Californian Meat Rabbit Grow-Out Thread... **Picture Heavy**

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Of course!!! Looks like BYC needs a rabbit section!!!

 

[terri9630]

I can post mine to if you like. They grow so fast, its hard to imagine 5 of those big babies even fitting inside momma now.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Yeah I'd love to see them.

 

[terri9630]

Here are some picts of our momma, daddy and babies. Its the first litter for all of us. I have my buns in our dog crates. One of our does doesn't like poo in her cage and kicks it out everywhere, wish she would just use the litter box!

 

[Hooligan Farm]

Can you post the sizes of mommy and daddy to also? I think if we all do that it will give people a better idea of what we started with

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Good idea! I will have to weigh mine when it stops raining!

Terri- that rabbit in the second picture is gorgeous!

 

[terri9630]

I don't really trust my scale, it's an old spring scale and fluctuates with the temps. I'll re-weigh when I get a new scale but for now this is what it says.

My buck is 11lbs.
Doe 1 is 7lbs
Doe 2 is 6 1/2lbs

Doe 1 is the one with babies right now.
Doe 2 is due Jan 9th.

The does are 7 months old. They wouldn't have been my first choice but there isn't much choice for NZ's around here. They were mal nurished and extremely small so this is a test breeding to see if they are worth keeping. If the babies grow well and meet the standard I will keep them. If not I'll have to start looking again.

I went ahead and weighed the babies too (on my kitchen scale).
They are 211g, 240g, 219g, 227g, 238g


The other thread was in oz so I converted the weights to match.
They are 7.4oz, 8.5oz, 7.7oz, 8.0oz and 8.4oz = 40oz

One has a torn ear so can't be shown. Momma stepped on it when it was 2 days old and tore it. Scab came off last night and part of the ear is missing. Poor thing.

 

[Hooligan Farm]

Well here are mine I'll post weights later.

Doe NZ White/ NZ Black

Buck Rex

Litter of 10

 

[terri9630]

Your doe looks like a californian.


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[Hooligan Farm]

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Yes she does. Thats what I thought at first till I saw the rest of the family. Some were all black and all big. A guy bred his meat rabbits to be big and then one day decided he didn't want to do rabbits anymore. He sold all 8 rabbits,cages, and supplies for $200. I bought her second. It was too many rabbits for the guy that bought them.