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I've read a lot of material saying that if you breed a black rabbit with BbDd to a lilac, you can get kits in black, blue, chocolate, and lilac - which sounds really cool and straight forward, but in show rabbits, is this a plausible method for maintaining several varieties with a smaller...

I've got 19 baby buns in 3 nestboxes right now, and I'm trying to plan cage space for weaning. How much space is recommended for weaned meat mutts? Is there a recommended number of buns per cage, or would a large space for a bunch of them be preferable? Is it better to start them in a smaller...

I've been growing grain grass (oats and wheat) for my rabbits for several weeks now, and I'm having some more or less minor difficulties with mold. I use a bleach solution for the soak water, rinse all the jars and trays twice a day, store them in a dark pantry until the last two days when they...

I butchered my first rabbit tonight and had a bit of a tough time of it, made a couple mistakes. The first mistake was likely that I chose a 3 year old buck as my first try instead of a nice young fryer. He was large, heavy, and had an insanely thick pelt which stuck to him like glue. My second...

I recently got a pair of bred proven Meat Mutt does (one NZ looking but with brown eyes, one Cal marked), with the breeder claiming they had previously raised "7 to 10 kits each litter". Both does have now kindled, one with 3 live & 2 stillborn, and the other with only a single live kit and 2...

My house is *surrounded* by grass, bermuda during the summer and I seed rye during the winter, and I just throw heavy bags of clippings away every few weeks when I mow. Is there any reason why these clippings can't be fed to rabbits? Would they be less nutritional or different from rye or...