Need help w/sexing 8-week old kits

[chickenrunnin]

Deweys explaination is correct. It is hard to sex at an early age...I find mine easiest to sex while they are on a flat surface. I cant figure out how to upload the pictures on here, so I need an email address to send them too.. I just went out and took them, they are on the computer waiting for a destination.

 

[dewey]

Deweys explaination is correct. It is hard to sex at an early age...I find mine easiest to sex while they are on a flat surface. I cant figure out how to upload the pictures on here, so I need an email address to send them too.. I just went out and took them, they are on the computer waiting for a destination.

Thanks much. I love pics. You went to that effort just now for pics to help everyone...there's quicker ways but one way is to go to to tinypics.com, then for each pic you want to post....

*click upload image
*select the image from the options on your computer
*where the "resize" option is offered on the tinypic page dropdown menu, select "message board" then click upload
*right click on "IMG Code for Forums & Message Boards" (which is the 2nd option in the drop down menu on tinypic)
*open a reply to post in this thread here on BYH's, and then in that message body just right click, then click "paste"...your code for the pic will appear. Do that for each pic you want to post...when you click preview post it will show your actual real life photos.

 

[chickenrunnin]

That link does not work....

 

[dewey]

You can just type tinypic.com into your browser window then click enter or go.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

I find it easiest to upload the pics to photobucket and then just copy and paste the IMG link. I would LOVE to see the pictures!!! (ok, sounds weird, but I really would like to learn this)

 

[Dreaming Of Goats]

Here's a great link I found: http://www.rabbitnetwork.org/articles/sexing.shtml
At the end of the article, it says something like boy or girl. Click on either one to see close-ups.

 

[vkalvacev]

I didnt want to comment, since I am interested myself, but I've had two litters and did as much research as possible to know boy from girl. The BOY has the hole, and the girl has the slit. It doesnt matter if they are babies, it will maintain that shape when theyre older so please check your information so no one gets confused. (Not trying to be mean, I promise, but newbies like me get confused and then give out false info to new owners.)

 

[Ms. Research]

Here's a great link I found: http://www.rabbitnetwork.org/articles/sexing.shtml
At the end of the article, it says something like boy or girl. Click on either one to see close-ups.

Thanks Dreaming of Goats for posting that link. It is a great link and explains exactly what you need to look for. I've bookmarked it when it's my time to try and sex my kits. I appreciate the time you took to help a newbie like me.

 

[manybirds]

I have raised rabbits 9 years. The females have a half donut kind of (like i said before a half oval more like) they keep this there whole lives. The males have a little 'exclamation point' the slit dosn't go all the way. it is smooth all the way around except for at the top where in young bucks it flares into a little circle. when the buck reaches sexual maturity the 'flare' will come together so it is smooth to a point on the end.

 

[savingdogs]

Well I have three that I think are females because they look like little doughnuts. And one has a hole in the middle, but a cone-shaped thing. So I think he is male. One of the possible "females" has a narrower doughnut so I'm not really sure about that one. I need a second person to hold it down to check (I'm all scratched up).
I may take photos for you guys as I really need to figure this out. I think I have two for sure females and I need to figure out how many cages I need for them, so I'm counting it as "two" so far.