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So our lovely buck and ladies have yet again failed to provide us with any litters. The buck is very enthusiastic about missing when he is doing his duty. I did think this last time he was successful. I am most ticked off that we have thus far invested 9 months of feed at a venture that doesn't seem to be working.
I am not giving up though. I will be breeding them again this week... several times to make sure. I think rabbit will be a great source of backyard protein. Any suggestions? A proven buck? Another senior doe? Alas, they are only just a year old now and are large meat rabbit types. Perhaps they were too young at 9 months to breed...
One way or another bunnies... I will win. Whatever happened to "multiplying like rabbits"?
I see by your most current post, they delivered. Hang in there...once they get rolling, you'll have bunnies. I would suggest you borrow or buy the DVD by Joel Salatin/Polyface Farms...there is a segment on rabbits that is priceless, with instructions from Daniel Salatin. I actually took notes! We have free-ranging rabbits and bunnies appear every 28 days...they are in the groove and we are nearing numbers in the dozens, and dozens, and dozens.
ReplyDeleteSherry, Thank you for the recommendation. I will definitely look into that DVD. Crossing my fingers that link Ohio via our library has it! I am completely interested in having a rabbit "colony" however I am not completely sure of how that will work on 1/2 acre in the suburbs! And it totally was our fault. Once we reached 28/30 days and the girls weren't pulling hair I assumed we didn't have pregnant rabbits. Duh! I won't make that mistake again. How do you catch your roaming rabbits???
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