HaloRabbits- Rabbit Journal

[HaloRabbits]

Ok.I am a bit confused.

There are a number of great websites that detail rabbit color genetics if you are interested I can post a link for you. In addition to that I may suggest looking up punnet squares which could help give you a more simplistic view of genetics, and you can look at each gene separately in an effort to understand. Genetics is amazing, but it can be a quite frustrating and difficult if you do not have the basics down before diving into it.

 

[Bunnylady]

Once you learn what each gene does and how to recognize it, it's really not that bad, though it can seem like a foreign language until you get it all sorted in your mind.

 

[16029]

@HaloRabbits thanks that would be nice.

 

[HaloRabbits]

@HaloRabbits thanks that would be nice.

This site will show you some basic genetics, using only one gene at a time:
https://www.hobart.k12.in.us/jkousen/Biology/psquare.htm

This site breaks down color genetics pretty well. There are other sites but this is a good place to start:
http://www.raising-rabbits.com/rabbit-coat-color-genetics.html

 

[HaloRabbits]

Tried to rebreed our Tres, but she would not lift properly for the buck. The buck never 'fell off' so I am not confident he was successful in getting her bred. We will try again in a few hours and fingers crossed things will go better.

 

[16029]

@HaloRabbits
thanks for the links. I'll look at them. Sorry I didn't see it sooner.
Did you get your rabbit bred?
I have a Dutch that missed her first litter. I bred her again. I can feel babies so I know she will have them this time. She is one big grump though.

 

[HaloRabbits]

The second time I lifted her a bit when we first put her in and the buck had two fall offs before we took her out so now it is a waiting game. I will try palpating her in a few days. We also weigh her at palpitation each time and usually has increased weight that is noticeable even when we can't feel the babies.

Our weanlings are growing like weeds! The average weight at 6 weeks was over 3 1/2 pounds! Her first batch didn't have an average weight of 3 1/2 pounds until 7-8 weeks. We might keep one solid doe from that batch.

 

[16029]

@HaloRabbits
great. I hope she has babies. Waiting is the worst time. Between waiting for the babies to be born and for their eyes to open.

 

[HaloRabbits]

We tried palpating her today no luck, I never have luck. We weighed her and she has gained an ounce (it has been 8 days). Usually we weigh at 14 days, last time she gained 2 and 1/4 ounces. I think I will weigh her at two weeks just to check and see how she is progressing.

Here are some photos of the almost 8 week kits.
There is one doe that has weird ears. I don't know what is up with them, should I cull her because of them?Or not worry about that because they are meat rabbits?

 

[16029]

@HaloRabbits did your black doe catch her head in between something. I had a rabbit that got its head stuck in a hole and broke it's ears.
What kind of rabbits are they? They are cute.
It took me a long time to learn how to palpate a rabbit. A friend showed me how to but it was weeks later that I could actually do it. I have a lion head I bred 6th of this month. I felt at least two babies.