Doe killed her 1st litter

[20kidsonhill]

OUr new zealand doe had her 3rd litter and not much luck. she had 4 kits and one living at 3 days of age. Hmmmmm. I think a crappie mom. She had them all over the box, no fur, and then pulled the fur the next day. 2nd litter all died(it was 9 degrees) and 1st litter had one survive. I am thinking rabbit stew sounds good.

Our other rabbit came to us as a pet and she is 4 years old, we bred her for the first time at 3 years of age, way over weight and she had 3 kits and 2 survived, she is around 15 lbs. ONe of her does went on to my father n laws and she consistantly is producing 8 kits a litter. Father N law loves the doe. I am thinking she is mixed with a flemish giant, but not sure.


I am crossing my fingers for a big healthy litter for you.

I am in the market for new rabbits.

 

[Roll farms]

Come on down here and get some....He keeps taking in more and I'm running out of cage room.
He has 5 due w/ in 5 days in 2 weeks. ACK.
2 of those 5 are FG x French lop....should be nice big babies.

 

[20kidsonhill]

Come on down here and get some....He keeps taking in more and I'm running out of cage room.
He has 5 due w/ in 5 days in 2 weeks. ACK.
2 of those 5 are FG x French lop....should be nice big babies.

I put an order in for Silver fox, There is a 3 month waiting list just to get a baby.

I got a really nice cage set-up off of craigslist for 100 bucks and came with 8 rabbits, we kept three of them and butchered the rest. Looks like I kept the wrong one, that is where the new zealand came from. Couldn't buy the supplies to build the hutch for $100. It has 4 areas, each one 2x2 wire in front and 2x2 box in back.

but I would love the FG and french lop cross, please let me know how they do and what you think of the meat quality of them.

 

[Okie Amazon]

We just had our first bunbuns day before yesterday. 8 babies (FG) so far all doing well. Pearl is a first-time mama, but seems to be doing all the right stuff so far. (Except for making her own nest in the FRONT of her hutch instead of using the nest we made her in the back!)

 

[20kidsonhill]

We just had our first bunbuns day before yesterday. 8 babies (FG) so far all doing well. Pearl is a first-time mama, but seems to be doing all the right stuff so far. (Except for making her own nest in the FRONT of her hutch instead of using the nest we made her in the back!)

Now that is just showing off.

 

[Roll farms]

We have live babies....
Not gonna get too excited until I see if she's going to help keep them that way. I will post pics if they're still here in a day or so.

My Dh wants Silver Foxes badly...there are some around here for sale. I'm pondering getting a pair for him for Fathers Day.

 

[20kidsonhill]

We have live babies....
Not gonna get too excited until I see if she's going to help keep them that way. I will post pics if they're still here in a day or so.

My Dh wants Silver Foxes badly...there are some around here for sale. I'm pondering getting a pair for him for Fathers Day.

I did a lot of research on silver fox, and it just seems to fit our needs, meat rabbit, fur rabbit, gentle personality for all the children, can sell a few to help off-set feed costs. Originally I was thinking checkered giants, but when I came across silver fox and realized they may very well be from checkered giants and have a better bone to meat ratio and better personality, that sealed the deal for me.

There seemed to be the most in Inidana and Ohio, come further east and there is nothing but white meat rabbits and pet breeds. There is a lot of flemish giants around here. So many, I bet they are having a hard time selling them.

 

[Roll farms]

They are still alive....I'm assuming that means she must be taking care of them. All 8 were warm and wiggly this morning.

I am NOT going to get my hopes up just yet...I'm not, I'm not, I'm not.

 

[20kidsonhill]

They are still alive....I'm assuming that means she must be taking care of them. All 8 were warm and wiggly this morning.

I am NOT going to get my hopes up just yet...I'm not, I'm not, I'm not.

My father n'law said they will live 12 to 18 hours, if they aren't being taken care of.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

 

[Roll farms]

It's been 30 hrs since I found them. They were all born / cleaned off by the time I got there yesterday morning.

Still not getting my hopes up. Nope. Not me.