anthonyjames
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Can anyone tell me if this is correct:
If I were to breed a rabbit tomorrow Saturday Feb. 20th it in theory would be ready to have the kits March 20th - 24th time frame.
Babies would be weened from mother around April 23rd.
When would she be ready to be bred again? Is it best to wait a full month? So that means every 4 months you could breed them in my climate (South Eastern WI) since I keep them outdoors in my hoop house with my chickens they would only be able to breed 2 times per year if I am lucky? Is that correct?
And what do the temps need to be like to start breeding them?
And one other question: Right now I feed them a complete pellet with some apples, celery, Broccoli stalks or carrots on occasion. Do I need to add hay as well? And if so does it need to be timothy or can I purchase horse hay to feed or supplement? I don't have timothy available in bulk around here and I refuse to pay $2 lb for the stuff to be shipped.
Right now I have 7 does and 1 male. I was thinking about breeding them on weekly intervals but if that time line holds I would not get very many rabbits for the year. I was looking not to have a mass in / mass out.
Any recommendations?
If I were to breed a rabbit tomorrow Saturday Feb. 20th it in theory would be ready to have the kits March 20th - 24th time frame.
Babies would be weened from mother around April 23rd.
When would she be ready to be bred again? Is it best to wait a full month? So that means every 4 months you could breed them in my climate (South Eastern WI) since I keep them outdoors in my hoop house with my chickens they would only be able to breed 2 times per year if I am lucky? Is that correct?
And what do the temps need to be like to start breeding them?
And one other question: Right now I feed them a complete pellet with some apples, celery, Broccoli stalks or carrots on occasion. Do I need to add hay as well? And if so does it need to be timothy or can I purchase horse hay to feed or supplement? I don't have timothy available in bulk around here and I refuse to pay $2 lb for the stuff to be shipped.
Right now I have 7 does and 1 male. I was thinking about breeding them on weekly intervals but if that time line holds I would not get very many rabbits for the year. I was looking not to have a mass in / mass out.
Any recommendations?