I do the same.
I would like some opinions though. I've been offered a new / young doe, and while I do need new blood, I don't need another breeding doe. So that means that I would need to cull one of my breeding does. I have one who has bad hocks, but she's a real sweetie in nature. And she's given me some great offspring. But because of her hocks, I don't want to breed her and continue with that gene weakness. She's given me a lot, and she's my original doe that I built my rabbitry on, so I owe her the permission to live. I've kept her offspring and built on them. I don't want to sell her for fear of someone else breeding her and ending up with bad hocks in their genetics. She does take up cage space, and it's no fun for her just staying in a cage. If I had a colony set up, she'd probably not have bad hocks!! Should I spay her to be a companion rabbit to live with my stud buck? Or would that change her personality? Or would he abuse her? And it's expensive. She's about 3 years old and has been a mom several times.
Anyone got any ideas?