anyone with litters due in march? :) i do!

[ohiogoatgirl]

i dont know. i'm new to all this rabbit stuff. i'm still worried i have mis-sexed the 8wk old kits! i havent bothered to even try and look for genders yet.

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

Yes!

One of my does, Dusty, kindled 6 kits yesterday.

I'm waiting for my other two, which are due anytime now!!

 

[PinkFox]

we have BABBITS!
Bluebell (broken Opal) x BigWig (black Otter)
6 babies, 4 broken, 2 self?
3/18/12

if im understanding my genetics right this litter SHOULD have castor and black otterwith castor being the majority.

kinda hard to see in the pic as i had to play with the contrast a little, but right now:
2 of the brokens and 1 solid are VERY dark
the second solid and 1 broken are lighter with a slight redish tinge
and 1 broken is somewhere inbetween.

itll be realy inteesting to see how these buns color up.
Momma is from all blue, black and Opal...
Daddys lines are Black otter as far back as i could personally go.

 

[TherapyBunnies]

Congrats! So nice there are new litters again. I think you are correct on Black Otter & Castor as long as there are no surprise recessives that pop up.

 

[PinkFox]

looking at them this morning i think ive got a self castor, a black otter, 1 broken castor, 2 broken otters and possibly 1 broken opal (definatly lighter with a silver tinge compared to the other obvious blacks and the more reddish tinged babies.) sooo exciting.

 

[montverdechick]

Had a litter of NZW this afternoon. This is mom's 2nd litter, she lost her first a month ago to the cold. This time, she pulled fur and gave birth in the box. Can't tell for sure, but it looks like 4-6 kits. I'll post pics tomorrow.

 

[ohiogoatgirl]

well the doe that i hadnt even thought would kindle at all, or would kindle DOA kits just had two fat and seemingly healthy little wrigglies. she had not pulled any fur at all. my other LH doe (right next to her in the hutch) pulled a few bites of fur a day or two ago. i had guessed that doe would kindle first. but today i got home at about 6:30PM and went out to feed (early, i usually feed at about 8AM and 8PM) and when she moved when i put her feed in there was a tuft of fur there in the wire part. checked the back of the hutch(enclosed part) and there was one little kit. just got back (about 9PM) and there was two kits in her enclosed part of the hutch. though it might have been there before and i didnt see it. i think she had it between my visits though.

quite happy about them. was kind of expecting to not have any lionhead kits. as this doe is 4 and a half years old. the other doe and the buck are of unknown ages.


now to see what the other doe pops out. i bred her to the dutch buck. partly to see what the kits would turn out like and partly to see if the reason they didnt kindle last time was that the LH buck is shooting blanks. guess he's shootin fine though.

will get pics tomorrow.

 

[rittert3]

I'm just getting started breeding. I have a quad of mini lops and my first doe is due 3/30. I just bought the other 2 does last weekend and need to put a little flesh on them, they arn't skin and bones but I feel to much bone to be comfortable breeding them.

 

[ohiogoatgirl]

I'm just getting started breeding. I have a quad of mini lops and my first doe is due 3/30. I just bought the other 2 does last weekend and need to put a little flesh on them, they arn't skin and bones but I feel to much bone to be comfortable breeding them.

good thinkin. i know that with goats and cows (dairy) that people let them stay pretty thin, sayin "thats-that" for them. but our goats were always "fat" compared to other peoples dairy goats. from a few pics i have seen i think i would have tried to put some weight on the rabbit before rebreedin it.
i'm gonna give my dutch doe a nice vacation after she weans this litter. she is rather skinny to my eyes. and a litter of 8 for a dutch is pretty good. i think she deserves it.
good luck with yours!

 

[ohiogoatgirl]

link to my video from this morning of the rabbits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th9w...DvjVQa1PpcFMUzDHLp4ukaQlcvBYPL4z1SNU0ZZPPpIw=
and now i am makin cages!