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I had a doe who had 7 kits last night. All died but one due to her not having them down in the nest covered. She has been breeding for two years and is a good mom. We don’t normally have this low of temps we are currently having. Today my other doe had ten. Am I still good to move four of the...

I need some help identifying what is going on with my meat rabbits. I noticed three of the 7 grow outs from one of my does has these small growths. One has a spot on his nose, one near the foot, and the last has one in the anal area. One of them was bleeding. I haven’t introduced anything new...

I spent more than a few weeks trying to find someone to process my meat rabbits for me. Everyone kept giving me the same line, "We don't do rabbits". The numbers have gotten a little high for me to do on my own, without it taking a day or two. I took 18 rabbits to him Friday. I will have another...

Yesterday, my neighbor from a few houses down, sent his daughter to see if I had lost a rabbit. My wife said we had. The little bugger got out a couple days ago. Usually they will stick around and I catch them. This one was gone or so I thought. So I went and got him. The guy told me, he use to...

I know Grumpy has made this point before on many occasions, but I wanted to relay my observations concerning my stock. I started out with two NZ does and one NZ buck. The litters usually averaged 4 to 8. After losing one of the does and the buck to a predator, I added two new NZ does and a...

I got up Saturday to find one of my new does, who was 31 days pregnant, dead. She had been getting big and for the two days prior to her passing she just sat in the same area looking miserable. I assumed this was from the fact she was pregnant. I have had some others that acted like that. By the...

I have three different weeks that have come up. I think I have an idea what three are, but I want to see what they are for sure. I also need to know if they are safe for rabbits. Thanks! The first two are the same plant. We always called it a wild onion weed since it has that smell when you...

I had two neighborhood dogs destroy two of my cages. They got my buck and one of my does. I have a two tier system with cages on the top and bottom. They crushed the cages on the bottom, but can't get to the ones on top. I went and bought some latice to put up around the outside, but I am now...

I had some animal destroy two cages and my buck and one doe. So I set out to replace the buck and one doe. I found a guy who does show rabbits and meat mutts. I am not familiar with Cals, but he told me he gets the best meat producers from mixing Cals with NZ. He actually gave me a 7 month old...

I have a few questions concerning winterizing my setup pictured below. I have installed hooks along the top and down two sides to hook a tarp up. The tart leaves one of the ends open and goes from top to bottom with very little opening. My thinking was to put a board up if needed to block that...

I am about to process my first three rabbits. I have watched grumpy's video atleast a dozen times. My previous processing has either been fish or squirrels. My question is what do I do if I was to expose the flesh by nicking the bowels or bladder? Just rinse it or is more required? Can I...

I have a few questions I am hoping you all can help me out with. I currently have my first round of grow outs at 3.5lbs in ten weeks. Not great production, but my guess is the summer and genetics are part of why they aren't closer to the five pound mark. The mother is a little on the smaller...

This is my second time breeding my NZ rabbits. The first time only one of the two does took. This was back in June. Due to the extreme heat I held off on breeding them again till September. So I put the first doe in Saturday early morning and left her for a couple hours. She is my largest doe...

Made my first attempt this weekend to bread on of my does to the buck. They are both about 5 months. I found out that handling them isn't as easy as I would like it to be. I have a two tier system and they are on the top. I finally got her, but I now know that I need to spend some time reviewing...

I use a J feeder and had been free feeding my rabbits that are about 3 months old. One of the does just started throwing all of her feed out. I checked the J feeder and it is fine. I even cleaned it out and put new feed. The next day the same thing. Today I am going to start giving her just 8...

Hi everyone, I wasn’t sure where to make my first introductory post, so I figured why not here since I have pictures of my setup. I am a first time rabbit owner. I got in to it to supply some meat for the family and give us a larger variety of meat to choose from. We eat a lot of chicken, so...