Dinner rabbits, Journal

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Ugh. Yesterday, lost a big blue from Navy. Today, lost another big blue from Navy. Wtf. Weird the skinny runts didn't die, just the biggest! Rebred her.


Chick's kits


Cruella kits


Navy survivors, I think 6 left.


And berry was rebred when I noticed her kits failing. I expected hers to die off, not Navy. Since she gets a nest tomorrow, and is huge, I had to move her kits. But it's so dang cold, they had to go with another litter. Too young, too big, too dying(navy), so in with Jet they went. The broken is an ahole, sits at the feeder, dumping it all! Almost culled it when I saw it. Might do better with the more narrow jfeeders. If not, culling it. I hate feed dumpers with a passion!

 

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Broken hasn't been emptying the feeder! Jet has approved of the new additions, begrudgingly. Lol
I keep coming across comments that moms won't accept new kits at X age or w/e, but mine have always been chill.

 

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Culled a Chick kit who would not stop being a screamer.
Rest got to go out of the nest to explore, as its 47F today!


Cruella kits zooming on their own now & gobbling solids.

Berry kits

 

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Doing great

Doe didn't really grow, wtf.

Wonder how big as an adult they'll be...

 

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$67 in the green. About 5 bags of manure for the garden at 4 and bag, was it?

Currently $87 in the green.


Mixed them with grit and peatmoss. Filled 3 of the big plastic pots for my garden.

Have 5 yards of peatmoss compost on order. Waiting for snow to get lost before he'll deliver it!

Then I just need to get more grit and slowly bring up manure when it's available.


Will dump and mix last year's bags with fresh manure and the peatmoss, too.

 

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Yesterday, Caught berry moving hay around. Day 30.


How I set up nests for does. This one is for Gilt.


I'll add a towel, too, to make it a dark cave.

This evening-
Berry × Vapor
Had her kits, day 31. Two were over in the circled spot. Widened the hole and moved them in. 54F today, seems I caught them early enough to still be warm and happy. Removed a bit of hay.



Now we wait on Gilt × Guilded & Mutty.

 

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Berry had 11! Why One small one. All currently fed. Gilt is on day 30. May foster some over.


$87 in the green. 4 in bags for garden.

Currently $107 in the green.

 

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About 64 in hides is about to come in. Need to box them up tomorrow, for shipping next week, and then I'll know for sure how much. But all the older raw hides are finally sold! 15 salted, 20-25 frozen. Freezer will be empty for the bull meat!

There's 3 new hides and a couple kits. Rest were fed to dogs. Recent losses were fed to dog as well, I forgot to include them, so, will do that once the box label is printed tomorrow.

 

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Gilt had 7!
Though, there may be more, since I accidentally interrupted her.
All are torts, so I was able to move the two smallest Berry kits w/o worrying about IDing them later.
ALL 11 of Berry kits had full bellies! Surprising, since the last litter was a disaster. Hoping nothing goes wrong this time! She's in the bigger maternity cage now, and has her old litter's nest as her bed.



Such cute tortellinis
blue and black torts? Hoping they grow better than her first litter!


And the two tiniest from Berry, fed and ready to move. They're smaller than Gilt's kits, but hopefully, with fewer to compete with, they'll be able to grow just fine.

 

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Yesterday....
Looking back on growth rates, Malty buck is leaps ahead of Vapor, so, listing Vapor and keeping the young guy.
Then Looking in general, decided to list Muddy, the broken steel buck, too. Why? Well, ehh, and because Cruella REW buck will be held back. Going to see if he's a better breeder than his dad. The previous son, Tux, was okay, but no kits survived. I need a 2nd Rex buck. I know Tealy buck is being kept, but I'll definitely be watching his offspring. Will cull if the first litter doesn't grow decently.
Looking into a new buck from breeder of Cruella. Hoping to find something with LOIN!



Later that same day...
Ugh, wtf

Got new weights n pics for the 2 bucks, but....

They're like the best buns so far... I can't sell them, can I?



Muddy needs a better topline, both need wider loin, but otherwise can't complain.

Guess I'll be keeping them a bit longer...

The Malty buck will be listed instead, got the 2 does held back, so might as well.




Also tried looking over the Quincy kits, as there's 4 left and I need to decide. Ugh. Smallest buck has best shape. Why...just...why
I'm quickly loosing the 20 bun max...

With the 2 older bucks moved outside, before I realized I can't sell them, I split the 1st Berry litter. Added Tealy buck in with one half of them. Too many buns in with Jet, they were going through food and water too fast all together.