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Baby Bunnies!!!

v00kimba00v

v00kimba00v

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So, we just started raising meat rabbits and our first litter kindled yesterday. Today we took them out and weighed them so I figured I'd take some pics. We have 6 healthy kits, 2 blue, 4 white. and if I sexed them correctly, a good spread on gender

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They are American Blues and Whites, a heritage breed of meat rabbits (meaning there aren't very many, 5th most rare breed actually).

Were raising them both as food for us and our boas as they get bigger. Roxy is actually going to be getting her first taste of rabbit in a few days as there was a 7th kit that had to be euthanized.

In terms of snake food, the day old kits weighed in at 42-55g. Putting them in the range of xl adult mice or weaned rats. According to Rodentpro, rabbits are higher in protein but lower in fat then either mice of rats.

We'll probably update with new pictures and weights as they grow.
 
Dawww they are so cute =3
And having a heritage breed is pretty cool, my husband and I are considering getting meat rabbits in the next year or two as they aren't listed as livestock in our area. They also aren't noisy/messy like chickens lol
 
they are great. they're super quiet and their manure doesn't need to be composted, it can go right in the planter beds.

We chose Americans both because they are a heritage breed and they are known for having a better temperament then the other meat breeds.

P.S. it is so hard not to go out and check on them every five minutes, they are so cute and make little chirping noises. but i'm limiting myself to one check every day or two, just to make sure they're still doing well and to weigh them.
 
They look like little hippopotamuses. I would have given them all names by now. I'm about 3 steps from getting all sappy and mushy. Thanks for sharing-
 
We just got a trio of meat rabbits about a month ago. Ours are the New Zealand Whites. We're expecting our first two litters in a month, both girls were just bred this past weekend. We've got one female that likes to be petted and even held but the other female and male could care less about us unless we've got food lol. They do make adorable little noises and the nose twitches are just too cute!

We got them mostly for us but i know when the boa babies get bigger I'll be feeding them a rabbit every once in a while. I also plan on seeing if the Ball pythons will take a newborn if we get any large litters or if one is still born or needs to be put down early.

I know there was another post about feeding baby rabbits to corns. I think those babies would be to big even for an adult( Munson plan says 20-30gram mouse for an adult corn) I think if there was a runt or if you bred dwarf rabbits a newborn would be the right size.
 
they are super cute, and make the most adorable noises. We aren't naming them unless there's a good looking female we decide to keep. we actually lost on last night, it crawled out of their nest and it was pretty cold last night. were down to 2 blues and 3 whites, which is what i originally thought we had because one had hidden itself pretty well when i first checked on them. rabbit kits have a pretty high mortality rate and this is Honey's first litter, if even a couple make it we'll be pretty happy.

As for feeding them to adult corns, we don't have an adult corn yet so i cant say for sure, but they're the size of a xl adult mouse. the two we've lost so far will be going to the boas.
 
Airidies said:
We just got a trio of meat rabbits about a month ago. Ours are the New Zealand Whites. We're expecting our first two litters in a month, both girls were just bred this past weekend.
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Glad were not the only ones breeding our own bunnies for food. We wish you big healthy litters and good momma's. And make sure you pack the nest box real full, those babies need their insulation.

Airidies said:
We've got one female that likes to be petted and even held but the other female and male could care less about us unless we've got food lol.
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That's so interesting. Our male is so much more friendly than our females, which is i believe the norm. Just keep hand feeding them treats, that warmed our up quite a bit. Also your females may be a bit extra grumpy this next month which is totally normal.
 
We got them from a local breeder who has a huge facility so I'm sure they were never petted on or anything. I had a male rabbit about 5 years ago as a pet who was always very sweet but even he never let me hold him like Diva does. She almost jumps out every time I open her door and she'll just sit in my lap. She's a very odd rabbit.

Are yours on a pellet diet? I've read about putting them on a natural diet and i'd like to do something like that. We garden a lot and we've got a ton of greens and lettuce growing for our tortoises. Plus we have rye grass/hay growing all over our property along with all the other natural weeds they eat.
 
Ours are on pellets and grass hay supplemented with rabbit safe veggies. Ours are particularly fond of jalepenos. We'll be planting veggies for them now that the weather is getting better. We just don't have the space to graze them here.

From my research they don't grow as fast if they're not on pellets. So you'd either be butchering them at a smaller size or waiting longer till they reach size.
 
v00kimba00v said:
So, we just started raising meat rabbits and our first litter kindled yesterday. Today we took them out and weighed them so I figured I'd take some pics. We have 6 healthy kits, 2 blue, 4 white. and if I sexed them correctly, a good spread on gender

photo9.jpg

photo8.jpg


They are American Blues and Whites, a heritage breed of meat rabbits (meaning there aren't very many, 5th most rare breed actually).

Were raising them both as food for us and our boas as they get bigger. Roxy is actually going to be getting her first taste of rabbit in a few days as there was a 7th kit that had to be euthanized.

In terms of snake food, the day old kits weighed in at 42-55g. Putting them in the range of xl adult mice or weaned rats. According to Rodentpro, rabbits are higher in protein but lower in fat then either mice of rats.

We'll probably update with new pictures and weights as they grow.
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Aww they are so cute, I want one! Send me a little blue one! lol I have 3 pet rabbits so I couldn't have rabbits for food. I can't raise my own food I get too attached. I tried raising my own mice, I cried when it came time to kill the babies so that was the end of that lol.
 
Sad News. We lost 4 today due to unexpected bad weather and a first time mommy. That puts us down to 2, one blue one white. Unfortunately 2 cant survive outside even in their nest. So we've brought them in and we'll see what happens. It's not uncommon for them to lose their first litter, but we hoped for a better outcome.
 
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