Aggravation....

ladysown · Jan 1, 2014

Miss Peach NORMAL routine
day 28 nestbox eat all straw
day 29 eat half the straw make a tunnel
day 30 kindle.

THIS time
day 28 eat all the straw
day 29 eat all the straw, kindle with lots of fur, but no straw nest so babies all freeze.

Aggravated I am.

This has been a tough three months trying to breed my hollands.

out of 12 does bred... TWO viable litters....and one dead doe....

It's gotta change right?

Homer · Jan 1, 2014

Hang in there Lady, it's a new year and things are bound to get better.
<fingers crossed for ya>

michaels4gardens · Jan 1, 2014

That is why I love breeding my "mut" rabbits, I sure had a lot more trouble tryin to breed "pure"types. I rarely have trouble now, and when I do, butchering the troubled one, is not a big deal, my rule is "3 strikes ,and your out" -best of luck in the New Year
-most rabbits come from sucessful genetics, so it should get better

bobqdevon · Jan 1, 2014

We've got the same thing going on here. We've got one litter born in November, and the one litter we lost this month from the first time momma. Should have at least one litter of harlequins here in the next week or so. It's frustrating.

The current chicken pen is going to get cleaned out once they move, and divided into 4 grow out pens for the rabbits. We're going to have to ramp up production. And I know, I'll be on here in a few months complaining that I have too many rabbits to process.