Rabbits from Start to Finish: Kits are 3 days old.

Maggie's kits are now 3 days old as we take a look in this update. We also have a look at a runt that came close to dying a few days ago.

[@s.b.9543]

Maggie did great!

[@Buckrun11]

Glad to see them doing so well. mine are 4 days old today. Cueball was bread to my brown buck Buster. she has 4 dark and 3 white kits. How many does Maggi have. I don't remember.

[@FoodForThought.]

Maggie has 9. Grace had 10 but lost one last night, so 9 in each box now.

[@abigailhernandez8034]

Awww :) i want to keep the runt when mine have babys except i dont eat them

[@TomWylie]

Does Maggie's nestbox have a top to it? I haven't seen an open one like that before. We have a first time mamma rabbit that's having a hard time figuring out that she has to nurse her kits, so we're having to help her with that. It just occurred to me that her nest box might be too long/narrow or not tall enough for her to get in the right position above the kits. And then I remembered seeing Maggie's nestbox open like that and wonder if that would help.

[@alvinqua-enoo3127]

Hello been watching a lot of your videos. Good job, I must say, but please specify the units of measures, especially temperatures each time you mention them.

[@FoodForThought.]

Thanks for your comments Alvin. All the temperature units are in Celsius add I live in Canada and I'm to old to change it to Fahrenheit lol.

[@FoodForThought.]

As not add

[@alvinqua-enoo3127]

Lol......I am in Ghana and we use Celsius too but sometimes one needs to be sure not a good idea to assume when you are learning for me you are my professor in Rabbit so I watch your video a lot in preparing myself for a commercial rabbit meat production operations hopefully next year. So I pay attention to everything you say.

[@pinewoodfctv9094]

What do you feed them

[@FoodForThought.]

3oz Rabbit pellets, unlimited for moms and weeds twice daily.

[@Cayoot]

When you say "minus 9", do you mean Celsius or Fahrenheit? I'm in Northern Michigan and I'm always interested in what other cold weather rabbitries do to deal with the winter weather.

[@FoodForThought.]

I'm talking Celsius. So when we had it at -30 last month it was tough keeping them warm but we just changed the water for times a day, kept two heaters going 24hrs and they did the rest. Water is the toughest part of winter as it the rabbits have no water they stop eating.

[@Cayoot]

+Wilderness Twins I've fought with freezing water for years. I'm always hoping to find someone with a better idea. Thanks for the reply!

[@sosteve9113]

very qute happy newyear steve

[@FoodForThought.]

A very happy new year to you Steve.

[@releasedbraywyatt2630]

I bred one of my rabbits a couple of weeks ago and I caught her yesterday trying to mount another female. Does that pretty much mean she isn't pregnant?

[@FoodForThought.]

+Austin Floyd No, it would be a dominant action. Pregnant does can get very territorial.

[@psychogorilla7496]

Do u give them tap water or clean water?

[@FoodForThought.]

+Psycho Gorilla I prefer rain water but tap water will do in the winter.

[@alliescott5598]

Psycho Gorilla obviously clean water? What kind of question is that

[@Michael-qj4vj]

Where do you get your nest boxes?

[@FoodForThought.]

TSC farm supply

[@Michael-qj4vj]

+Food For Thought It must depend on the TSC, the one in Peterborough is awful

[@FoodForThought.]

+Michael Millen That sucks

[@nascardad1980]

finally got my rabbits on Saturday. 1 buck, 2 does. the first doe breed quick and easy, the second one is having no part of it. tryed twice already. any help?

[@FoodForThought.]

how is the second doe reacting? Is she aggressive or just not lifting?

[@nascardad1980]

+Wilderness Twins, not really being aggressive, she runs around like trying to get away and when he does get a good position, she isn't lifting

[@FoodForThought.]

Try her again but when she starts running around, take a hold of her so the buck can get to her back. If she doesn't lift, slip your other hand underneath her belly to lift her slightly. There are some good videos on this technique.

[@nascardad1980]

+Wilderness Twins, I've been looking for some. And I'm going to try it out. Both doe's will be first time moms. I read where sometimes they can be hard to breed the first time. Awesome videos by the way. I'm trying to catch up on all of them lol

[@FoodForThought.]

+randy smith Thanks Randy. I haven't been doing this long either but I have a passion for learning and teaching.

[@tonymorrison8539]

do you have a Facebook account ? im new at raising meat rabbits and would like to ask you some questions.

[@FoodForThought.]

facebook.com/GordonandEdward/

[@jasonrichards4535]

This is incredibly sad and sickening. You don't raise rabbits for meet they are friendly, lovey companions not food. This is SICK. Poor guys they don't even know there gonna be killed so meanly. Honestly you should be sick at ur self. This ugh I can't think of it. Hope you realize how sick you are and anyone who raises rabbits for meat

[@FoodForThought.]

Jason Richards Thank you for your opinion

[@JC-ik4kr]

Are you vegetarian?

[@spookyscaryskeletons6950]

Jennifer Cawte just because someone's against raising bunnies for meat it doesn't mean they're vegetarian!

[@spookyscaryskeletons6950]

Jason Richards I agree

[@kellyanderson6363]

Just cause you don't eat meat doesn't mean the rest of us can't stop worrying about what people eat, there's nothing wrong with it. We did it for years and i'm damn proud to have a husband that provided us with are food. If you were stranded in the wilderness or moutains somewhere you would starve unless you killed and people like you are probably dumb enough to die for an animal..