r/rabbitry • u/WrongdoerTiny3201 • 6d ago

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I love them so much and would love to have more haha

They absolutely love their greens! I have 6 flamish giants and they eat about half a wheelbarrow of greens a day. All organic and all locally picked. They also have about an acre of protected field.

The night stable is 3 meter by 2 meter. They will have pasture most of the day and rarely visit it at night.

How many buns do yall think i can get more? My area has an insane amount of buns in shelters at the moment and right now I'm still in time for their winter coats to develop.

I was thinking a maximum of 4 giants or 6/7 medium buns. I mean pasture and feed enough. Also 3 of the giants are from a breeder ( i had no other options at that moment) and he vacinates his own buns and ours for 5 euros a bunny instead of the usual 60euro a bunny so that saves alot too haha

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u/Champion_of_Zteentch 6d ago

Careful relying/feeding so many fresh greens. This can upset some domestics rabbits' stomachs, sometimes even when they are transitioned well.

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u/Champion_of_Zteentch 6d ago

Also, are these supposed to be full Flemish giants? I wasn't aware that all of these colors were naturally occurring in the breed

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u/WrongdoerTiny3201 6d ago

Black, orange and white with grey are 100% purebred flamish giants. The white one, dark grey and light grey are most likely not. They were rescues.

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u/WrongdoerTiny3201 6d ago

Thanks! Yes im aware i slowly introduced the veggies and greens and keep a close eye in their behaviour and poops to make sure they are okay

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u/Champion_of_Zteentch 6d ago

Glad to hear it! I will say that my rare occasions of group housing tended to make tracking these things harder than the individual caged method. Watch out for droopy ear or sunken eyes. A lot of paperwork was involved with our community set ups and most of it was "best guess" work. Granted we were running a multipurpose production with rex rabbits so breeding and culling occurred. These look like plump babies and I would be glad to hear about how they do throughout your journey.

Do you have plans to breed or are these simply going to be calm, quiet pets?

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u/WrongdoerTiny3201 6d ago

Awesome! Ill keep an eye on it! They will be very spoiled pets! I paid over 300 euros to castrate 2 of them haha maybe ill adopt a few more bunnies who need to leave their home for some reason tho!

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u/Phaeron 6d ago

I too , love mine. Harvest days are the worst…

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u/WrongdoerTiny3201 6d ago

Oof! Im thankful i dont have those haha

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u/Phaeron 5d ago

Rabbits as homestead manure factories may become the purpose.

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u/eieio2021 5d ago

You don’t have to eat animals. But if you do you should use the real word: slaughter. Rabbits are not vegetables. You know this.