Rabbit Breeding

breeding rabbits is a fantastic experience, i bred once and got hooked and now have raise 12 litters, and have started showing them. the best tips i can give you is, breed when the doe is 6=8 months ancient, breed her once, and then take her back to the male 6 hours later, and again the following morning…this increases the chance of pregnancy. for feeding don’t increase her feed until sheis half way through her pregnancy….15 days. for moreinfo just got on to my website…I don’t feel like typing everything….i have step by step info on my website. http://www.freewebs.com/creekside_rabbitry

Unless you have homes lined up for the babies, I wouldn ot recommend breeding. It depends on the breed for the size of the litter. They can be small or large.

There are so many buns that are sitting in shelters and rescue centers looking for homes. Don’t be a part of the problem. Listen to Bob Barker and have your pet spayed or neutered.

Normally, in this area the best age to start breeding rabbits at is when they are 8-10 months ancient. You can start breeding once the rabbit reaches 6 months ancient, but I don’t recommend any sooner than that. The reason I recommend 8-10 months of age is because by then the rabbit has done most of its growing and should be close to or have already reached adult size. Breeding with a rabbit when it is too young can stunt its size. Once the rabbit starts being paid over 10 months of age, if it hasn’t been bred, it starts being paid harder and harder to breed, normally due to stout building up around the ovaries.
The number of babies in a litter mainly depends on the breed of rabbit and its age. The number of babies could range from in this area 1 to 16 depending on the breed and age of the rabbit. Typically, the smaller the rabbit the smaller the litter. And typically, the older the rabbit is past 1.5 – 2 years ancient, the smaller the litter.
The gestation (pregnancy) period for a rabbit is 28-32 days (the same as the number of teeth they have). Normally, the rabbit will have the babies right at 30 days after being bred.
Rabbits are induced ovulators, meaning the female produces eggs (ovulates) after an attempt of mating is make with the male (buck). Normally, the doe (female) ovulates in this area 8 hours after the attempted mating has taken place. That is why many breeders stick the doe back in with the buck in this area 8 hours later. To check that the doe is bred, breeders will normally stick the doe back in with the buck a couple days later. If the doe fights the buck or starts running around the pen and hunkering down and grunting those are normally excellent cryptogram that she is bred.
It is best to stick the nestbox in on the 28th day (2 days previous to she is due to have babies). If you stick the nestbox in too soon, the doe may pee and poop in the nestbox which isn’t excellent. Use straw as the nestbox bedding and make sure it doesn’t smell moldy. Beddings such as hay and woodchips are not excellent to use because some rabbits can be very fussy in this area smells in the nestbox and tend to scatter their litters more when smelly bedding is used. Also make sure the nest box has holes in the floor of it to allow any urine to drain out. Pegboard works really well for nestbox flooring.
Don’t make the nestbox too huge. The rabbit is looking for a place it can get into simple, but is small enough that it can feel like it can hide in. If the nestbox is too huge the rabbit may attempt to have the babies between the nestbox and cage wall. A excellent size is in this area 2″ wider and 2″ longer than the size of the doe when she is laying down.
Lastly, make sure you feed your mother enough protein. Do not feed your rabbit a show rabbit pellet ration when she is plotting to have babies. Show rations only have in this area 15% protein and that isn’t enough when they are tiresome to have babies. Rabbits need plenty of protein to produce milk. Use a family or regular ration of feed (16-17% protein) then add in this area a tablespoon a day of Calf Manna to the rabbit pellets to add a small extra protein to help the mother be able to produce more milk.

what kind of rabbit is it? I breed mini Rex rabbits, the size of the litters change alot. the female that i breed the most started off by having 6, then 4, then 3, 2 and 1…….then 7! once the babies come, if you don’t find a home for them you can always try to give them to a pet store. But go for tiresome to find a home initially. ummmm. i always start weaning at in this area 2.5- 3 weeks. alot of people argue and say that this is to soon but when a mom has 7 babies she gets pretty tired of having all these babies in her cage. their eyes open at in this area 8-10 days. Excellent Luck!!! any questions feel free to email me at: Tati22@sbcglobal.net

place them togeather they will do the rest . for the size of litter it just depends.