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Not sure what breed but definitely a doe. By 5 months you should easily be able to see a testicle if I was a buck.

I don't know any breeders here in IL, but want to watch this thread as I'm interested in getting some myself! If I find anyone I'll let you know!

We recently lost one of our rex rabbits. We have the rabbit cages under the shed's overhang. We thought it was long enough to keep most of the weather off the rabbits. We were wrong. Our little black otter rex buck got wet and ended up freezing to death. It was really sad because it wasn't even...

Could be wrong buto he looks like a Rex to me.

I wish the missing portion of the tattoo was a whole number, in fact it's parts of each number, so I guess I'll be looking into the tattoo pens. I've never had trouble with the clamp style, and didn't know the tattoo pens existed. Can tips on brands of pens/ ink and use of them?

In your county there should be a 4-H representative at the local extension office. I would get in contact with them and they will be able to tell you exactly what your rabbits need in order to be shown in 4-H. Typically it's just knowing your breed, and some shows require tattoos in the animals...

When I was regularly breeding rabbits I always tried to palpate for pregnancy, but found the results were at best a 50/50 shot. After I realized that I quit palpating. I think rabbits are unique with the way they show pregnancy compared to other animals.

Thanks for the response. We unfortunately had to miss the show, so this information will be very useful. One other question I had, the breeder used a tattooing pen, and I've noticed this week that it wasn't a very good tattoo job, half of one of the tattoos came off with the scab! Can I...

I have recently purchased a breeding pair of Rex rabbits. They were born in May and June. So they won't be 6 months till Nov and Dec. I'd like to wait to breed them until they are 8-10 months old. Since I live in Illinois this puts breeding between Feb and Apr. If I wait till Mar/ Apr I think...

That makes sense as well, since one of the "broken" ancestors is a white rabbit.

Oh, that makes sense why it wouldn't show up then.

Just got a copy of my pedigrees for my Black Otter rex and my Blue rex rabbits. I want to breed them. Looking at their pedigrees the Black Otter has two broken rabbits on the sire's side, the Blue has 5 broken rabbits sprinkled through out her pedigree, including her dam. When I put their...

Ok, got the kids excited about showing rabbits, sent in my ARBA membership application, and found a show nearby in Waterloo, IL. It's been many years since I've last shown (like 20) and when I have shown in the past I have always had a mentor to get everything ready but the rabbit. Can anyone...

Oh, I see, when I think of bottle babies, I think of going and buying a baby that you have to bottle feed. That's always how we did it when we raised other bottle babies, didn't even think about other people raising them for me. I might look into that. I'm still not sure exactly how I'm going...

Thanks I'll have to look up that book. I'd love to do bottle babies but I won't have the time to actually feed them. I think I'll have to stick with weened babies.

Thanks! I think we're going to wait till next spring before having a litter. We've still got a little work to do to ensure the cages are litter ready before we start breeding.

After almost 20 years (wow am I really that old?) of not having rabbits, I finally found a breeder that I bought some Rex rabbits from. I wanted to post the breeding pair for the start of my new herd! The blue doe is named Sapphire, and is older than the black otter buck who is named Vader...

Thanks! I was thinking younger is better, but wasn't sure. Also, how old before they start learning to pull/ drive?

What age of goats do you typically suggest people purchase to start the herd? I am wanting working goats, for hiking, pulling/driving, so I wouldn't need to be milking or breeding right away, if ever. Thanks for the help!

I'll be very interested in hearing of your progress, since I am also interested in training goats for packing and driving/pulling!