LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[ChocolateMouse]

I know this is mostly for chickens but this is my pride and joy right now;

It's a bit hard to see on the middle one but these are harlequin rex rabbits, one step shy of my dream of tricolor rex rabbits. They were born today and I'm VERY excited for them. It's been like pulling teeth getting here.

 

[Chickaritasowner]

Hey I love all animals and those are really adorable! So very tiny!!

 

[ChocolateMouse]

They really are tiny and cute. Only time will tell how they shape up into adults - they're part of a litter of 11(!) babies with a first time mom so that's a little worrisome but three harlequins is really very nice to see and exciting. They are very hard to get where I live. Closest breeders are about a 3.5 hour drive one way.

 

[Chickaritasowner]

Oh nice. Are you going to keep or sell them?

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Everytime I pull out my phone, Sergeant always needs his photo taken
Such a spoiled cockerel..

 

[ChocolateMouse]

@KikiDeAnime Aww! He's handsome though!

@Chickaritasowner The harlequin ones pictured will either be breeders or food (they are commercial type rabbits), not for sale as breeders or pets (because people buying "pets" often still try to breed and these are not the quality I want to be selling for breeding in such a rare color). The other 8? We'll have to see. A few of them came out REALLY tiny, and I'm not sure why. Those will probably be food or maybe pets marked with unregisterable ear tattoos unless they sprout up like weeds. Some of the bigger ones look to be otter colored or castor and they could be keepers depending on how they fill out and what sex they are. I really need some more nice looking type-y does.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Basically anything that has the potential to be a keeper but I don't need will be sold, the keepers I actually need get kept (usually for 4ish years), the rest feed my household.

 

[Chickaritasowner]

That's awesome! I don't know much about them so it is interesting to find out more. How long have you been breeding them?

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Oh gosh, I've been breeding bunnies for like 7 years now I think, and kept them in other capacities for years before that. Started with New Zealands and moved into Rex pretty quick.

 

[Chickaritasowner]

Very nice! Chickens are my first pets that weren't cats or dogs. I think my wife will only allow chickens for now haha