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[PoultryPower]

Not really. I have a very naked HL right now. I also have a Lionhead that seems to pull more fur every time I bring the kits to her for feeding. I think some are just overzealous nesters.

 

[Orpingtons4U]

Not really. I have a very naked HL right now. I also have a Lionhead that seems to pull more fur every time I bring the kits to her for feeding. I think some are just overzealous nesters.

My JW doe she is grand champion and when i breed her she gives her self a mohawk thingie! all she has is a strip of wool down her spine lol

 

[CapricornFarm]

Phew, thanks, I was a bit worried. Now one of the does has developed diarrhea! Argh, I did give her some grass yesterday, maybe she ate too much? What can I do to help her out?

 

[CapricornFarm]

Well, sadly, I am too late to help her. She has had grass before with no problems. And I just noticed today that she had a poopy butt. I would still like to know what you should do for a bunny with diarrhea.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

Well, seems Ginger is a boy. No amount of claiming it to be a girl made it so. Lol. Lela (a doe) is 8weeks old and Ginger (the buck) is 4 weeks old. I have them together right now due to several factors, but I don't want them to mate. How long can they be together?

 

[Bunnylady]

Most folks feel that young rabbits should be separated by gender by the age of 12 weeks to avoid accidental breeding. You'll hear people claim that they have had young bucks and does together well past that point without problems, but I've always preferred to err on the side of caution.

Harlequins and Magpies aren't showable in any other breed than the Harlequin, and probably won't ever be. The problem is the way the harlequin gene seems to work. A tricolor just needs to have areas of black and orange in addition to the broken pattern; while there is a preference for roughly equal amounts of black and orange, nothing says there should be any type of a pattern. This is a good thing, because as anyone who has bred Harlequins can tell you, the checkerboard pattern is very hard to come by! What's worse, I'm not even sure it's possible to get a tricolor that shows that classic harlequin checkerboard. I've bred tricolor Mini Rex for quite a few year, and though I have had some harlequin MR's that showed a lot of the pattern (at one time, the best marked harlequin in my rabbitry was a MR, and I do breed the big Harlies!) I have never seen a tri that has the large areas of black and orange - they have always just been spots. Knowing how the ARBA standards committee rolls, if anyone were to try to get the harlequin color accepted for their breed, I'm betting the animals would have to have that classic Harlequin pattern. Which means the standards committee would probably want the tri's to show the pattern, too - a thing that I think is impossible!

 

[PrimroseMom1]

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Most folks feel that young rabbits should be separated by gender by the age of 12 weeks to avoid accidental breeding. You'll hear people claim that they have had young bucks and does together well past that point without problems, but I've always preferred to err on the side of caution. Harlequins and Magpies aren't showable in any other breed than the Harlequin, and probably won't ever be. The problem is the way the harlequin gene seems to work. A tricolor just needs to have areas of black and orange in addition to the broken pattern; while there is a preference for roughly equal amounts of black and orange, nothing says there should be any type of a pattern. This is a good thing, because as anyone who has bred Harlequins can tell you, the checkerboard pattern is very hard to come by! What's worse, I'm not even sure it's possible to get a tricolor that shows that classic harlequin checkerboard. I've bred tricolor Mini Rex for quite a few year, and though I have had some harlequin MR's that showed a lot of the pattern (at one time, the best marked harlequin in my rabbitry was a MR, and I do breed the big Harlies!) I have never seen a tri that has the large areas of black and orange - they have always just been spots. Knowing how the ARBA standards committee rolls, if anyone were to try to get the harlequin color accepted for their breed, I'm betting the animals would have to have that classic Harlequin pattern. Which means the standards committee would probably want the tri's to show the pattern, too - a thing that I think is impossible!

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[llmjdd]

Here is my little darlings sooty and rusty (first pic) and my (current) beau Patrick (2nd pic). He is so much funny. Getting another wee rescue in the next month

 

[salt and pepper]

How large are mini velvets? My rabbit has really grown, and is now near four pounds!! When will she be done growing? ( she's six months ) Also, I'll be building her an outdoor hutch soon ( yay! ) And was wondering if wood would be better than wire for the floor? I've heard that wire isn't good for their paws, but I'm not sure how true this is, thanks!

 

[DairyGoatz]

Does anyone know if a doe can have a protrusion that makes her look kind of like a buck but without testes? I've been thinking she was a he but just figured out it was a she ... So if it is a female would it be safe to breed her?...