Why did I get a Netherland Dwarf?? - My ridiculous rabbit project

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[@ScoutSarge]

“Because I wanted to, and because he’s really cute.” Is a totally acceptable answer. (Which is exactly why I’ve got a Polish doe and a NL Dwarf/Lionhead mix.)

[@klaudia2141]

I'm Polish and I had no idea there is a Polish doe :( so cute

[@cuhurun]

Three years ago, unbeknown to me at the time, my tiny little boy Netherlands dwarf 'introduced himself' to my beautiful, huge New Zealand White girl... and their seven kits are all still with me, for life, and their all super size tank rabbits, and all totally amazing. Nature will always find a way.

[@jessemills2415]

He’ll get the job done! I just picked up a dwarf/Flemish giant cross a couple weeks ago at a swap. I bought her because I’m curious what she’ll turn out looking like, plus she was only $5! Lol!

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Dwarf Flemish!! 🤣 I’m rooting for my little guy!

[@jessemills2415]

She’s a really pretty blue! I have pedigreed New Zeland, so I’m hoping she will get big enough to put with the buck to produce meat mutts. Or some really pretty pet rabbits.

[@reviewingforfame7855]

where did u get her from?

[@jessemills2415]

I got her at a local animal swap.

[@jessemills2415]

Here in Iowa.

[@martircolonmemories]

He’s adorable ❤

[@myorchidgarden7892]

good looking one...

[@stuartaquatics3533]

Thank you for posting today. I really needed the positive video to help me feel better. I lost my prized buck to a surgery that he had to have and my heart is broken. Thank you for making me feel better♥️

[@TealStoneHomestead]

I am so sorry for your loss. That is certainly not an easy thing to go through. I’m glad Ringo was able to put a smile on your face 💜

[@charlesreed2879]

Miniature crème’s or miniature silver foxs would be very cute. Good luck in your breeding

[@mandy853]

I love your intro!! Ringo is adorable!!

[@doubleknott424]

How small are your goals? Tiny like Ringo or like mini rex, florida white sized? Because Florida white might be a better choice size wise. Even a red mini satin maybe? You'd have sheen recessively floating around. Polish probably aren't that much bigger to breed to your Cremes. Neat idea. Sounds fun though.

[@ameliehebert7480]

My oncle did breed a new zeland doe with a netherlan dwarf. Some of the offspring were closer to dwarf size, some were in the middle other were big. He breed my doe and she had 11 kits she was a really good mama, the breeding before that were 5 and 6 kits, and all the other breeding she did after were 16 to 23 kits and she never had one died. and only the first 3 breeding were with a dwarf male to make her first breeding and delivering easier. My oncle did that all the time with young does.

[@lunareclipse2553]

Hi Tealstone! I’m a rabbit color genetics nerd and heard you were looking for advice. I’ve worked on new breed and color CODs before and they’re incredibly rewarding and fun! But also can be easy to shoot yourself in the foot. Some tips: 1. If you’re trying to create a Netherland Dwarf with creme color, check out the Champagne Netherlands (this was a painstaking process they already did so you won’t need to do it over). Champagne has the si gene that makes Creme. 2. If you just want to breed size down, it will be much faster to stay within the breed then to fix the problems that a Netherland Dwarf outcross will cause for future generations (you might end up with recessive that decrease your viable litter sizes for years to come). 3. Make sure to be transparent with the Creme D’ Argent folks if you sell any of these Rabbits in the future, even if the traits have been seemingly bred out. breeders outcrossing without transparency has caused a bit of drama in the past with certain situations due to hidden genetics. 4. Netherland Daarfs in particular have a lot of potential for bringing in a huge assortment of unwanted genes. Better options might be if you can find a small Cinnamon, Palomino, Red New Zealand (out of reds), or Fawn Silver. Even a Lilac (the breed) will have less potential recessives than an ND. 4. Research Dwarf gene and make sure you’re prepared for this. It causes s high mortality rate and obscure is the visible size of your rabbits. If you’re trying to breed down in size, keep in mind that a true dwarf will be always be smaller because of the dwarf gene, but once you breed that gene out, the rabbits’ true weight is expressed. So it makes selecting for weight a bit tricky if you plan on breeding the gene out later.

[@lunareclipse2553]

Good luck with whatever you decide to do and we love your videos!

[@lunareclipse2553]

Forgot to mention! The silver gene is recessive, so unless the orange buck carries it (champagne or creme parents on pedigree but that’s pretty uncommon), you won’t get any in the first generation. but in the generation after you could get some if both parents carry it.

