Dinner rabbits, Journal

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I put two lights on timers. Looks like I need a 3rd so they're evenly distributing light.
Cleared out more unnecessary stuff, added wall hooks & hung up jug panels, so there's clear floor space now.
Thinking the shelf with scale needs to move to the center, as it's currently off in a corner & kind of inconvenient.
11 got a nest today, she started digging.
Grumpy made a hole in her nest, so, hopefully live kits soon.
Have 1 nest to attach top to, then it & the other will be ready for 14 & Lynx.

 

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Yesterday-
Picked up 3 more pans. The bucks & the grow outs got them.


Little dogpile.

 

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Grumpy had her kits!
Sire is the pedigreed SF.
And had to cover her cage up again. What a nutter.
Anyway, 6 jumping beans.

Looks like 4 black, a blue & a mystery color! Maybe it's a tort.

See her evil eye peaking? Lol.



I'm such a dope.

I got a fishing scale to weigh the adults, and that's when I realized that I had confused the #s. 🤦🏽‍♀️

64 is actually Grumpy. That's her tattoo.
4522(tattoo) is the larger sf.
I confused all three, smaller sf was the 3rd. She sold, so no longer here to further confuse. 😅

Anywho!

Weights time!
Put a nest on SF 11, SF 14, Rex Lynx. So, weights on those will have to wait until a week or so after kindling.

Grumpy just had her kits, so I'll wait until they're out of the nest to weigh her, as everything upsets her & I don't need her to abandon her babies.

Was surprised Mutty was heavier than her brother.

 

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14 tossing hay out and shredding stuff.

Lynx also digging and shredding. Both got chunks of cardboard to curb their destruction. I think I'll cut metal to cover the bottom of the nests.


All adult does now have kits or are expecting kits real soon.


Oh yeah, rabbit stew!

 

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11 is pulling fur and moving hay.
14 is moving hay. She made a hole in the bottom, had to patch it. Never deep enough.




May be picking up this beauty soon. Lilac otter, pedigreed Rex buck. 11wks old. 🤞


Comparing him to the guy I'm currently using...
He's a mutt, tiny, bad shoulders, but proven & nice color kits come from him. Hoping there will be a nice broken Rex furred son that I can keep, as his sire has nothing but color & fur type to offer.

 

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Yesterday-

The Silver Fox pedigreed buck update-
From the same breeder as the two big sisters, but unrelated to them. She has 2 bucks to choose from. Waiting on pics & weights to choose one!

Checked in on Grumpy's kits.
Blue tort?
And a mystery! Coppery-chocolaty look to it.

 

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There's a black buck, then 2 black does. But one is Lefty and the other is Righty, can you guess why? Lol

 

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Small puffs

 

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Ugh.
Size-wise, black wins.
shape-wize, blue tort wins.
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What's a breeder to do!?
I'm thinking shape should win, since crap shoulders are hardest to fix. 🤔

 

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