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Not sure if this is the right place but need advice. I have silver fox rabbits in a colony. Shelters they are closed in at night for added predictor protection and free run of yards during the day. This has worked fairly well for more than a year. One group has 5 does and 1 buck. There have...

Rough day. Found my 11 1/2 month old silver fox doe, dead, this morning. Went to the aviary and a quail hen dead. Then a dead 4 week old chick in the brooder box, dead. These animals seemed to thrive in our cold winter. Now a week of 40* and melting snow and problems. I opened up the doe to see...

So interesting to just watch! Rabbit warren man has been telling us how rich a social life rabbits have ( if we let them) we had a dump of 14" of new snow the fist week kits were coming out of their nests. These little guys were trying to hop thru snow 3xs as deep as them. Along comes the buck...

First year with rabbits. Have a trio in a 4x10 revamped " tractor" has undergone many remodels. Den boxes inside a 4x4 insulated box (2" foam) all stuffed with hay. Rest is also roofed, 1/2" mesh wire on walls. Windows put over wire for winter. Small door is opened daily to allow free access to...

Newbie here. Just got my first rabbits one week ago. A trio of silver fox. Want to try a colony. The book I bought on colony raising said start them together young. They are currently in a tractor type set up as I build my larger shed and run. It is roughly 4x10, has an insulated box at one end...

Just want to say thank you to all who share info and questions. It's helped me learn some before bringing animals home. I finally got my first rabbits. Silver fox. A black doe ( Shadow) a blue doe ( Bluebelle) and a chocolate buck ( count Chocula). So excited!!

I may be paranoid but was wondering if any of you know or read anything about CWD? We have deer that wander thru yard. For years their deposits have been shoveled up and put in gardens. Now we are told there is CWD brought in by a local game farm importing infected deer to wisconsin from...

Hi from northern Wisconsin, USA. Retired, garden nut, art explorer. Want to try raising silver fox rabbits and quail. Trying to learn and set up before bring animals home. Thrilled to find this community of people willing to share. Thank you!