Dinner rabbits, Journal

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Nov 29th
Auto water is still a joke. If it doesn't dump all the water in a day or two, it freezes solid.
Installed bowls for all to be refilled daily.


Nov 30th
$387 in the red. Then 400 in feed.
18% is actually cheaper than the 16%, wtf...
Currently $787 in the red.


Darkie had 9 kits!
Rivian/Baymax sires.
The hues make me think that they're Baymax kits.



Nothing from Rusty yet, though, she made a nest the first day. Rusty was bred to Cinder.


Dec 1st, today.
Rusty had her kits! Holding out on having them, as they're fuzzy!
But just 5. Sire is Cinder, home grown buck.
She's being overly protective, too. Guess another doe to put on the gotta sell list! Hope there's a keeper in here!


And Darkie's kits. The pastel looking colors scream Baymax to me!


Also posed & weighed three blue bucks I had kept back.
Immediately, one is listed for sale. Mark is a month older and a pound lighter. Plus those terrible shoulders.
On the plus side, Zippy is looking really nice! Wide shoulders on a buck, finally! Loin is smooth, but could use more width.
And then Day, he's in between. A cull, I think. I'll have to keep a kit from Rusty's new litter. Will list him.


*phew*, that will open up 2 holes!
And I need to cull the 2 in the cull cage still. 3rd hole will be available.
If I had a poo pan for the top stacker, I'd have 4 holes free afterwards. Darn. Not paying 15 for shipping a single tray!

And redid my chart, which tells me which hole a rabbit is in. Really helpful some days.

 

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Listed the broken buck.


Darkie kits


Rusty kits


Got the area mostly enclosed. Wood and 3 layers of cardboard. Janky as heck looking, but warmer.

 

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Monday

Weighed a bunch. Separated some, moved 4 cull bucks out. Forgot my knife, so they're going tomorrow or whenever I remember to bring it.



If I can't sell the two 3hole stackers, I'll replace the floors and put them in the rabbitry. And the 2hole will go

The Blu line is so small, still. Other than adding sf, I either keep trying, cull or add a new rex buck. Ugh.

Choco kits
oct 30, 5wks
broken foster buck 2#
lilac doe 2.2.9#
choc doe 2.0.2#
choc buck 2.10.9#
choc buck 2.4.9#


11's kits
oct 29 5wks
broken doe 2.4.9#
bpue buck 2.1.8#
black doe2.4.5#
black buck 1.12.8#
black doe 2.3.1#
black buck 2.1.8#


14's kits
oct 27 5wks
black doe 2.4.2#
black doe 1.3.6#
black buck 1.15.8#
black buck 2.9.3#
black buck 2.4.2#


Freckles×Rivian, Sep 11
12wk, 3mo
Broken black buck 5.4.8#


Darkie's kits
sep 9, 12wk, 3mo
blue doe 6.0.1#
black buck 5.14.9#


Xoh's kits
oct 26, 5.3wk
black doe 1.11.0#
tort doe 1.12.3#
broken black doe 1.14.1#
broken black buck 1.4.6#
broken tort doe 2.4.8#
broken tort doe 1.15.8#
broken tort doe 1.11.9#
broken tort buck 1.12.6#


Zero×Swirl
sep 17, 11wk, 2.75mo
broken black doe 5.15.1#
black doe 6.0.8#


Quin kits
Sep 4, 13wk, 3.25mo
Blue otter doe 4.13.9#
Blue otter buck 5.1.9#


Kitty×Baymax
aug 14, 15wk, 3.75mo
blue otter doe 4.3.2#
broken blue otter buck 4.2.0#


Zero's kit
aug 15 15wk, 3.75mo
black otter doe 5.9.0#


choco×torty
aug 15, 15wk, 3.75mo
chocolate doe 6.10.5#

 

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Yesterday

Was only able to get one culled, and it was a rex buck I've been questioning. Ended up keeping the sister & culling him for dog food.
Dug up more water bowls and added extras to several cages.
Tossed black doe, sis to broken black, into cull cage to butcher with the other 4 tomorrow.
Gigi failed, bred again.
Blue rex doe, Jessi, now has 2 nests and making a mess. Pulled fur, but waiting for kits still.
Tanya, broken freckles mutt, feels bred, destroyed 2 rebuilt nests. Ate all the hay, shredded the cardboard and ate most of it. Ugh, wtf.

Scheduling pickup on the rex buck. Having all of these tiny ones, gotta add some size! 16wks and still teeny!!! Unacceptable! It's gonna change. Will see who else I could cull out. He's looking better this week. Hope he keeps improving!



Today

People are bloody crazy and psycho! So, fixed the floor and stand on the better shaped 3hole stacker and put it in the barn!
Moved the 2hole over the other 2hole.
Now I have 6 open holes! Oh, no. I need less, not more, buns!!
Added a 4th light, too.

 

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Wednesday

Another chart, bc I moved cages!



Thursday

Blue rex, jessi, finally released her 8ish hostages! Sire Baymax. Pure rex this time, last litter were crosses to sf, culled them all. Hoping to keep a kit, because mom is going to be culled. Same with Yynx, but she's not due for awhile.

 

[Youngfarmer2019]

OOOOO if i get back into rabbits i REALLY want rex, so much so that i wont even consider any other breed. I think ill start back small though, a pair or a trio, IF i even get back into rabbits.

 

[Finnie]

People are bloody crazy and psycho!

Sounds like a story behind this.

Was it the rex buck customer?

 

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Sounds like a story behind this.

Was it the rex buck customer?

No. Am picking him up soon, though!

People don't read sale ads, then threaten you & curse you out. Such miserable souls.

 

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Yesterday

So sad, first case of spina bifida!
Rusty litter




Culled the broken black buck in the big tort litter, he was a runt.
Xoh × Swirl


11 × Cinder/Swirl


Choco × Baymax


Tanya × Baymax
She's been destroying nests. Took it down for a day, put it back today with a wood bottom. She started carrying hay, so I gave her a 2nd cardboard nest just in case.



Jessi × Baymax
9 kits! So far, doing great.





Darkie kits. Fat n happy

 

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Jessi's kits, looks like they're all lilacs?? Otters, too?