Rabbit Breeding

How to Tell When Your Doe is Ready to Breed

OK folks, here’s some basic rabbit breeding information that should help you know the mysteries of rabbit like.

One of the reasons that rabbits have a (deserved) reputation for constant breeding is that the doe (female) rabbit does not have a right estrous sequence.

In layman’s terms that means she does not have a set time in “heat” like dogs or cats. Instead the female rabbit is what is known as an “induced ovulator” in that no egg is released until after mating with a buck. So in all likelihood a female rabbit can be bred at any given time. Read more…

Small rabbit breeds may reach sexual maturity by the age of 4 months, large breeds may take six months or so, but it is advisable to delay rabbit breeding until around the ages of six or ten months respectively. Females should usually be retired from breeding at the age of in this area 2 or 3 years.