[@TealStoneHomestead]

@@lunareclipse2553 thank you so much for all the info! After posting this video I’ve been discussing with some friends about using a fawn silver with high Rufus. I think that would be our best bet. No worries on the selling aspect. We are going to eat the culls. This information is very helpful, thank you! 💜

[@bunny.elixir]

He’s maybe too young but I see this video is five months old, so maybe he’s ready to breed them now. Netherland dwarfs are the sweetest bunnies on earth, I’ve had them my entire life. They can get super round and I LOVE that they look like babies!!!! They never age. Omg he’s so cute😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@eline5555]

They also suffer from respiratory problems due to what we think looks "cute"

[@bugloverspiderlover8490]

@@eline5555smashed in face.

[@glam_goth6662]

Because they are adorable!

[@roadkillsoup9894]

Ringo is really cute. Looks like you need to get him a red bull seen those commercials with the puppies and great Dane mom ,dad is a bassist hound. That's what came across my mind.

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Oh my gosh, this made me laugh 😆

[@littleridgefarm4073]

So much cuteness

[@JulieIsMe824]

He is soooooo cute!!! I just had my first Dwarf rabbit, fawn, 4 weeks ago… bunny is sooo healing..

[@opengatefarmstead3609]

Ringo!😆lil studdly bun hahah Id be interested in more videos about posing him! I have such a funny time trying to work with my baby hollands on posing❤I met someone local that did a similar breeding, she was working towards producing a glavcot rabbit

[@marisolbates3505]

He is adorable 🥰...He brings joy...

[@katinaking5104]

Awe!!! I love Ringo ❤️

[@clovermountainrabbitry814]

We love your videos! Ringo is so cute! ❤

[@tracyarnold3040]

Love them now too. I bought a trio of Netherlands in December. I have a blue buck and the two does are lilac otter and chocolate otter. Both have litters now. My lilac otter has a lilac otter and blue otter. The chocolate otter had black otters. They are so fun.

[@apsinthosarts2707]

oh my heart. too cute. he kinda looks like he has a mustashe. i think netherland dwarfs are my new favs. so stinking cute!

[@kristindittmeyer7112]

I'm sooo excited! I LOVE watching your videos. I recently purchased a Netherland Dwarf buck. I love him so much that I got two 7 week old Netherland Dwarf does this last Monday. I plan on breeding them. 😁

[@TealStoneHomestead]

How exciting!!

[@kristinawebb9615]

So darn cute!!!!! OMG!!

[@katlyncarter8890]

I’m thinking about getting one! I love how cute they are. My lion head baby rabbit passed away. The one I’m gonna try to get is the same color as yours!

[@Yarawid95]

Ringo is super cute!

[@TamyXx]

Ringo is soo cute, i believe in him!

[@hannahsloan4958]

I love the orange! I have multiple different colors of neitherlands! I have silver Martin, rew, black otter, chin. I also have New Zealand’s!

[@redtrinitygirl]

Wow, I do Orange ND and Never would of seen this coming!!

[@Jake11Brody17]

He's soooo cute 😍

[@alisariley7730]

I’m pretty sure it’s possible, I see silver marten and otter netherland dwarfs and I can imagine how those happened. Someone also has minilops with the steel gene that I know of too. I keep picturing mini marshmallow bunnies and it’s so cute.

[@kyerstenkerr5074]

That's the beauty of being an adult!🤣 coffee at night? Yes!!! Oh.my.god!!! So adorable! And I'm stoked to follow your crazy journey!! Go Ringo, go!!

[@TealStoneHomestead]

He has quite a fan base already!! 😆

[@lilybug95mak82]

We let our nethie breed our Champagne d'Argent! It can be done! The only bad thing is, the silvering isn't great with mixes so it has to then be rebred back into it.

[@TannersCats]

Thanks for getting the same breed as my sister, hers is a bit of a darker brown. I love the Netherland Dwarf because of there short ears. I was also like if you get cinnabun a rabbit friend a Holland lop or something, Yeah no way. Netherland Dwarfs are a very different type of rabbit.

[@oceanelf2512]

Hehe! A Netherland dwarf is first on my list of rabbit breeds for choosing my next bunny. Followed closely by Jersey woolly and Polish, and lionhead.

[@SolventBirb]

omg Ringo is such a cute name!!😭😭

[@BarbaraKurtz]

You did a good job posing him for a newbie. Ringo is a cutie. He has a very nice head. There are other dwarf breeds you could use. Mini Rex, Mini Satin. I love Netherland bucks.

