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[SternRose]

I am picking up a doe tomorrow night!

what breed?

 

[SternRose]

A new pic of our mini rex buck, Potter. He's so cute!

So, all of our other four rabbits are does, and we are finding having a buck to be quite a different experience! If we let our girls out of their play yards, they immediately run into a huge ginger plant and start digging, or try to escape into our neighbors yard. When we let Potter out, he runs around us in circles, chases us like a dog, pees on everything (including us if he can), but never goes more than a few feet away from us. And if we walk away he follows us. Is this a buck thing, or is he just a funny bunny? He cracks me up chasing my kids!

love the rich coloring. hes fur looks amazing in color and depth. you have a great breeding buck/doe there. my bucks do that to. i think its a buck thing.

 

[ChirpChickens]

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[SternRose]

Me jelly of u

 

[ChirpChickens]

I am so excited!

 

[Oldmomma]

Guess I should be happy with my buck. He rubs his mouth on spots around the patio but only pees in two spots, the coop and a sand box. He sits outside the coop now watching our new doe and looking like hey you bought her for me! 3 more months young man. Hoping I can get settled soon, everytime I plan stuff I get setbacks. Now I looked out today and saw that the chicks got up and ate one of my basil plants. I give them greens and fresh food all they can eat and I still get them going after my garden plants.

 

[abserbean]

love the rich coloring. hes fur looks amazing in color and depth. you have a great breeding buck/doe there. my bucks do that to. i think its a buck thing.

Thanks! We got him to breed with our solid black doe eventually. She has a great shape and did okay at the last 4H show, but she has white scatter so she would be dq at an ARBA show. I spoke with a great breeder and ARBA judge, and he said to breed her with a broken, that the scatter is almost impossible to clean up. I actually got the buck from him, the buck's dad was ninth at nationals last year, and his grand dam was second a couple of years ago!

 

[abserbean]

These are our does, all three of our mini rexes are still a little young and we probably won't breed until next spring. But we will see!



Piper is the black, she has a good shape, but some white scatter. Penny is the tort, her color is pretty good for a red, but she is a little narrow through the shoulders and a little thin. We're trying to plump her up a bit!

 

[SternRose]

That white scatter on the doe with a few breeding s could come out. Love your does. They look thick in the coat with is amazing. They both have rich colors.

 

[abserbean]

Thanks Sternrose! We love our mini rex bunnies, the rex coats are so soft. We would also like to breed our tort eventually, but I would want a different buck. It's trickier to find a good quality red than black, at least around here. I found a lovely broken castor buck, but I have to do more genetic studying before I decide what to breed her with. My kids 4h project has turned into quite an adventure! She does have a pretty nice coat, and was second in mini rexes at our last 4h show, but she is a little thin/narrow. Since she is just five 1/2 months, we're hoping she will get a little thicker/rounder in the next month or so.