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not a question per se, but i had a bit of an experience while my computer wasn't letting me on this site, and I decided i'd share with you what i learned... I had an almost-ready-to-be-weaned litter of 8 in a 24 by 36 cage with their mom, and i don't know if they got too crowded or started to...

this is the latest "prospect" in my barn. young broken red buck. not even an intermediate in this photo. just over 5 months. would love to get some opinions from satin breeders. he's out of a broken copper/sold red cross but his color is good. no smut. got lucky ;-)

hey ya'll, sorry i've been missing in action for a couple months. I was getting a strange error screen every time I tried to access this site :-((( Which was unfortunate because 1. i missed you guys, and 2. i wasn't able to ask any questions :-( but it seems as if my computer has decided to...

i had an 8 week old develop a weepy eye over a week ago. it was very gradual, only in one eye, and clear discharge, not white. at first it was just a teeny tiny bit of matting on the inside corner, so much so that i didn't think anything of it. but it started to intensify over a period of a week...

i'm thinking about putting an automatic watering system in my 18 hole rabbitry because the crocks are messy and hte bottles are expensive. barely gotten started and i may have already found a few problems. 1. i am not able to run a hose out there in the winter so i'll have to use a bucket. the...

anyone else on teams or going as individuals to compete at the convention? currently on my way there right now as part of Team Indiana Breed ID and District 8 Team Judging. hope to meet some of ya'll, youth and adult breeders alike, there :-)

i think its getting close to the point of workability. any suggestions on how it could be better? STERLING SATINS RABBITRY SALES POLICY FULL DISCLOSURE POLICY We promise to be forthcoming with any disqualifications in a rabbit, and any past injuries that may affect the quality of the rabbit (a...

Have any of you who breed Satins had a BOB or BOV copper satin? I can't find a good copper specimen anywhere, even at shows, so i have very little idea of what i'm breeding for, except for the SOP's description. and the judge's opinions of my rabbits vary WIDELY. some say to dark, too light, too...

i had on of my kits hop out of the nest box at 9 days old yesterday and caught it's foot in the wire. it has a compound fracture of the femur that can't possibly be set. it's in a lot of pain and bloody and i can't do anything for it i don't think. how can i put it out of its misery? i know how...

Picked up a new buck this morning I am over the moon about him. Lovely fur and hindquarters, and very good meat characteristics. He's pretty young, but I can tell he's going to compliment several of my does quite nicely. Excited to have whites back in the barn again! Currently in quarantine and...

do we have downloadable RT banners? i NEED one for my rabbitry blog!

getting great growth rates so far on these litters. they're only 8 days old in this video! and already mobile + eyes open. very wobbily though :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHywuHzqOHw

so, i found an article about processing and selling meat in my state, Indiana: http://www.in.gov/boah/files/slghtr_LG-3-99.pdf it's published by BOAH, which is the organization that provides state licenses for processing facilities. i read through to the second page, and apparently "farm-raised...

got 6 out of each doe yesterday! doe #1 built a decent nest (little lacking on fur but the weather isn't particularly cold) and nursed her kits. doe #2 had all 6 on the wire, didn't eat any of the placentas, and built no sort of nest whatsoever (t's her first litter). i saved all 6 and put them...

Cinnabun just delivered a litter of 5 (had hoped it would be bigger, but oh well) and one of her kits still had its umbilical cord attached to the placenta. i snipped it with a pair of scissors and blood came out of the placenta but the rabbit itself wasn't bleeding badly. should i put a dab of...

my does are due tonight and i don't usually with hold feed the night before because i've never had trouble with milk toxicity or mastitis (the one case of mastitis i did have was when the litter was 3 weeks old and it was because one of the kits punctured the skin on her teat). but that being...

i had a doe that pulled out one of her top teeth over a month ago. don't know how she managed to just mess up one since she had a good bite. no malocclusion and nothing that would get her kicked out of a show. i thought she pulled it all the way out (not just snapped it off at gum line) because...

can i say my rabbits come "fully pedigreed" if i don't have weights of parents/gps/ggps on them? always felt a little guilty...

i've got 2 does due on wednesday, and put their NB's in today, which is a little early but one of them was a newbie and i wasn't sure if she wanted a little more time to build her nest. neither of the two nest boxes were new, but they were in fairly decent condition. one was just slightly loose...

knowing RabbitTalk, it's been addressed somewhere, but, lets say i bred a doe. i palpated her a couple weeks later and couldn't feel anything. i decided the breeding didn't take. but i was wrong, she was pregnant. i put her back in with the buck, thinking she wasn't pregnant, and she let the...