Dinner rabbits, Journal

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I like the tan colored kit in the second litter. Is it friendly? Seems to be more curious.

They're all a little squirrely, as mom won't let me hang out with them. Lol. But they all do come up to sniff when the door is open.

 

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Got & put up little baskets for hay.



Grumpy's kits when they were 25 days old. All but one seem to be does.

 

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11's black kit. Didn't pose last time, did much better this time. Lol. But still not a great shape.



Got tired of filling zillions of crocks for the oldest litter.
Wired a metal crock off set from a corner and strapped a big water bottle into it.
I'll have to find a way to make replacing easy, but at least one litter isn't using all of the freaking crocks any more!

Idk why they don't make metal bottle cups. So annoying. Rabbits eat plastic. Like these-




Mutt doe had 6 kits yesterday!!
3 brokens, 3 solids.

There's a screamer. Anyone had one of those before?
Only had that happen when they fall from cage or reheated from cold, but these were all warm, fed & in the nest. Seems like too much stimulation causes it to start screaming.
Mom is protective of her jumping beans, so just group pics for now.
The Lynx mom calmed down after a few days, so, hoping miss mutt also chills out soon.

Screamer-

 

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Getting closer to dinner size.
Weights on 11's kits-
7wks, 2 days.

 

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14's two huge babies & the transplant from Lynx. Her two have been hopping out of the nest today.

 

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Lynx's kits-

 

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More of Lynx's kits-
These two have brown around ears, nose, neck, eyes.

 

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Grumpy's kits' weights-
4wk, 3 days.

 

[Mini Horses]

Now there's my problem...toooooo cute!!

They'd not be harvested --- only hugged. LOL. It's somewhere between soft fur and twitchy nose that I melt.

 

[farmerjan]

@Mini Horses ... me too. I love the coat on the Rex rabbits, wanted real bad to raise some just for the skins... and KNOW I cannot kill them. Maybe because of "rescuing" the ones my brothers had as kids and only halfway took care of so my mom said they were mine and my brothers no longer had any right to them. The little Dutch rabbits with the belts... and ever since, I just could not get to the killing stage. I would love to raise them if I could find a place to get them processed. Just not me going to kill them. I could skin them once they were dead, have skinned all sorts of animals over the years... Although I can do it, I don't like killing the chickens... But with them it is the mess to pluck and all that is the thing that puts me off... Done lots of them over the years but not wanting to do them now. If I had a plucker I think it would be fine... dunking and plucking is just a messy job...gutting is easy after that.