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We have about 40 rhode island reds and were looking for some new colour to add to our flock and our eggs. :) There are 19 all together, 17 ameraucanas (easter eggers), and 2 marans. We are looking at getting an incubator in the fall and putting it to use next spring.

We have a doe with a litter of 9, 3 week old kits. When I was doing my check I noticed, although it was pretty obvious since we have all NZW's that the kits were all over the doe trying to feed and 4 of her teats were bleeding. I immediately removed her. I gave her an hour and then checked...

We are thinking of getting a few pigs to raise up this summer. We thought if we raised 3 we could sell 2 to pay for all the feed and to get ours butchered. Does anyone have any thoughts or experience on the subject that they would like to share. We have both worked on pig farms when we were...

Just wondering how many kits most does are weaning. Our does can usually wean 9 without any problems, we have many that will wean 10 and 11. Recently one of our does weaned 12 :) , this is the first time we have had a doe wean that many. Just wondering what the norm is for everyone else, and...

Up til now all our sales have been fryers, today is the first time, hopefully not the last, that we have sold any of our rabbits for breeding stock. :D The couple that bought him were very nice. I was a little nervous at first because we didn't know them, but it turned out to be a good thing...

It has been a while since my last visit so I thought I would take a few and check in. I only came on for a minute...haha and have been reading posts for about an hour now, but that always seems to happen. Hope everyone had a great holiday!!!

We are now up to breeding 3 does per weeks. Today is kindle day and as expected I checked the nest boxes and 2 of the 3 had already kindled, I am pretty sure the third will kindle today or over night tonight she is hauling around the straw mustache. The first doe I check had her third litter...

I saw this ad on Kijiji but I am not sure why anyone would want an aggressive rabbit, and also am wondering if they already have a cage and food what happened to the previous occupant if there was one. :? Wanted: Psycho Bunny Rabbit I'm looking for a female bunny with a personality - these...

Last week we had a storm with really strong winds, uprooted 4 very tall pine our front and broke a 32 year old maple tree at the back which inturn knocked out our hydro. The following night a doe had a litter of 11 all dead, some in the nestbox and some on the wire. Since then she has not been...

I have fostered when 2 does when they kindled a day apart but never more than that. How long can you foster for 1 day, 2 days, a week, between kindling Does. Just wondering when it is not safe to foster anymore? Thank You :)

Nikki kindled on Wednesday morning and she had 13 kits :D , unfortunately one didn't make it so she ended up with 12. Then last night Ash kindled but she only had 1 kit. Talk about going from one extreme to another. :? Anyway, I took 4 from Nikki and put them in with Ash. Both are 1st time...

We picked up 100 day old chicks today. They are soo cute when they are little, then they grow up. Wow that sounds familiar I think I also said that about my kids. :)<br /><br />__________ Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:26 pm __________<br /><br />I quess I should have added pics. :roll:

I am sure these rabbits are going to give me heart failure. Out of 6 breedings we have only had one litter of 2 babies. Tonight I went out to do my evening feeding and I hear a squeaking, sounds like mice, turn around Jenna is washing her babies on the wire. She wasn't due for her nest box...

We have galvenized steel nest boxes and are wondering what would be the easiest and safest product to clean them with, we don't want to use bleach. We will also be using it in the pressure washer to clean the cages with as well. How much of the product would you need to use and how long would...

We have a Doe that was due to kindle on the 22nd. This is her second time breeding she missed the first time. Last night she appeared to be having trouble and ended up having 1 still born kit. She is now bleeding a little, not alot more like small spots mixed with a clear liquid, hard to...

We have a fist time Doe that has been pulling fur since first thing this morning. She missed her first time so we are trying to keep an eye on her. We just went back out and she was taking the straw out of the drop down nest box and putting it in the corner of the cage opposite of where she...

Here are a couple pics of our 2 little ones that are now 18 days old, they are 1.4 lbs and 1.6 lbs, not sure if that is normal for this age but they appear quite healthy. We have another Doe pulling fur this morning, she was due yesterday, she missed the first time so this is her first litter...

While on another topic rabbit toys came up. I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas for safe, very inexpensive rabbit toys. I plan on eventually having 300 does or more so I am looking for something that won't cost an arm, leg and my first 500 born. :)

Well fingers, toes and anything else we can cross. Cloe was pulling fur this morning she was actually due on the 2nd. After having our first 2 does miss, this is the closest we have come to having babies yet. Now I'm affraid to go into the barn incase I jinx it.

So far our meat business is off to a very slow or should I say no start...yet. We purchased our first 3 does and a buck on Jan 8, let them settle in a little and bred Abs on Jan 14. Waiting seems like forever when you are a newbie. We weren't expecting alot from a first time doe, but we were...