Anybody breeding meat rabbit?

[HighlandLofts]

I put the nest box in with my doe this afternoon and put some pine shavings in it. Then i  grabed a feed bag full of hay for bedding ftom a friend.
 She should be dropping the little ones in a few days. I have to look at the calender.

[jackelope]

I put the nest box in with my doe this afternoon and put some pine shavings in it. Then i  grabed a feed bag full of hay for bedding ftom a friend.
 She should be dropping the little ones in a few days. I have to look at the calender.

Should be 5/22. I'd usually wait till 3 days before that to put the box in.

[HighlandLofts]

She is due tuesday the 20th.
How long after she has the liter do you rebreed?

[jackelope]

She is due tuesday the 20th.
How long after she has the liter do you rebreed?

31 days from the day you bred her would be the 22nd based on your post.  If the box is in there now, no worries unless she starts using it as a couch or as a toilet.

Stuff that box full of hay and see if she nests in it. A lot of times they’ll go to nesting right away.  We do 2-3” of shavings then stuffed full of Timothy hay.

I’d probably re-breed her when the babies are 6 weeks old.

[HighlandLofts]

I put the course wood shavings in the day I put the nest box in.
Yesterday i put some nice soft grass hay in.

She went right to building up the nest box, full mouth fulls of the hay.
I will be picking up a tripple deck rabbit cage set up.

[HighlandLofts]

The doe had her litter yesterday, they were born before I got home from work.

[jackelope]

The doe had her litter yesterday, they were born before I got home from work.

Nice. She had them in the box like she’s supposed to and everybody is doing well?

[Angry Perch]

This is cool stuff. Post some pics if you can.

[Angry Perch]

For harvesting will you use something like a Hopper popper or?

[jackelope]

For harvesting will you use something like a Hopper popper or?

Hopper popper works well but it’s 10x easier to just use a broomstick or a piece of rebar. Cervical dislocation either way.

[HighlandLofts]

Jackalope
She had 10 little ones.
Should i eliminte a couple?
1st litter.
Also i need to get stuff in order here, anyone have rabbit cages for sale?

[jackelope]

I wouldn’t move them. She should be able to handle the 10.

I have some 24x24 4 hole condos for sale cheap. They’d be good for your growouts but not big enough for your adult rabbits.

[HighlandLofts]

What would you want for them?

[jackelope]

What would you want for them?

Probably $50 a piece. I only have 1 right now. I’ll have another 2 once the rabbits are gone. My daughter is done with rabbits for now. Full time volleyball player now and going to college in August.  No time for rabbits anymore. She only has 7 left I think.  Her high point she had 30 ish and was showing nationally.

[Jpmiller]

Oh man, what’re you going to put in that fancy rabbit shed?