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Bucks, Bucks, Bucks ,and more Bucks

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:18:00 -0500

I have about 7 Pure New zealand White bucks for sale from my 2 best senior bucks. Blocky builds, great meat rabbits, Visit the for sale page to see them http://www.silverridgerabbitry.com/newzealandrabbitsforsale.htm But I am willing to make deals to get rid of them. Contact me at s.ouellette@comcast.net some pedigrees available.

Genetically-modified Corn

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:13:00 -0500

The shelves of our grocery stores are filled with genetically-modified (GM) vegetables. The cows/meat in your Big Mac are fed genetically-modified corn and tons of antibiotics, and they wonder why antibiotics don't work on H1N1. Tell the FDA to take GM corn off the market and put safety over profits http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/755645429?z00m=19825385

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Summer Kits VS Winter Kits

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:06:00 -0500

I have noticed that summer kits and winter kits are different in the way they grow and develop, below are some photos, the winter kit has a thicker coat, and noticeably shorter ears, and a shorter body. The summer kit (not really summer just raised in my basement at a constant 70 degrees.) has much longer ears and and a longer body and better fur quality. Please feel free to comment on why these rabbits from the same genetics (the mothers were sisters) are different

New Litters are growing fast

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:17:00 -0500

Our new litters are growing fast, we lost a couple of litters, and have one case of nestbox eye, (that will be culled)

The others are gaining rapidly and are about 6 weeks old.

Our New Zealand white rabbits are quick gaining, I usually cull at about 8-12 weeks, keeping the best prospects till I see growth and good meat or show quailties. I have a litter of pedigree stock available at this time, call 802-371-9387 or email s.ouellette@comcast.net

photo at about 4 weeks.

Litters in winter

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:26:00 -0500

This is not easy, raising litters in the winter. I have had 5 litters, 4 of them today. I have not perfected the timing. It has been so cold. It was so cute to see my husband warming babies today. I was at work and one of the does had the young on the wire, my husband bless his heart, not being the animal person I am, put them into the nestbox, and brought them in. We used some Angora fur from when my mother raised them and covered the babies, and it worked it brought them back to life. 4 of the litters remain outside, I brought the mother that had them on the wire inside, to see if she will care for them, I hope. I will keep you posted on how they do.

See photos:

This is my biggest and best meat doe, her mother had 9 her first litter and 12 her second, and so has she. So this shows the consistancy that I hope to gain with all my does.

These are some of my Hybred does, I call them hybred because I bred a Show buck with a meat doe.

She did well she had 6

Her sister (below) had 7

The other sister had a litter as well

I am trying new nestboxes, to see if I like the metal ones, so far so great!!

Wow, Watch Food Inc.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:18:00 -0500

Wow, watch Food Inc. Do you know where your food comes from? Do you know how animals are treated? Watch this documentary and visit http://takepart.com/ foodinc

Just recieved "Domestic Rabbits" magazine from ARBA

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:13:00 -0400

I was pleased to become a member of ARBA and I just recieved "domestic rabbits" magazine. I was pleased to find a great deal of information in it. We have New Zealand white rabbits, that we purchaced from a top breeder in New England, so I am interested in showing, I am thinking I will breed for next spring, we are all ready raising great NZW meat rabbits, that have, AND KEEP large litters and are big, but I belive that showing would be fun. I am trying to figure out how I am going to breed in winter, we are a small rabbitry raising the most high quality New Zealands for meat, (the stock came from a meat rabbit breeding program at a college, we have selected and line bred them, forward.) in our garage at this point in time, we have shed, ready to put the rabbits in but it will be very small and I still can't figure out how to do the watering, as the shed has no water, I am planning on carrying from the house, the shed has heat, so that will be a plus. We are not exactly set up for it, it is raising rabbits in the city almost. I envy all of you out there with large barns and space, but I realize that has its drawbacks as well.

New Litters

Sat, 16 May 2009 18:44:00 -0400

Well, it has been a while since I have posted, I will be posting new videos soon so check the recent videos page.

I got this excerpt off from a website on raising meat rabbits http://www.essortment.com/all/raisingmeatrab_ripe.htm

"New Zealands come in different colours, such as black, red, and the most popular for meat purposes, white. These weigh from 10-13 pounds when mature. They are known for their ability to grow market-ready fryers (4-5 pounds) by 8 weeks of age. Their average litter size is 8-10 bunnies. The breed was developed in the USA and is well-proportioned and has a full, well-muscled body type, and prominently veined ears. "

We are very proud that we just had a litter of 12, 11 and 8 kits. Our rabbits are large bodied with a large survival rate. We weighed a buck from a litter at 10 weeks old and he was 6 lbs. Will post again soon.

Happy New Year!

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:07:00 -0500

Happy New year, 2009 promises to be a great year for growing your own food. I am excited for spring and am looking forward to starting the garden soon.

I am interested in feedback, Do most people build their own nestboxes or do they buy them, what is better? If a kit falls out in the winter outside they are done for, what is the best design to prevent this?

New NZW cross stock available, visit the sale page to see photos.

Questions or Comments please e-mail me!

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:31:31 -0500

To anyone who wishes to post to this blog but is unable to log in please e-mail me at s.ouellette@comcast.net or go to the contact page and fill out the form, but please state clearly in your e-mail if you wish to post to the blog, I will never post any e-mail without the sender clearly wanting the message to be posted. That said, I recieved an e-mail that I thought I would post.

Thank you for such a great response, I think you sumed it up perfectly

" I think if more rabbit raisers here in the north east can start banding together and sharing information we may someday have a viable farming enterprise up here." Roger

This is what it is all about, please contact me and I will be happy to share my experinces with you. I am happy to give you all the links and resources available to me, and if I don't know and can find out I will. If you are looking for rabbits/ young breeding stock we have some available at this time.