Blue Silver Fox

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Hi all, just wanted to share my Blue Silver Fox pair. I finally got around to taking some photos of them, and wondered if anyone else bred them. I like the Silver Foxes (temperament, growth rate, bone:meat), but I am not a fan of their coloration. My friends convinced me to get blues instead and I love them.

The buck, Elliot, is small and extremely shy with me but a very aggressive young breeder. He was 6lbs at 4 months.
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The doe, Delilah, is much bigger and very friendly with me. She's also registered, though I won't be registering anybody. We are waiting until she is 6 months old to breed her for the first time. She was 8lbs at 4 months!
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I finally got up the courage to post this... my doe died :( One day she stopped eating her pellets, but began eating large amounts of hay. A few days later, she refused her morning pets. The next morning, she was dead. She was pregnant so I'd thought her diet changes had to do with that, so I took no action. Now I feel pretty dumb. Not so sad anymore as this happened a few weeks ago, but still questioning whether or not rabbits are for our farm as they seem to have endless health issues.

The bright spot in all this is that my mutt doe, Snow, was bred to the Blue Silver Fox buck and now has 7 beautiful kits. They are big babies like a Silver Fox has, and looks like will have similarly good growth rates. They're adorable :)

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I've also purchased a black Silver Fox doeling for future breedings, in the hopes of getting some nice blue offspring that I can use as my foundation herd.
 

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oh mysunwolf, I'm so sorry you lost your doe. on a lighter note the kits are just beautiful. i want the one looking out of the box. so cute
 

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I am sorry you lost your girl. That is always hard.
I am curious about your statement that rabbits seem to have endless health issues.
I have been raising rabbits for over 7 years and have had very few problems health wise.
I look forward to hearing what health issues you're having.
 

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I am sorry you lost your girl. That is always hard.
I am curious about your statement that rabbits seem to have endless health issues.
I have been raising rabbits for over 7 years and have had very few problems health wise.
I look forward to hearing what health issues you're having.

I'd love to know how you do it!

The health issues here are enteritis and cocci primarily (especially on pasture). We haven't had many ear mite issues or parasites unless they're on deep litter. If I have them on wire, we usually have zero issues, except for this doe Delilah (whose symptoms and insides primarily looked like enteritis).
 
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