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.

What's a breeder to do!?
I'm thinking shape should win, since crap shoulders are hardest to fix.

 

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