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I noticed a couple of red spots on the ear of one of my does about a week ago. I have kept an eye on her and I have seen a couple more. I put mineral oil in her ears yesterday and today. I have been reading about ear mites today and from what I understand they start way down inside the ear...

I have seem some recent discussions on rabbit tractors, pasturing and grass feeding and was wondering how these endeavors are going. Mysunwolf had a picture of a nice rabbit tractor and another breeder was pulling grass and feeding to rabbits in hutches. How are these things going. There was a...

I have been using this forum for about a year now and have never seen any mention of whether it is necessary to trim your rabbits claws. In Storey's guide to raising rabbits there is no mention of it. I have noticed that a couple of mine have some claws that are getting pretty long. I have...

In another thread I have posted about my rabbits being overweight and affecting litter size. Here are some pictures of one of my does who had a 4 litter last time with only 3 surviving. I weighed her and she went 11 pounds 6 oz. and will be 2 years old in may. Her first litter was 7, second...

I have had chickens for 2 years and after breaking them of broodiness when they first came of age they have never tried again. I am at a point that I need more chickens and been hoping for a while that one would start setting. I was about ready to buy an incubator. Well one finally came...

I have a doe that was due last night. This is the second time she has been bred and the first time nothing happened. I just went out to feed and there is hair(not a tremendous amount) all over the floor of the cage, she was in the nest box looking out. I went ahead and fed and she came out...

The reason for this question is that my feed supplier has 16% pellets for $18.45 w/tax for 50# and 18% pellets for $16.25 w/tax for 50#. At the present time I feed the 16% pellets to my breeding bucks and does at the rate of 5 oz. a day (some slight variation to this as the ones that don't...

Butchered 10 today, finally, since the cold has let up. I really didn't notice it as I was butchering but when I got finished and dumped the container I had been putting the livers in to chop up for my chickens, one was somewhat lighter in color than the rest. No spots, just a lighter color...

With this cold snap in progress I was wondering if a person should increase the amount of feed given since they probably use more energy keeping warm. I keep my shed barely above freezing so would that be cold enough to warrant giving a little extra feed.

Wanted to ask others about their experiences with when they put in the nest box. "Storey's guide to raising rabbits" book say's to put it in on the 27th day. The reason being that if it's put in early the doe may decide to use it as a litter box. I don't think I have ever waited that long...

Since I love chicken fajitas I have been meaning to try rabbit fajitas ever since I started raising rabbits. Finally got around to it and they were excellent. Especially with fresh veggies out of the garden. The only negative is deboning the rabbit which takes me about 20-25 minutes and I...

I said in a previous post that I was keeping track of the cost to raise a litter and would post the results. Here they are. These were NZW. It was a litter of 10 and I butchered at 10 weeks. 1 was over 6 lbs. , 3 were over 5 1/2 lbs., 4 were between 5 and 5 1/2 pounds, and 2 were just under 5...

Are all bucks prone to getting terribly dirty along with their cages. I have urine guards 2 high on both of my bucks cages to keep them from spraying the walls. Most of my does keep themselves pretty white but the bucks must spray everywhere in their cages and then lay right down in it. I...

In a previous thread about a doe I was having trouble with breeding sawfish99 made this comment in a post: "We generally allow the rabbits to breed in a temp fence in the grass. That way, neither doe nor buck get defensive." I have a 11 x 40 shed for my rabbits and currently have about 15...

I am just getting started and have only had my rabbits about 6 weeks. I know it won't be long before I need to build more cages and get more pans. I bought 4 galvanized pans to start with and notice that they are already showing signs of rust. I was just wondering if someone out there that...

I am a beginner at this and have a NZW doe that is not cooperating. She was born 5/12/12 and weighs 7 lb. 5 oz. About a week ago I took her to the buck and she refused to accept him. After an hour and a half I gave up and took the buck out of his cage and put him in hers overnight like...

Just registered and want to say thank you first of all to the people who put in the time and effort to keep this forum up and running. Second, to all the people who take time to post responses and help newbies like myself get thru the problems they encounter when getting started. I have spent...