breeding rabbits

[nickc]

when should I try to breed my rabbits this year?????

[bunnie harvester]

If u got a heat lamp in your hutch,cover on the door,just put MR.Buck in with MRS buck then give him about 3 weeks in there and see what happens, I have a friend in Forked River ,NJ, he breeds year around.........

[Jernizzle]

Nickc

Put the buck in with the doe not vice-versa. I would only leave the buck in for about 2-3 days. As long as the buck is with the doe he will try to breed. eventually the will start fighting and he will "fornicate" himself to death.

Although.................What a way to go.

[briarycreek]

I have had probably over a hundred litters and believe me the temperature has not made a difference to a healthy litter and a
healthy Doe. I can remember one time that I thought that the
little ones born the night before must be freezing because of the
extremely low temperatures. I think it was single digits or below
freezing but when I stuck my hand in the nest to feel how cold those
naked baby rabbits were I was shocked. The belly hair that the
mother had pulled had those babies as warm as a hand in a rabbit
fur lined glove. Even though the babies had no hair the nest was
made from mom's hair and they were warm as toast. After that
I never worried about the temperature just the wind or any draft.

Also if you leave the buck in with the Doe and leave the two you
stand a chance of having a castrated buck when you come back.
Some Does are quite mean.

[Farwest]

From what I have learned you bring the doe to the buck. When the doe is out of her home turf she is less aggresive.

[badlands]

put the doe in with the buck let him breed her and remove we have a rabbitry and use lights or heating pads made to fit in the nest boxes, in 28 days put your nestbox in, i use pine chips in their boxes the does will mix this with their fur. we have bred show newzealands for many years and found this to work the best

[Jernizzle]

They are right. I got my word crossed. You should put the doe in with the buck.