Another "NEWBIE" introduction

[Hens and Roos]

not to hijack the thread but I have a question- we have a doe with 3- 2 week old kits and we have a new buck who is currently living in our house(been over 30 days now). We would like to move him out to the garage(it's heated) where the rabbits are but don't want to upset the doe with a change. Would we be better off to wait until the kits are going in and out of the nest box before moving him out? Thx

 

[Frenchblackcopper]

Four Winds Ranch,,I don't know much about rabbits,,we're kinda equal. But when your too old to learn anything new,your either a genius already or one step from the grave

 

[Hens and Roos]

So are you getting young rabbits or going with breeding age stock? One thing we have run into is the rabbits we get younger are friendlier compared to the couple we have gotten older(breeding age or around a year old). Our replacement Cali buck is a few days shy of a 1 year old- we have had him for a little over a month now and he is just slowly starting to calm down. We have him inside next to our old house rabbit who loves attention hoping that he will help the new buck see we aren't scary.

 

[Frenchblackcopper]

Hens and Roos,at this point we're looking at younger ones.Our breeder-supplier of choice has looked thru his records and is going to breed specific bucks to specific does that are carriers to get us all 3 colors of the Americans.We are hoping for 2 males out of the 6 does that will be bred,that will then be able to give us all 3 colors,once bred to the individual does of each color.Same with the Silvers.Shipping is the next obstacle, unlike peafowl that can be put in a cardboard box.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Yeah, I can see where getting the rabbits to you might be a challenge- you might have to plan a road trip! So how soon are you hoping to get them?