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Over the past several months my rabbits have either refused to breed, or when they did, no litters were produced. I tried everything (ACV in the water, rearranging does/bucks cages so they get each other's scent, I restrained the doe and forced her to lift, I even took a doe over to a friends...

I raise my rabbits mainly for meat. I have sold exactly 1 rabbit as a pet. The other rabbits I have sold have been used for snake food. While its nice to get a couple bucks in my pocket I do not make a profit at all. I also use the manure for compost and when they do have babies they are...

Its been a while since my last update. Lots of changes around here. Of all of the chicks I hatched over the summer I have 4 left. 3 roosters and 1 hen. The roosters will end up in the freezer before too long and the hen will be integrated in big flock. These 4 have been free ranging. At...

Does anyone have one? I'm looking to install one sometime this year to help me get through summer. I have a 12 hole, 2 story hutch. 8 on the bottom, 4 grow out pens on the top plus 1 free standing hutch that sits beside the big one. How hard is it to install? What maintenance is needed...

Chicks are growing up from the second batch. They are about 6 weeks old. Bunnies are growing up too. I have 20 5 week old kits from 3 litters and a new litter of 11 that was born on 6/19. 15 of the 5 week olds will be processed next weekend so the meat will go with a puppy who is leaving...

Sold 13 of my 17 chicks . . . 12 more chicks have hatched and I have 23 baby bunnies!!

Looks like today is hatching day! Yesterday 2 hatched. Today, 8 more have hatched so far. I had a total of 29 eggs. Hoping to get the second layer of the rabbit hutch done today too. Happy Mother's Day everyone!!

My broody hen is eating the eggs. I had 15 and now I'm down to 9. The remaining 9 are in the incubator. I had a surprise chick hatch last night. A little black australorp. Waiting anxiously for the rest to hatch.

Thanks ya'll. Got my broody hen coop set up. I have 2 broody hens in there. Hopefully I'll have chicks next week. A disappointing find today. Another dead kit. It was 6 weeks old. It looks like mom rabbit might have stepped on it's head. The skull was squished. So I'm down to 3 kits.

Baby buns from my brown doe My rabbitry set up. Large, 8 stall hutch and single hutch with the brown doe and babies. Entire set up is fenced and I have a small pallet shed that will fit 4 bales of straw or hay.

Baby buns from my brown doe My rabbitry set up. Large, 8 stall hutch and single hutch with the brown doe and babies. Entire set up is fenced and I have a small pallet shed that will fit 4 bales of straw or hay.

These are my harlequin bucks My broody hen. I think there's a second broody hen too!!

Over the last 2 days I've bred 4 does. Crossing fingers it goes well. Broody hen is still broody. I was told I'll be getting another chicken coop for my birthday from my parents and the SO bought me an early birthday present . . . an incubator!! I'm still trying to figure it out and get the...

I bought all of my bunnies last year between spring and summer except for my brown doe I got over the winter. All of my does are young and inexperienced. Except the brown doe. She has had a total of 4 litters. The 4th litter she had here. Of 8, 4 survived to 6 weeks old. I bought my...

Another doe (#5) kindled. . . another 7 dead kits. I rebred Doe #3 (the first to kindle) to my NZW/Flemish Giant buck and my brown doe (who has 4 six week old kits at her side) to one of my harlequin mixed breed bucks. Tomorrow I'll rebred Doe's 2 and 5. There's a possibility that doe 6 and...

All my does are 1st timers except my brown doe who had 4 six week old kits. She's had 3 previous litters with her previous owner. Only one of the three resulted in live kits. What am I doing wrong? I check on them 2x a day (morning and night). Is it because they are 1st time mothers? I am...

Sad update. I didn't foster the remaining kits. All 10 total kits died. I came home to #2 and #3 doe's kits back on the wire and the nest boxes flipped over. The #2 kit's (total of 2) were alive. I righted the box and put the babies back in and mom hopped right in and started nursing them...

Good to know aksrabbitgirl. They are just mixed breed rabbits of unknown origin.

The babies are roughly the same size. I think I will put the remaining kits in with the other doe. I'll keep this post updated.

2 does kindled within the last couple of days. 1st doe (#3 Cali doe) kindled sometime during the night of 4/11-4/12. She had 10, all on the wire. 3 have died so far. 2nd doe (#2 Cali doe) kindled sometime last night (4/12-4/13) and only had 2. #3 doe never pulled fur. She was the one...