Hi
Our family is new to the rabbit experience. We are with the Georgia 4H rabbit club and show in the junior class. We have 6 rabbits total: 2 mini lops, 1 Polish, 1 Lionhead, and 2 Dutch. We are at day 30 in the gestation period for one of our mini lops and feel out of our league. Can anyone help with a couple of questions?
I was kinda wondering how old they had to b in order to bread them?
(04-28-2010 03:12 AM)Ccreekfam5 Wrote: [ -> ]Hi
Our family is new to the rabbit experience. We are with the Georgia 4H rabbit club and show in the junior class. We have 6 rabbits total: 2 mini lops, 1 Polish, 1 Lionhead, and 2 Dutch. We are at day 30 in the gestation period for one of our mini lops and feel out of our league. Can anyone help with a couple of questions?
How old dose your bunney have to be befor you can bread them and how do you tell how old they are?
Bunnygurl,
It depends what breed of rabbit you are talking about as to how old they should be before breeding them. Most breeds of rabbits should be 6 months old but there are a few large breeds that should be 8-10 months old before being bred.
There is no way to tell how old an adult rabbit is without having a pedigree on the rabbit. A pedigree is a paper that tells you when it was born and it gives info on its parents, grandparents and great grandparents. It's the rabbit's family tree, so to speak.
Pat