I have a group of meat rabbits in the grow out coup. They are about 2 1/2 months old. Yesterday morning when I went out there for food and water, one was dead. I removed it. This morning I went out there and two were dead. I'm worried about disease and eating them. What do you guys think?
Having a real tuff time sexing my 3 mth old rabbits. I'm trying to save 3 does and 1 buck from the group but I'm having a hard time identifying a penis on any of them. Any advice?
I have 3 does with 4 week old litters. I had moved some around to even them out but now two have 7 each and because a few died, the third doe is only raising two kits. At 4 weeks is it to late two move a few in with the doe that only has two?
I have 21 young bunnies around 11 weeks old. They don't look fully grown yet. I'm looking to roast em up and do some crock pot stuff. How long do I wait to start processing them?
one of my does urinates everytime i put her in the buck's cage as soon as i put her in there and then he doesn't really try to mount her. does any of this behavior mean anything?
one of my does had 11 kits almost 2 weeks ago. their eyes are open at this point. i gave 4 to another doe to foster. she was down to 5 kits as of this morning and they were all fat juicy and healthy. late this afternoon, 3 were dead . they keep doing this thing where they burrow down into the...
i have 21 8 week old bunnies in a coop. today we noticed one had a gash under the eye. someone has said that i need to separate boys and girls but i plan on butchering as soon as they get big enough. i know that same gender rabbits fight. what sould i do? they've all been together since about...
one of my does has a swollen infected teat. i brought it up before but it looks like its getting worse. kinda scabby and whitish spots like puss. its just one nipple. is there something i should do? her kits seem to be fine. still all alive and fed.
i want to use my rabbit manure for my vegetable garden. whats the best way to use it? for now i have been just putting it in a pile out back. will the rain just wash everything good away while its in a pile? do i just throw it on my garden? it has a lot of hay mixed in with it. does abyone here...
i have 3 does. 1 had kits 4 days ago and the other 2 had kits this morning. 4 day old litter has 4 kits. 1 litter has 7 kits and the 3rd one has 11. can i give some of the 11 batch to the doe that had 4? the doe that had 4 is an nz as well as the buck. the other two does are smaller breeds withe...
doe had a litter past night. my daughter noticed she had one real red swollen teet. is this something that will fix itself or do i do something? she is very aggressive and hard to deal with
one of my does has crusty stuff inside her ears. i didnt see anything crawling around in there but what could this be? is this commom? what should i do?
have 21 kits 3 different litters. all between 4 1/2 - 5 weeks. i took them all away from the moms and put them in they're own cages today. they have been eating food and drinking water for a while. will this work or do i have to put the moms in there with them at night or something?
can anyone point me in the right direction for a watering system? I built a 15' cage divided into 3' sections to make 5 cages. Is there a better idea out there besides 5 water bottles?