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« on: March 09, 2010, 11:52:48 am » |
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Guys, I know this will not interest you in the least so you might as well exit this thread now unless you want to be bored with girl talk. This is not about Playboy Bunnies, either - sorry to get your hopes up.
I have been trying since the first week of January to breed my pair of French Lops, Bopsy and Banjo. After Bopsy came up empty, I was really beginning to wonder if I was the only person on earth who could not be successful at breeding rabbits.
This morning, I came into the hen house and found that Bopsy had given birth to a beautiful litter of long eared French Lops. I would not have ever thought I would be this excited about some darned rabbits. I will try to get some good photos later. I still need to feel around and see how many I have, but I know I have a spotted or broken coat baby and what looks to be a blue like the sire. Their little ears are already longer than I would have expected. I expect them to be really cute and playful in the coming weeks.
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M
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« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2010, 12:37:53 pm » |
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i had visions of gals with cotton tails , and bunny ears in my head as soon as i clicked my mouse  the last rabbits i raised the mom ate the babies when i handled them as new borns  |
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« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2010, 12:45:06 pm » |
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i had visions of gals with cotton tails , and bunny ears in my head as soon as i clicked my mouse the last rabbits i raised the mom ate the babies when i handled them as new borns same here on both counts........ |
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aladatrot
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« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2010, 01:03:43 pm » |
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Well, I have to admit that I had planned on keeping a doe from this litter and naming her holly or kendra!
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M
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« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2010, 01:14:18 pm » |
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chris must be a subscriber. |
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aladatrot
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« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2010, 01:20:54 pm » |
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No, he's not a subscriber but we did manage to get a bunch of old copies. It is really funny flipping through a 1980's era playboy  I like the "girls next door" and the "kendra" shows on tv. Cheers M |
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« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2010, 01:23:29 pm » |
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I like the "girls next door" and the "kendra" shows on tv.
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« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2010, 01:41:33 pm » |
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No, he's not a subscriber but we did manage to get a bunch of old copies. It is really funny flipping through a 1980's era playboy I like the "girls next door" and the "kendra" shows on tv. Cheers M You are cool with me lady!!! lol. Chris you are a lucky man! I raised rabbits when I was younger. We had some French lops also but stopped breeding them. The just where not as tasty and even harder to skin than the Californian and Black Satin's we raised. LOL |
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« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2010, 01:50:54 pm » |
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Boar ninja,
I was going to raise some meat rabbits, but I am limited on time and space. With the french lops, the kids can have lovable rabbits to play with and at 10-15 lbs you don't worry about them being so frail. I had wondered if they were good to eat, but the ones I have now are pets. These are show quality rabbits (not market) and at some point if the girls got into showing 4H then they could take home a couple to condition and show. They live a bit far from us, and there really isn't another 4H critter they could have in a neighborhood. Chris and I won't raise animals for them to show - we think it defeats the purpose of kids raising critters. To date they have not taken an interest in showing in 4H but if they ever do, the genetics are here for working.
I think I have six at least. I didn't go digging around in there, just counted what I could make out from the side of the cage.
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M
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« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2010, 09:22:12 pm » |
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Boar ninja,
I was going to raise some meat rabbits, but I am limited on time and space. With the french lops, the kids can have lovable rabbits to play with and at 10-15 lbs you don't worry about them being so frail. I had wondered if they were good to eat, but the ones I have now are pets. These are show quality rabbits (not market) and at some point if the girls got into showing 4H then they could take home a couple to condition and show. They live a bit far from us, and there really isn't another 4H critter they could have in a neighborhood. Chris and I won't raise animals for them to show - we think it defeats the purpose of kids raising critters. To date they have not taken an interest in showing in 4H but if they ever do, the genetics are here for working.
I think I have six at least. I didn't go digging around in there, just counted what I could make out from the side of the cage.
Cheers!
M
You are just no fun. lol. I just knew I was going to push some buttons with the eating and skinning comments. Shoulda known better. Actually the lops are good eating but the New Zealands and Californians are better. I would definitely recommend them for 4-H and FFA projects. The girls usually clean up with rabbits and lambs at the shows. Good luck with the new babies. |
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« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2010, 11:00:12 am » |
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Heck....sounds like all you need to do is TALK about having baby bunnies and they appear at your house!!  Congrats on the new brood!! Can't wait to seepics when they get big enough! |
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« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2010, 12:12:47 pm » |
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well, here is as good of a pic as I could get right now of the little blind bald rats.  I know it isn't a good pic, but you can just make out the little spotted ones. Cheers M |
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« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2010, 02:25:21 pm » |
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Dang I never knew they were that small when they were born, you got pics of the proud parents?
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« Reply #15 on: March 10, 2010, 05:30:54 pm » |
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I will get pics of my rabbits tonight and maybe chris will post them for me.
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« Reply #16 on: March 30, 2010, 01:04:23 pm » |
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Any updates on the little rabbits?
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« Reply #17 on: March 30, 2010, 01:48:15 pm » |
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Sore subject, but more are on the way. She had 10 and was taking good care of them. However, she didn't make enough milk for them. The breeder said it happens a lot to first time mamma rabbits, but that she should be good to go on the next litter. Next litter is due in 3 weeks.
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« Reply #18 on: March 30, 2010, 03:41:11 pm » |
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Good deal, that gives me time to get my yard birds up and going |
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« Reply #19 on: March 31, 2010, 11:26:16 am » |
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aww how cute..I love having rabbits its been years since we had any, the only rabbits we have are the wild ones that live on our property lol. My sisters in laws just bought a pair of dwarf rabbits that are super cute hopefully they will breed someday and Ill take a couple.
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