[@jamiek1714]

Nethies are the cutest thing on earth! You said it perfectly. The big beautiful eyes and short ears. But also for me it's the big head relative to body and flat face.

[@LPSpineappleinc]

OMG, my have a netherland dwarf named Bingo, I i did a double take when you said the name LOL!

[@joyboy1536]

I like how the beginning of the vid and the music gave me a slice-of-life anime vibe!

[@jessicapabon2105]

Ringo is adorable. I can't wait to start with meat rabbits as well

[@njlightningbolt]

A couple of months ago my netherland dwarf Oreo died. But good news we are getting a new one and she is a brown and we named her trixie

[@TealStoneHomestead]

I’m so sorry for your loss 😞 but yay for Trixie! 😊

[@topgears7775]

I think Ringo is super cute but I would like to have a Netherlands dwarf bunny with larger ears

[@growwithdibura]

Great channel. I need help. I can't get my rabbits to breed. The does just refuse to raise their tails. I left the doe with the buck overnight and I am not sure if they mated or not. Yesterday I recorded almost two hours to see if it will mate but nothing happened.

[@rushgeddy8375]

Ringo is a giant Creamsickle Ice Cream

[@Heather-xm9ul]

I want to see what happens, what the goal is. Eventually I want to produce mini cinnamons, I doubt they'll ever be accepted by ARBA, but it would be cool.

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Form what I know about ARBA accepting new breeds, the new breed has to have 3 distinctly different traits than any other current breed. They also need to prove that they can produce consistency over time. A mini cinnamon would be very cute 😊

[@ehsanihomestead]

I had a question about breeding rabbits that aren't similar in size. My new fox does are nearly 8 months and 8 pounds (they are smaller than the other senior doe who is around 10 pounds and I have had for nearly a year now) but my buck is closer to 12 pounds and tends to bite onto the doe when he breeds. I am worried that the difference in size could cause an injury. Didn't find any guides on what is a maximum difference in weight or anything for the does in comparison to the buck. I don't want to make any poor decisions but not really sure if I am just overthinking it or not.

[@saabsonsan]

The British type argente creme does are smaller at 6lb than the American types. I think there are a number of uk breeders working with the Netherlands dwarf and argente creme with success.

[@amandaashton1551]

we just got two, one doe and one buck and one past then we got two more does and soon we hope to have babys and i love rabbits ever since i was 5, I got a holland lop and her name was nina and she past the past a year from now from floppy syndrome were her legs got paralyzed and its really hard she was my best friend.

[@ktn9867]

i havetwo netherland dwarf theryre great

[@rusticcloverhomestead4656]

Try giving straight flax seed. It helps with sperm production and I've also heard some of my friends say after a few weeks on it they're more interested in breeding. Also when trying to breed to a bigger rabbit, if you let him breed a rabbit more his size it can kinda help him understand what to do.😂 He's absolutely adorable. I had a broken orange Netherland dwarf. His name was Johnny. He was the cutest thing and loved pinecones. Lol

[@TealStoneHomestead]

I was thinking that he needs a girlfriend his size too!! 😆 just to get the hang of it haha. Johnny sounds like he was adorable ❤️

[@alicebuckel9059]

I have Netherlands and adore their cuteness! But, I was told they cannot tolerate freezing weather or hot. So does that mean I cannot put my bunnies in the barn? They are in my dining room and I kind of hate that. Any suggestions? Can they be put out in the barn come summer and slowly get use to the bitter cold come winter?

[@juleswins3]

A banty rabbit!

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Haha 🤣

[@wesleylewis-suddeth3779]

What’s the goal with the pairing? Something you can eventually show? Just curious.

[@TealStoneHomestead]

It’s just a personal project for now 😊

[@Nobody-gg9jc]

A mini rex might help your program, sense they're kinda in the middle

[@taylorc9241]

can you please answer what should i do if i had a suprise litter with no moms to foster the babies and the mom is not feeding it what do i do?

[@BoolaHoola]

We believe in him

[@TealStoneHomestead]

🤣

[@sunflowerkid6305]

Could you do a female dwarf and a male creme? or would the babies be too big for the dwarf?

[@TealStoneHomestead]

That could kill the dwarf. Always smaller buck than doe when they are drastically different sizes 😊

[@ashleycopley2906]

Maybe try a Silver buck? They come in a fawn(?).

[@TealStoneHomestead]

I’ve thought about that, but coloring is one of my biggest concerns. That’s why I’m shooting to start with a wide band orange at first, but we’ll see how it goes 😊

[@redtrinitygirl]

bigger does often need a good grip around the ribs to lift.. ND are clumsy and little guys grip the wrong place to activate the lift even on Bigger does their own breed... try helping him by making your hand a C and gripping her rib area rubbing it or have a bigger guy mount and switch. he might need a board to get him higher..

