12th Annual 2021 BYC New Year's Day Hatch-Along!

[HuffleClaw]

Still 5?

Total of 6! That will be the final count. Last one hatched literally 2 hours ago.

 

[casportpony]

Total of 6! That will be the final count. Last one hatched literally 2 hours ago.

Congrats!

 

[casportpony]

Only four people need to check-in!
@amandaleigh13
@Jseaborn
@Irpesky
@Wickedchicken6

 

[casportpony]

Farthest shipped eggs
Winner Announced Here!​

 

[ronott1]

Farthest shipped eggs
Winner Announced Here!​

Congratulations @kodster !

 

[casportpony]

How many will hatch
Winner Announced Here!​

 

[Sara L]

Awesome what breed?

Paprika's kits are half mixed Flemish Giant and half Rex. Raspberry's kits are pure pedigreed Rex. Doesn't look like the other two does were pregnant, so I'll have to try breeding them again.

 

[ronott1]

How many will hatch
Winner Announced Here!​

Congratulations @Poultrybonkers !

 

[Pensmaster]

Paprika's kits are half mixed Flemish Giant and half Rex. Raspberry's kits are pure pedigreed Rex. Doesn't look like the other two does were pregnant, so I'll have to try breeding them again.

Rabbits can be so picky sometimes. I remember being disappointed several times with the breeding.
Do you keep them inside somehow? The heat our area seemed too much for our rabbits and that was 15 years ago.

 

[Sara L]

Rabbits can be so picky sometimes. I remember being disappointed several times with the breeding.
Do you keep them inside somehow? The heat our area seemed too much for our rabbits and that was 15 years ago.

No, they are outside. I add fans, extra shade tarps, and frozen water bottles in the hot months. So far no adult losses from heat but I've only had them since spring 2018. I did lose kits from overheating so I've learned I can't breed past the point where I'll still have kits in the nest box late May/early June. Once out of the nest box they were fine, they just couldn't get away from the heat stuck in the box with their siblings.

We just moved, so I'm hoping I can get a bunny barn built into the side of the hill to take advantage of earth regulated temperatures. Maybe install a window unit to help. I'd love to be able to breed year round.

The does that didn't take are a first timer and an experienced doe. The first timer might be a little overweight and wasn't receptive to the buck. The experienced doe always seems to have issues breeding, I'm trying for a daughter and then she will be retired. She was my first rabbit.