A Hard Choice
i know, I know, it has been very quiet in blog land lately. I managed to get a part time job at a horse barn feeding and leading horses around. […]
i know, I know, it has been very quiet in blog land lately. I managed to get a part time job at a horse barn feeding and leading horses around. […]
Well, Sorceress wound up giving birth in the yard after she escaped her cage. And lo and behold, Physick the yard rabbit managed to find her and impregnate her right […]
Sorceress Litter Female #1 Female #2 Female #3 Syrens Litter Female #1 Female #2 Female #3
These are the front and side views of the males. Born 10-11 weeks ago. Sorceress Litter Male #1 Male #2 Male #3 Syren Litter Male #1 Male #2 Male #3
What an amazing rabbit! She is amazingly productive. Even with the heat, she managed to kindle a litter of nine last Saturday. I really wish she was a bit bigger, […]
Syren had six kits this morning. My litters are low in size, and I hope that is heat related. Or I didn’t wean their last kits fast enough, or they […]
Our rabbit assembly came crashing to the ground and one of the cages broke open and Sorceress and seven of her kits escaped. I got all but one kit, who […]
Well, my yard rabbit Queste was gathering up nesting materials pretty frantically Monday night, and by Tuesday morning, she had a litter of four! Purebred American Chinchillas. It hasn’t rained […]
I witnessed her give birth to the second kit. She too had some of her babies on the wire, and in the morning of 6/16, I gathered up those that […]
I nearly lost Darke to heat stroke on Sunday afternoon. She was trying to prepare her nestbox, and seized up. I managed to grab her and get her into the […]
and after 10 minutes, the burlap is wet, and the rabbits are relaxed and frisking around. I have it set up so the excess water drips into the duck pond. […]
I don’t know if it is the heat, or the fact I bred back to back, but after successfully raising a litter of 10 kits, she had 6 kits. At […]
On 6/7, Flyte the American Chinchilla Rabbit had a litter of seven kits. This may be the last litter for her for the summer, as it is hot out, and […]
I got an order of raw pet food that I needed to fill. 10 lbs worth of duck, and 10 lbs worth of rabbit (one whole prey). Magicians kits were […]
Why is it that I run out of cages right before I go on a work trip?! I am going to Duluth to present my dissertation research for five days. […]
I fell in love with this rare rabbit breed that is critically endangered. I decided to breed some pure breeds, so I needed a Buck. On my way back home […]
Well, all of the rabbits have moved to the shade, and I separated out Magicians litter. There are two females and seven males. They aren’t gaining well because they are […]
The American Blue rabbit is another breed that is on the livestock conservancy’s endangered list. They are a great multipurpose meat and fur breed. I managed to get two of […]
Yesterday, my stupid Crackhead dogs managed to topple over a stack of empty rabbit cages, and knick over a barricade to eat every. Single. Pheasant. Chick. I am so upset […]
A productive rabbitry is very important to stay viable. I have a lot of demand for raw fed rabbits, and therefore, more kits means I can sell rabbits on demand. […]