Breeding rabbits isn't so bad. Definately keep them separated. A male rabbit will kill females if left together. A female rabbit who is in good health with good body weight will always be "in heat". They don't have an ovulation cycle. Their ovulation is stimulated by breeding. About 6 hours after they breed they ovulate. 1 male can breed bunches of females. It's recommended not to breed him every day but every other day is fine. If he breeds every day he will have less stuff and the litters can be smaller. After they breed, count 27 days and put in a nest box. They can drop between 28-32 days after breeding. If you put the nest box in too soon then they may use it as a litter box. There is no denying their smell though. I use their droppings as fertilizer which works very well. This is of course the easy version. Be prepared for mothers to drop their litters outside of the nest box. Sometimes they eat their babies and sometimes they don't have any at all. I've found that here in Florida, when it gets really hot they stop having babies. Once it cools down again in the fall, the babies resume. Good luck and remember to keep it fun. It will suck if it becomes work.

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• breeding feeder rabbits??? - reagorfu, Wed Jun 18 14:54:37 2008
• RE: breeding feeder rabbits??? - Carlos_F, Wed Jun 18 22:28:44 2008
• RE: breeding feeder rabbits??? - Cahrens, Fri Jun 20 18:56:49 2008