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It look like a Seal ( dark siamese sable ) in US color The color name can change depending of your country.

Yes it's a backyard breeder who sell rabbit to pet shop. Its was a mix of a Netherland Dwarf ( mom ) and a Jersey Wooly ( dad ) ans I ended up with 7 kits all doe. I could have keep them if it wasn't de result of a BEW and REW ( carring shaded ) I could already see the Ruby cast pupil in their...

To big to be cross with a Netherland Dwarf. A Lionhead weight 3.12 pounds or less and a Netherland Dwarf 2.8 pounds or less. So a 5 pounds rabbit is unlikely born out of these 2 breeds

Lionhead mix. Looking at the shoulder it tell me that the 2nd breed look like ( mini rex, polish or a breed like that ). The mane tell its a Lionhead, but the lack of it telle its cross. The chestnut color also tell its cross, because the current chestnut in lionhead is much darker than that. I...

I am wondering what breeders do in that kind of situation. I had a very large litter of a accidental cross breeding. And color mix abouts the worst you can do. The litter was to big for mom, so I had to nurse them for the first 2 weeks. I fall in love with them, but had no place in my rabbitry...

I will give more info about my story. Her first litter was all dead, but I remember noticing 2 babies with open eyes. Her second, 3/5 was Max Factor. I saved 2/3, and they are still alive at 11 weeks. Her third was born on 25 july, so 2 days old. 1/4 is a Max Factor. I am currently testing on...

I need advice in my breeding program. First to know is Max Factor is a genetic defect in Netherland Dwarf. I have a doe that give litters with Max Factor babies. She gave 3 litters all with at least 1 Max Factor. Their is 2 side of thinking. The first is the stop breeding her and get rid of...

One of them just die. I wasn't there but I think she did the same thing as the other. Strange, because I saved 3 adulte this summer, but impossible to save my babies. So I have a suggestion to get rid of the Does ( 3 ) because they can give it to their babies. What about a Buck, he didn't show...

Yes they are in quarantine and I am giving them antibiotic. Unfortunatly their is absolutly no vet for rabbit in my area, so impossible to know if it is pasterella, coryza or something else ( that is why I used the word flu ). I read what I could find on respiratory infection and learn that...

Remove the teeth is the best solution. A few years ago I adopted a 3 years old netherland dwarf buck with this problem. I cut his teeth for months, more I did it more he hated have is teeth cut. One day, when I was cuting a teeth he kick me and it stay in my nail trimer ( cheap extraction, lol...

I need your helps, I dont know what to do. I all started in May, I had a doe with the flu, I put her in isolation, and a few weeks later she looked all right, so I breeded her. About a week before giving birth the flu came back. In end of July she gave birth to 5 babies and I had to give her 3...

Yes, big news today! As a LionHead breeder, it's a good news. My local rabbit club (AELCQ) follow the breed of the ARBA. When the show season will begin in 2014, my lionhead will be able to compeat in the best in Show. Now, I am happy to have a REW Doe and a Tortoise Buck. Now it time to...

The first picture is a litter of Netherland Dwarf born only a few hours before. At 5 days, a peanut will look like a skeleton, if they are not dead, they only have skin and bones. Some baby may be smaller, but will live well. Some other will die at 1 month ( I dont know why ). Small breed are a...

They look normal. The size may also depend on the parents size. By experience with my first lion head litter, the father was much bigger than the mother, when she gave birth the baby's were to big, they all die before getting out. I breed the same doe with a smaller Buck, and look old pictures...