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I have a 16 doe habit in Northern Minnesota. I started with some small and oddball mixed breeds and over time have got them up to an average litter of 8 kits and keep all my rabbits in clean wire cages and burn the cages clean between litters, but my kits take 10 weeks or sometimes more to reach 4 to 4 1/2 pounds.
What I need, IMHO is some new blood from a NZ or Cali Buck to improve my bloodlines. The problem is that I haven't been able to find anyone in my part of the country who has these breeds! I've seen business cards at fairs (after making special trips for the purpose of finding breeders) and made phone calls to answering machines and disconnected numbers; so far I'm still breeding my barnyard mongrels.
If anyone knows of a breeder within 100 miles of Virginia, Minnesota who raises New Zealands Whites or California's please let me know. I love my meat rabbits and raise a lot of them for my five kids, their families, and 10 Grandkids, but I can see that a 5 pound fryer at 8 weeks is way better deal than a 4 to 4 1/2 pound fryer at 10 weeks.
Haggis @ Wolf Cairn Moor
What I need, IMHO is some new blood from a NZ or Cali Buck to improve my bloodlines. The problem is that I haven't been able to find anyone in my part of the country who has these breeds! I've seen business cards at fairs (after making special trips for the purpose of finding breeders) and made phone calls to answering machines and disconnected numbers; so far I'm still breeding my barnyard mongrels.
If anyone knows of a breeder within 100 miles of Virginia, Minnesota who raises New Zealands Whites or California's please let me know. I love my meat rabbits and raise a lot of them for my five kids, their families, and 10 Grandkids, but I can see that a 5 pound fryer at 8 weeks is way better deal than a 4 to 4 1/2 pound fryer at 10 weeks.
Haggis @ Wolf Cairn Moor