[@carrilb9417]

Talk to the people who developed the Miniature American Shepherds. They only used small Australian Shepherds to develop the breed and now they have a true breed that produces the correct type they set out to create.

[@TealStoneHomestead]

I would definitely go this route if I was only trying to create a mini Creme! Better yet, I would try to source a true French Creme (they are much smaller than the Americanized version). My personal goal is much bigger than just creating a mini Creme though 🥰

[@tracybruring7560]

haha interesting

[@jefflunsford9414]

Where to purchase this breed?

[@junehodge8027]

I know this is an older video but I'm distraught and need advice. I have 2 dwarf rabbits and I've breeded them twice. The first litter 2 were alive but died within 24 hours, I thought it was ok because the first litter has a low chance of survival. But now she's just had her second litter and they're all dead. They were alive and well in the womb but once they come out they have no signs of life. I tried warming them but I don't think they're cold, they're just dead. Both times there was 1 or 2 that were freakishly long like maybe 5". Is this normal? What am I or the mother doing wrong? She's in a cage in my home so she's safe and warm. She pulled tons of fur and made a nice nest. She drags them out of the nest both times. I'm so upset and I'm starting to lose hope. I feel so bad for the mother having to lose her babies like this.. Please give some advice. Thank you ❤

[@revedwinandoh2740]

Hello pls is it okay to medicate the rabbits during pregnancy

[@amandaashton1551]

get a nother netherland they have the cutest babies

[@jgrace1982]

I think you should have some success, just might take a while. Have you thought maybe using a mini rex? The fur might not be what you want though, as they are so soft, but might be easier

[@mintclover3414]

I bet you could do it with a mini lop! They are nice and thick, with great fur - and a little bigger than Ringo lol. Good luck with your project!

[@patriciabenton3991]

Have you considered maybe a mini satin instead of dwarf?

[@TealStoneHomestead]

I they are on my “consideration list” 😊

[@patriciabenton3991]

@@TealStoneHomestead I look forward to watching what you create.

[@amandaashton1551]

that is orange,cinnamon,or something else like that

[@LPSpineappleinc]

I have a male netherland and a female new Zealand who is much bigger than him, and from what I've seen if they weren't fixed she would be pregnant

[@donnakulbacki3897]

I saw your video I have 2 adult rabbits 6 baby twarfss big getting bigger adorable scared runs away sometimes does trustworthy friendly if interested send a message they are big yours will grow

[@omgfish8146]

If i were you id either keep him as a pet or start breeding nethies as pets if he wont breed the creme d argents

[@joshlarue2863]

Netherland does are grouchy

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Hahaha 😆

[@bugloverspiderlover8490]

Definitely ours was,she was smart too!

[@jenniferbunker2757]

can you AI her ?

[@bansku9661]

I think that as soon as Ringo grows up, he will become a "hump hump" 😋 and the hormones will be whirligig/top??? i mean (hyrrä🤔 💫) maybe you could help, put the female in the right position. I don't know if it works. is it possible to artificially inseminate rabbits 🤔

[@TealStoneHomestead]

It is, but I don’t have the proper equipment to do so 😊

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[@eline5555]

Netherland dwarf rabbits are prone to difficulty breathing and dental problems - all this because we, humans, have decided to breed this animal because we think it looks cute. The animals are the ones that pay the price for our whims, some with every breath. Please, educate yourself when you are considering to buy a pet and check what the species or breed in question needs and whether it is healthy. Do it for their sake. Please also be aware that sharing and liking videos like this further promote others to buy this breed, again to the detriment of the individual creatures involved. Whether or not this particular animal is healthy is not what is at stake: the facial features of this breed greatly increase the chance of indvidual animals suffering.

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Ringo says thanks for your comment! 🐇

[@bigbotno1]

4:40 Rabbits are not objects.

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Thank you for marking where I begin posing. I greatly appreciate it.

[@edwinlugo90]

Try ai

[@TealStoneHomestead]

I wish I had the tools to do so!

[@Danniedeemelz]

Use AI-Artificial Insemination ….

[@cassiusmyers5575]

Well my dwarf rabbit just mated with one of my rabbits she larger than him. So it might work, also do u have a insta so I might can show you?

[@jamiek1714]

Nethies are the cutest thing on earth! You said it perfectly. The big beautiful eyes and short ears. But also for me it's the big head relative to body and flat face.