never fell off or made any noise. I figured he was unsuccessful. Didn't think she got pregnant. Thinking she was not pregnant I never put a nest box in the cage. This morning I go out to feed and I find...

Looks like my doe I thought was breed last month isn't expecting after all. Today was to be the day she should kindle. I just went and checked on her. She was in the nest box,but I think she is just using the box as a hiddie hole. I took her out and checked her and the nest box. No fur in the...

I am weaning my rabbits off of pellets and growing wheat fodder as the main food for the bunnies. Would wheat fodder be a good overall feed for pregnant does? I have Boss,calf manna and Timothy hey I can rotate along with the fodder if needed. I have a doe that should kindle on Wednesday.(if...

This afternoon I was letting my buck try to mate with one of my does. Again she would not co-operate. He mounts and tries his best but she still wont lift for him. About 20 minutes of watching I decided to get my youngest doe and give her some attention by petting her,when all of a sudden I hear...

This morning when checking all my does to see if any are ready to breed.(All were wrinkled and off white) I saw a pus like semi-thick fluid coming from one of my does vulva (maybe a drops worth). Her vulva is whitish pink with a little reddish tent just inside of the vulva. After wiping away...

I have my 2 Cali does and 2 NZ does along with a NZ buck. All are well within breeding age. Last week I bred my 6 month old doe with my buck. Her vulva as never been red or swollen but my buck mounted and feel off her 3 times that day. I have been trying to breed a couple of my other does with...

My 6 month old doe was bred today 3 times in about 3 hours. Buck grunted and fell off all three times. :D I hope it takes so I can have some baby bunnies before too long. When taking the Doe out his cage the last time,I noticed some crusty looking stuff in the lower section of her ears. I...