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New zealand/flemish giant crosses. My husband wanted to breed good meat bunnies but also docile personalities. The moms are new zealand whites and the dad is 3/4ths flemish giant and 1/4 new zealand.

Keep the boy separate from the girl. But don't separate the babies until about 7 weeks. It is actually illegal in my state to sell bunnies until they are 7 weeks due to this (much like kittens and puppies). If you keep the papa bunny away from momma she should've be getting pregnant to have...

My does have no issues with nursing more than the current litter. All our babies have been healthy and well fed. They also don't just nurse their own. We have two mommas who are sisters and they will let whichever baby who wants to nurse when it is dinner time. We let them naturally ween...

Don't separate them from their mother. They need her for to to 7 weeks. I have a 7 week old who still nurses from time to time. It is how they get their right antibodies and prebiotic and such to stay healthy.

My buck has never tried to kill the babies. He actually is as protective of them as mom. But rabbits can get pregnant again almost instantly so I agree that the first step is separating the buck from the mom and babies since you don't want to breed them.

We have been raising rabbits in a colony run for about a year now. One of our rabbits is great about giving birth in the nesting box and is a great mama. The other one likes to dig tunnels. Her last litter though was born in the tunnel and had to be rescued from flooding (luckily they were of...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We have had chickens for about 3 years or so. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 3. We live in a suburb where max we are allowed are 4 and our oldest just passed. (3) What breeds do you have? 2 orpingtons and 1 hybrid...