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.

Things You'll Need

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

    • 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.