I have a buck Mini lop and two doe English lop rabbits. Purchased from a co-worker couple of months ago. The buck is 1yr old and according to my buddy has been a successful stud. The two does are 4-5 months old and are first timers. The does are much bigger than the buck. The first doe did not have a successful breeding as we discovered two still borns on the wire yesterday. Don't know if she had additional or not during the night. One of the dead had an ear and leg chewed off so it may be that she ate any additional during the night. That is just a guess.
Doe #2 has shown no signs of nesting and is due tomorrow (Sunday). But doe #1 didn't show any signs either. So I'll wait to see if it's a successful kindle with female #2 if/when she has the kindle. She does have a nesting box filled with hay.
I'm unsure if I breed them too early or not. I had read that English lop are 9 months or 10 lbs. I've not weighed either, but they are large rabbits. I have two cats that are like 8 lbs and 17 lbs so I gauge off of their sizes. I'd say if they're not 10 lbs they've got to be very close, particularly doe #2 as she is noticeably bigger.
Thoughts on this are welcome.
Once I do have a successful kindle, how long for this hybrid to be full sized? What would be a good age to harvest/process? I was thinking 2 months to be about full sized but now I'm unsure. Thoughts on this are welcome as well.
Also, I've read that rebreeding should occur within 3 days. Should I try this with doe #1 that had the still born or would it be best to wait a month or two or three? Thought of course welcome.
Thank you
Doe #2 has shown no signs of nesting and is due tomorrow (Sunday). But doe #1 didn't show any signs either. So I'll wait to see if it's a successful kindle with female #2 if/when she has the kindle. She does have a nesting box filled with hay.
I'm unsure if I breed them too early or not. I had read that English lop are 9 months or 10 lbs. I've not weighed either, but they are large rabbits. I have two cats that are like 8 lbs and 17 lbs so I gauge off of their sizes. I'd say if they're not 10 lbs they've got to be very close, particularly doe #2 as she is noticeably bigger.
Thoughts on this are welcome.
Once I do have a successful kindle, how long for this hybrid to be full sized? What would be a good age to harvest/process? I was thinking 2 months to be about full sized but now I'm unsure. Thoughts on this are welcome as well.
Also, I've read that rebreeding should occur within 3 days. Should I try this with doe #1 that had the still born or would it be best to wait a month or two or three? Thought of course welcome.
Thank you