I was strictly a meat rabbit kind of person..............

[Ms. Research]

No sooner did I post that about may be preggers, I go in and there is a baby,it didn't make it but I guess the breeder was right!!!!! I'll be watching and spying all night now!!!

Sorry to hear, but that does happen. Let us know how it goes.

 

[Theykeepmebusy]

I expected it, it's just exciting, I also have 3 more meat does getting ready to have some also. Ari is a first timer, it wasn't even on her nest box, she's kind of freaking out. It will be o.k. I know.

 

[Theykeepmebusy]

May ask, what is the normal amount of kits 1st timer HL has?

 

[M.R. Lops]

May ask, what is the normal amount of kits 1st timer HL has?

Depends on the rabbit. Sometimes they can only have one large kit. My holland in her first litter she had 7 kits. And being a first time mother she was over whelmed and none of them made it. Her second litter she raised 3 babies, and her 3rd litter she raised 8 babies. She's never lost any babies except for her entire first litter. Average for a Holland is 2-4 though. I'm sure she'll do better next time.

 

[Theykeepmebusy]

O.k. Thank you for that info, I wasn't quite sure, I've filled my noggin with to much info. She had a second, dead, but she is calming down.

 

[Ms. Research]

May ask, what is the normal amount of kits 1st timer HL has?

Depends on the rabbit. Sometimes they can only have one large kit. My holland in her first litter she had 7 kits. And being a first time mother she was over whelmed and none of them made it. Her second litter she raised 3 babies, and her 3rd litter she raised 8 babies. She's never lost any babies except for her entire first litter. Average for a Holland is 2-4 though. I'm sure she'll do better next time.

I have no experience in breeding yet, but I have to agree with M.R. Lop. The first litter is always a guess on how many. That's why when you look to purchase a breeding doe, you request if she has been proven. That's how you know how the doe is. It's not a guarantee but only a guide. With first time does, it's a crap shoot. You get what you get, and hope all are healthy. But sometimes the whole litter is lost. Not that the does is bad or can't produce, it just happens.

Sorry to hear you lost another one. Hope for the best for the rest.

 

[Theykeepmebusy]

Thank you everyone, crazy where this post ended. She had 3, none made it. She's acting fine, eating and drinking, being lil Miss Ari. I don't plan on breeding her again, anytime soon. As I have a lot to learn with this breed. I'm afraid I'll break her and Junior, they are so small and cute. I would like to do a lot more research on hl's before anymore babies come along. I'm use to meat rabbits and these are different in their own LITTLE ways. Thanks everyone again, you guys on this site are so helpful. I'm sure I will have more questions here and there.

 

[theawesomefowl]

I hate rabbits, and am allergic to them, but I LOVE Holland Lops...they're ADORABLE!!! Lovely bunnies you got there!!

 

[Theykeepmebusy]

I hate rabbits, and am allergic to them, but I LOVE Holland Lops...they're ADORABLE!!! Lovely bunnies you got there!!

Thank you !!!

 

[Theykeepmebusy]

I have a question!!!! Ari is acting stressed to me, she is laying on her side with her rear in the air, checked her out, afterbirth? passed? Is that a normal amount of time for that to happen? I'm waiting to find out if she may have been in the buck pen in a day 1 then day 2 situation.... Is this normal? Maybe I'm wigging out, I took her out, examined, there is some blood on her area,tail and hind legs, chips have a little where she was laying. I put her in a basket with a blanket and she sniffed, looked around, nosy posy rabbit bizz, so I put her back in her cage, where she sat in the nest box for a few min. and is now in her normal corner with her rear in the air. Am I waiting for another litter, was that after birth? And is this NORMAL????