Not new, but returning!

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That first SF buck has now been fed to the LGDs. Didn't save any meat from him.
Going to debone the other, so waiting until tomorrow to cull him. I don't want to put the bones & other parts in the fridge overnight.
Saved his pelt to tan it. Will save the other buck's pelt, too.



As far as the SF due yesterday, I don't believe that she's preg.
The amber Rex is due in 2 days. She's not eating much, so I'm hoping for kits in her nest.

 

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And now the rex buck is in the fridge. Deboned it like a chef does, or rather, tried to. Gave up on the last front leg, too much work! Knife was new & sharp, so it was easier, but still takes forever.
Pelt in the freezer. Gotta buy more salt & alum to tan them.


Lynx kits are still looney, while grumpy's kits are squiggly, but not freaking out. And the 2 sf kits w/transplant, one sf black kit(doe) likes me, the transplant(buck) bolts. And the other sf kit is a cage climber and a bolter. It's a buck.

 

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Played musical cages this morning. First litter was split into two cages, bucks n does. Then 11 was moved to Mutty's cage, as she's not preg. She was rebred to the SF buck. Mutty & kits were moved to 11's cage.

 

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After that, all buns out of nests were posed & pics taken.
1st litter Bucks-

 

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1st litter Does-



The two from 14, a buck & a doe-

 

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Lynx's kits-
Phone over did the brightness, so they're washed out.

 

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Grumpy's kits-
Such long, fluffy fur!

 

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Amber had her kits!
8 of them! She moved all of the fur & hay around her cage into the nest, then pulled more fur!

 

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Getting the winter crocks in place. Gotta fence them in bc they love to flip them.
4 done, 3 ready to install, several more to go.

 

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I need a better way to weigh them or at least, a stand for the bin, because I can't read what it says!
8 days between weigh-ins.

Almost 5# for my big girl! She has the best profile shape. Going to keep her.

Whitefoot has the best shape of the bucks & is 2nd biggest in group. Thinking of keeping him for now. If a faster buck is in another litter, he'll be replaced.

9wks and 3~ are almost 5#.

 

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Forgot to get live weight & before deboning weight.

 

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14's kits-

Lynx kits, somehow missed the blue one.

 

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Mutty's kits-

 

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Grumpy's kits-

 

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Awww
They're Standard Rex, yeah?

 

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Awww
They're Standard Rex, yeah?

The does are both standard Rex.

The buck is rex furred. He is supposedly a standard Rex × NZ cross, but who knows.

 

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Looking into getting these two pedigreed standard Rex bucks soon. Hoping they're a good shape, no S.P. and willing to breed!
One or both will end up replacing the Rex/NZ mix buck.

 

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Also contacted the breeder of the big SF sisters, pedigreed ones. Hoping to get a good pedigreed buck for them.
He will replace the current pedigreed buck. As he looks nothing like a SF & a bunch of other questionable things.
But litter is only 3wks old, so it'll be awhile!

 

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Lynx's blue kit I missed earlier-

 

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Last night, I rewrote the bunny notebook. 15yrs out of school/constant handwriting has left my chicken scratch so bad that I can hardly read it!
Put each category on its own page and each litter's growth on their own page. Should be much easier to know what's happening now.
Reading over the weights, it looks like everyone is gaining pretty equally. I was worried some were too small, but they're right on track.
I just need to pre make a chart for weekly weights to fill in vs whenever I remember to do it. Lol