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I have a bad fault. Perhaps some of you have the same one. Procrastination. Most of the time it only really bothers others. Not today. I put off and put off processing a few well beyond normal age. Like, instead of 9 - 12 weeks, something like 5 months. They were from the last litter of...

2 days ago, when I went out to tend my bunnies, I found a cage door on a growout pen open. There were still 2 bunnies in it, but there were 7. Access to my yard is not easy, so I'm sure it was me that left it open the day before. I found and caught 3 of them within 20 mins in the backyard...

This afternoon as I was tending to my buns, I noticed that one cage of growouts seemed a bit larger than I would expect. Curious, I took one in and weighed it. It was just a hair over 4lbs. That surprised me because I was certain they weren't that old. I just checked my records. Those...

I decided a couple of months ago, as I was preparing for this year's breeding season, to up the protein level on my nursing does to see how much difference, if any, it would make. I don't keep real tight records. But last year I tracked a couple of litters and found they performed pretty much...

Molly is my matriarch doe. I also have 2 of her daughters, Anabel, and Ryleigh, who were litter mates from Molly's 1st litter of 9. Last month I bred all 3 on the same day to Charlie, who is also from Molly's 1st litter. Of the 3 breedings, Molly and Ryleigh both had multiple falloffs very...

I am very gratified. I had 2 does kindle this weekend. They were both due on Friday, but one was a day early, and the other a day late. Here's the best part. They both had 13 kits. The first one, Molly, had 8 survive. The second, Ryleigh, Molly's daughter, had 12 survive. So, now, all 3...

I recently bought 5 conversion kits for 2 liter bottles. They use a different style of nipple than what I currently use. My current water bottles are 1 quart with the balls in the nipples. Never had any issue with them, other than the occasional stuck upper ball which is easily corrected...

I am very fond of deli sliced smoked chicken or turkey breast. Has anybody tried doing that with rabbit? I've been brainstorming rabbit recipes for a while, looking for great ways to serve it. The idea of a smoked rabbit sandwich just sounded so good to me. And, I would think it would make...

I have 2 does, firsttimers, which I bred last month that are due today. I've been watching them closely the last couple of days. Although they had both made a hollow spot in their nestboxes, neither had pulled any fur whatsoever. When I got home from work earlier, I went out immediately to...

I currently have a litter of 7 American Blues. They're 4 weeks old today. I have been very surprised at how quickly they are growing. This evening, I brought them in and weighed them all to get an idea of what to expect from now on. Smallest one was 16.9 oz. The largest one was 20.9 oz...

I posted a few weeks ago about my doe, Molly, being unsuccessfully bred twice and adamant about not lifting. She grunts and whines endlessly every time I put her in with Buster. I tried tabling her, and that didn't give a litter either. I had just about decided that she wasn't gonna get...

Well, I bought 6 American Blue rabbits in early August, doe, buck, and 4 juveniles from their first litter. The previous owner had gotten the doe and buck as meat rabbits. When bred, the doe had 9 kits in her first litter, of which 5 survived. (The previous owner had a hard time reconciling...

I have been reading everything I can find in the care and breeding of my buns. I am a firm believer in knowing what I'm doing and not simply following what somebody else has done. After all, if their information is sketchy, so is mine. I want to gain a real understanding of what's going on...

I have acquired 6 American Blues. Mama (Molly) and Papa (Buster) haven't been handled much, so they are a bit skittish still. The other 4 are from their first litter. Molly's first litter was 9 kits, of which 4 apparently died at birth. The remaining kit from that litter stayed with the...

I'm still getting set up and haven't yet gotten any buns. But, I should be all ready in just 2 or 3 more weeks. I have been keeping an eye out for potential sources of breeding material. I just ran across an ad in craigslist. The pics of the buns look healthy to me, although there's only so...

I've read with interest about growing fodder from grain for rabbits. The thread that Grumpy posted was incredible, and I greatly appreciate his willingness to try new ideas and share the wisdom he has gained from them. Since I will be keeping only a few buns for my own meat source, most of the...

After having read here and all over the web about the care and raising of rabbits, (mostly here), I have finally determined I'm ready to get my feet wet. I want to keep just a few to provide some table fare for just myself, so I won't be having near as many as a lot of you do, probably just a...