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I found it. It had teeth marks and was dead. It was wedged under her hay manger against the wall. The hutches I use for bred and nursing does and litters are untreated oak with three sides fully enclosed and baby saver wire on bottom and front, about twice the size of a standard x-large...

It wasn't happy. It didn't make it.

While I was out solving the mystery of the disappearing runt (the litters down to 11 kits), I took some pictures of the rest of their litter with their newly sprouted fur.

Found it. She'd pulled it from the nest and it was wedged against the wall under her hay manger. :(

I searched and double searched the nest box and all around inside her hutch. :idunno:(

Ok, my doe had 12 kits in her nestbox. One I was very concerned about because it was really runty was not there when I went out to check! Gone. Not a trace. Vanished. Did Wendy eat her baby?!? I've had does do that, but usually only moments after they are born... and usually you will find some...

That was a really bad photo of mom... Here's a better one.

My big Flemmish Giant doe, Wendy, gave birth to thirteen bunnies last night! Unfortunately, one of them was DOA, but still... that's 12 baby bunnies!!!! :weee:weee:weee The sire of the litter is a big broken red French Lop/New Zealand cross, so there is a whole rainbow of bunny cuteness in that...

I know quite a few years back my cousin had four REW Rex that she had integrated into her Pelfreeze herd of commercial NZs trying to improve fur quality... Perhaps she reserved some of their decendants when she sold out her big commercial herd. I'll have to ask her.

Ok, I was wrong about Hosta. Her sire was a White Flemish x NZ, so a REW. I suppose that explaind her enormous size. I'd never heard or read of Flemish or NZs hiding otter though. :hu

I don't know about different breeds tasting any better, but I do know the ones that eat a bigger percentage of fresh food taste better. I bought 1/4 of my rabbits from a lady who colony raises them with access to natural forage, I bought 1/4 of my rabbits from my cousin who feeds out her...

I made a lot of my guesses bases on that chart! A few of my guesses were probably off base because the chart does not have pictures. :\ They are producing a lot of meat! If I just keep practicing I may eventually get good at cooking it! My rabbit and dumplings and crockpot rabbit curry...

Thank you very much for your input, I greatly appreciate it! :) I could have sworn that Hosta was by my cousins broken black... I have the notes she gave me that have the bucks tattoo number, I'll call her tomorrow and and try to confirm who her sire was. I know the doe is her pedigreed blue...

Thanks for the info! Darn it! I had just read an article about how a Charlie would produce 100% broken kits when bred with a solid... The article didn't mention any of the bad stuff. I guess I'll have to rethink that wish. :barnie

Thank you for the information! I have a big broken red buck, I'm about to retire him because he's getting old and judging by his last two litters he's sired I think he's shooting lots of blanks. Maybe I'll try him out one more time on her and cross my fingers for a decent tri-colored Charlie...

Right now I am feeding my rabbits MannaPro 18%, mixed Grass hay, and black oil sunflower seeds. This last spring and summer I fed lots of cut and carry grass and weeds as well. I also keep them supplied with willow and crabapple sticks. I am planning on building a fodder growing system in...

Sounds like typical buck behavior to me!

Now for Posey and Munchkin's litters with Peter. Poseys litter- Bad pics, I know. Two are red colored with dark bellies and dark inside of their ears. The broken one has dark inside of ears and what appears to be a blue spot on it's nose. The other one is red with a white belly and white...

Roscoe - 1 1/2 years old - Rex/Satin X Rex-Satin/Black NZ-Satin ???Sable???Tort???Gold-Tipped Steel??? I'll post pics of his litter with Coco in a bit. Barry - 8 month old - Zelda X Satin/Flemish aaB_C_ddE_ Now for litters. Coco X Rosco buck - tort? Sable? Gold tipped steel? buck - blue...

I have a small herd of meat mutt rabbits that I have accumulated to provide my family with meat and myself with pelts for sewing and craft projects. They are quite a colorful lot! Now, I know horse, cattle, and Icelandic sheep color genetics backwards, forwards, up and down... But I'm still...