How to Breed Rabbits

Rabbits are good animals for children to raise and show when you have limited space. Rabbits can also provide a good source of meat for your family.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Rabbit Bottle Waterers
• Rabbit Cages
• Rabbit Feeders
• Rabbit Feeds
• Rabbit Nest Boxes
• Rabbit Salt Spools

1. Keep buck and does separate. Three or four does can be kept together in an appropriate-size hutch.

2. Use 1 buck per 10 does.

3. Breed does at their maturity - 6 months of age for small to medium breeds and 9 to 12 months of age for large or giant breeds.

4. Pick the doe to be bred and place her in her own hutch for two weeks before mating.

5. Place the doe in the buck's pen for mating. Place her with the buck twice - once in the evening and again in the morning.

6. Remove the doe after each mating.

7. Place a nest box in the hutch 28 days after breeding.

Tips & Warnings

• The gestation period is about 32 days.