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  1. 4ChickFarm

    BSF sources?

    this guy has eggs for $20; $15 when you buy a bin with them http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/purchase-the-bsf-bio-composter/
  2. 4ChickFarm

    Doe ate and killed her 4 day old kits

    Huh :( I don't know, then - but there's a great website called rabbittalk.com where there are tons of experts - if you're looking for more ideas, that's where I'd go.
  3. 4ChickFarm

    What Rabbits Do You Have? Show Off Your Rabbits Here!

    The 5 week olds should be fine; they can get all their nutrition from pellets at that point. My first litter, I kept the babies in too long, and one impregnated the mom - so be sure to remove the boys by 3 mo or so! That's well within the safe zone to avoid more surprise litters.
  4. 4ChickFarm

    Doe ate and killed her 4 day old kits

    When I was in my teens, we had this happen over and over - the doe would kindle, and the next day we would come out to the cage to see baby bunny heads. We finally realized it was because we had the buck and doe together.Having the buck and doe together stresses the doe, and can cause her to eat...
  5. 4ChickFarm

    Help!! rabbit kindling trouble :(

    Bucks can be fertile much younger - with my first litter (just this summer), I left them all in with the mom until they were about four months old, and one of the does and the dam were impregnated by a brother/son. Oops! I discovered the sister was pregnant when I was processing her for meat...
  6. 4ChickFarm

    Help!! rabbit kindling trouble :(

    When I was young, my highly-inexperienced family had rabbits and kept them all together - males and females. Whenever the mom kindled, they'd eat the babies and you'd find little skulls the next morning in their cages. :( I have rabbits and I research obsessively to avoid this cruelty through...
  7. 4ChickFarm

    What to feed chickens to lay more eggs.

    Oh phew - I was confused. :) Turning the light on early just causes my girls to get noisy, so I keep the light on late instead. Now that we're getting springish weather, my girls are laying more. They also have largely grown back feathers they started moulting in the fall, so now they have...
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