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I could not get a good look at their eyes yet. They are too sensitive to light yet. @Bunnylady, I remember once we had a self blue out of her that had a lighter color that I really liked but it was a buck and one ear lopped so we did not keep it, every now and then we get one lopped ear from...

I am not a critic for show quality rabbits, but from my meat rabbit breeder perspective...:woot May you be blessed with many sweet, meaty bunnies!

The eye-opening celebration is delayed until tomorrow probably, but I think I finally got a picture of the two blacks that shows the difference I have been seeing.

It could just be she is territorial or moody. I had one NZW doe that really tried to go after me, but was sweet to my husband. Either she did not like that I was always checking on and counting her kits or she just preferred men. I personally have not had enough good luck with NZW having good...

I believe you. I also believe her about the Rex rabbits she had. Generally, I really think a rabbit's temperament has to do with health, breeding, and handling. Most of the people I have run into breeding meat rabbits are more concerned about kindle size and fast development rather than...

Thank you, @Bunnylady. I was certain that they did not look the same from the beginning. One had looked off, perhaps more seal colored to me, rather than true black, until today when I put them together again, I thought they both looked the same, but... :he I had read something about chin...

Okay, the black that did not look quite black to me now looks solid black. :barnie So I got two solid black and one black GTS besides the two Agoutis. Thanks for the help everyone. Next time I will try contain my excitement--try--and wait a few days to see how the fur grows out, but this is...

I just met someone who used to raise and show Rex rabbits and she told me how vicious they were. She now has one of my NZW/SF crosses that was the sweetest, most docile doe I ever bred, who is being spoiled to no end as she grows out to be a meat breeder. I also have larger cages, not sure if...

Thank you both, @promiseacres and @Bunnylady. This kindle is so doing my head in. It would probably be more fun if I was not looking for a particular things to NOT to be in his genotype right now, but so it goes with mysterious REWs. I would not have thought my Silver Fox doe was carrying chin...

Is this a chinchilla on the left?

It finally warmed up enough that I could take the kits out of the nest into sunlight for some pictures and all five are different. I really did not see as much of that steel before so now I am thinking Agoutis. One is all black and one looks silver-tipped, especially next to the gold-tipped. The...

I am so sorry.

It is so interesting what each breeder is trying to accomplish with their herd. Some go for number, others are trying to reach 5 lbs. at eight weeks, etc. The rabbits I have bought without pedigree ranged from $10 to $35, with pedigree $30 to $60, show quality goes higher but I have not bought...

This is going to be short because I have a dinner date...with my husband. Getting to 5 lbs. at 10 to 13 weeks seems to be the average with our meat rabbits, that is not determined by genetics alone. I prefer pedigreed rabbits even though I do not show, because most (NOT ALL) breeders that keep...

I don't even know where to begin with this. Does anyone ever eat the same things every day? I will guarantee you if someone did that person would become malnurished. I have been published research writer for nearly twenty years about health related subjects and diet for human beings. We eat...

@BoboFarm You are welcome. :) There are three of us, but one is gone a lot. When everyone is home, we eat rabbit about once to three times a week. I like my bunny burgers, but ground rabbit must be mixed with something more fatty, like ground beef, because there is not enough fat to make it...

I bred a NZW buck twice. First to a Gold-Tipped Black Steel with a NZW sire carrying broken and a Blue Silver Fox dam. I believe the Steel's genotype is: Aa B_ Cc Dd EsE Sisi Enen I got 2 REWs, a GT Black Steel, and a Self Black that appears to be silvering somewhat at 10 weeks old. His...

@Pastor Dave beat me to it. I think that if you are going forward with this, you might want to consider not using any kind of absorbents on the floor on which they could slip or try to eat and try a litter box with wires on top like she has. I actually was going to suggest that before I saw the...

@BoboFarm Her cages are not that small but she has a nesting box, a litter box, and a mat--that provides traction--in each one that I saw on her video so they are not doing a lot of hopping in them. She has smaller rabbits than the heavier meat rabbits, but I did notice that the rabbits left out...

@BoboFarm Could you provide the link? Most of the examples with vinyl flooring I have seen were for mature pets, not breeders with kits, and in large areas I have seen they are usually provided grass mats or the like for traction. Depending upon the grade of vinyl, it has some cushion and can...