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Hi! I have been MIA~ it has been a busy time around here! I hope everyone here is well? Spring litters hopping? We had two great litters in January from veteran moms. February was rough~ our Harlequin doe lost 9 on the wire (wouldn't use the nest), another had 7 and killed 4 and 2 more lost in...

Hi! I've been MIA lately... just growing bunnies and busy with other things. So, my dear sweet Larkspur had 7 babies~ I removed them after she killed 4 with clumsy new mama stuff. Then 1 passed in the nest, and another opened its eyes and hopped out on a -30C night. Ugh. And they were such a...

My big Cali buck has new eyebrows! :lol: I know that deeper cold will bring out the depth of himi colouring... but these turned up in the last few weeks, not in correlation to particular cold, and even on the milder days (above zero in the rabbitry) they have stayed... Is this something that...

I'm still figuring out these two litters of meat kits... Moms are harle, dad is broken red and we got a range: red (well, fawn), harle, broken red and tri Clover: A_ B_ C_ D_ eje enen Holly: A_ B_ C_ D_ eje enen Prince Harry: A_ B_ C_ D_ ee ENen There are a couple from Holly that look torted...

We bred our broken red NZ Buck to two (mother and daughter) harlequin coloured does (mutts). So we should have broken and solids; red, broken red, tri and harle. Clover: A_ B_ C_ D_ eje enen Holly: A_ B_ C_ D_ eje enen Prince Harry: A_ B_ C_ D_ ee ENen Now, Harry was possibly a Charlie, too...

Curious... Holly delivered 11 kits on Wednesday morning. 10 in the nest, 1 stretched and on the wire. The 10 living are small (she was only at day 29) ~ her mom Clover delivered last night, only 5 kits, on her due date~ twice the size of Holly's (same sire). I'm assuming litter size makes the...

I'm still planning to downsize my rabbits... but I know what gave me the rabbit blues in December... no babies! :lol: :lol: I'm hooked on breeding and kindling... the planning, the waiting, the gamble on the genetics for colours... what a high! We just had our first litter for the year and I...

Clover and Holly (mama and daughter) are due this week. I'm fairly confident they will fare alright with the cold. Raven (Rex that lost her litter in wire in November) has me very nervous! I am doing what I can to give her a chance at success. However, Clover and Holly have both had large...

About a month ago, my husband asked me if I was ready to be done with rabbits. Um, no. :shock: I finally have stock I am happy to build on, and we had a great first year. He really doesn't want to do the work... and it ties us down completely as our location makes it tough to get someone to...

My crazy Moona. She is still here because she is gorgeous, I went a long way for her and I paid for her :lol: She is pedigreed Rex, stunning broken black. BUT She is terribly nasty and aggressive. She has been bred twice/missed both times. And she is in her second bout of sore hocks, much more...

I can't believe that breeding time is coming again... :shock: But if I want to have kits to sell in March, I need to get moving! Given that our daylight right now is very limited (dark by 4ish) and often days are dim overall~ how much and how long should I supplement light to gear up the...

My daughter and I want to produce some tris in our meat mutts. Our first attempt resulted in two excellent broken reds. So the pairing is good, aside from colour. Harry is our broken red buck. Clover is harle and definitely eje (and dam of the broken red kits). I also have her harle daughter...

I did it! I did all 30 of my grow outs. I did the first batch at about the 10 week mark/ 5 lbs., and once I got the hang of it, it went smoothly. The next bunch I did, the weather was colder but not freezing and warm sun, and the kits were closer to 12 weeks, but a little smaller. This time I...

I'm in it... rabbit-wise. While I'd love to have a nest or two full, for the cute factor, I am really so satisfied at the moment with the rabbitry. I processed the last of the campers. And my freezer is full of meat. So now we are down to 14 residents. From over 50 a couple of weeks ago. Whew...

Trying figure out some extra warmth for winter (northern Ontario). All drafts will be blocked, and moisture, but cold can be very deep and prolonged. My cages are various sizes, but in general the doors are too small and space no good for buckets. I thought maybe nest boxes with straw and have...

(or just dogs... being dogs). I was skeptical about burying the offal from processing in the manure pile, but I dug deep (and hot and steamy). Contemplated the need for a barrier, but decided to wait and see. Dogs have been good for 4 days, even the standard pile grazing didn't get them digging...

So, this was a new curveball :lol: :lol: A self himi will have a solid (self) tail, an agouti one will have white underneath. So my Cali buck is a self. But his offspring appear to be agouti based (out of an agouti harle colored dam) AND out of a REW. So the difference is just A_ instead of...

I think I'm actually going to cry. We have a major power outage here, it's been 10 hours, could be 48 more. I'm glad the weather is mild for November! I busted my butt all week to finish a rush order for my business, that needed to ship today. Like every waking hour. Couldn't ship it. So that...

So, I finally did it! :P Not bad at all. I did my 4 runts for dog food, to practice. And then 9 more fryers for more practice... :lol: So here is what I need to know. 1) I did a cervical dislocation, broomstick style (I have a bad right elbow/ wrist so getting enough strength was an...

My daughter wants a rabbit skull... Should I just boil it? How to prepare it for her to keep/study? Thx