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What you'd want to know about a rabbit background wise : date of birth, color genetics (abcde letters as far as known), adult weight. Foto would be nice, but printing in color is more expensive. Spend the extra money on laminating the pedigree instead. For yourself also : number of kits per...

Human activity itself creates concentrated food sources that attract selfinviting "guests". Rats will be primarily interested in the pellets over hay or young kits. Select for thriving on hay/greens and feed the pellet 1-2 times per day in either X per weight or no more then they'll finish in...

You'll need a second doe hutch, when one comes back smelling of strange rabbit/buck they are likely to fight/chase eachother. 4' by 2' is about a size i'm happy with for my rex (4 pound adult) breeding does. And depending on your breeding schedule you'll need at least a growout pen for the...

Have fed rabbits acorns at dose of one per rabbit, tasty candy and i haven't seen any problems from it.

They would be half-siblings, having the same father and different mother, step-siblings would be unrelated. Breeding them to their half-brothers dam would be ok. But i would want to have a backup in case of only one buck. If that one doesn't get your doe(s) pregnant/they don't like him you are...

Mine will make a hill out of the nestbox with the bedding of the hutch if i check while leaving the box in. I don't like that because it gives still blind 7-8 day old kits a way out but not back in. Lost 1 that way so front gets checked for no "ramp" out of the box filling. Last set of litters...

1. My preference is rex, and small, but that fits my one person household best. 2. mix not so fond of, but only 1 experience and bad mother. For specialty furs it is problematic. 3. pedigree tells something about colors, and relations between animals if you buy more (maybe later on) from the...

Maybe option : split the litter into 2 nestboxes en give her one in the morning to feed and the other in the evening.

I have had only one doe feed in front of me and that with an anoyed face since they where quiet untill i woke them up for check. Otherwise kits are round, warm and yes whenever you wake them up they'll try to find the teat and eat. Feed your doe well, but if for one reason or another she is not...

Quaill are more work (need incubator to brood/hatch and such) then chickens (who can do that for you themselves) and small bones are fiddely. Keeping meat on the hoof helps for year round supply, and male goat and lamb can be castrated via Burdizzo (...

Not all animals are suited for this work. If you have a good one, keep it if you want to continue this work. And yes find a bunny that is easy to handle weight wise (about 4-6 pounds) when adult and preferrably hypoallergenic like rex coats. Not to small and easily squashed and not to big/heavy...

Temperature and humidity can influence water needs. Plus what individuals need. Some rabbits here drink more (or play with it), others make their 1L drinkers last 4-5 days easily. In summer, even with greens they tend to drink a lot more then winter with just dry stuff to eat. As long as he is...

Short version : feed doe and thus babies the same diet from breeding to weaning, just up the calories (often via pellet) when the kits are born and keep increasing the amounts of feed as the kits grow. Check body condition by running your hand along their backs and up if bony. You increase feed...

I have a rabbit breeding logbook (amazon sells them) with bundles of forms (on the breeding stock, costs, breedings done and so on) the litter growth record says : 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16 weeks weight of litter. Breeding records for the individual animals say average weight litter at 8 weeks.

I have had only one bunny with a full, stretched bladder like that. He had broken his back the day before. Bladder that big tells me not able to pee, so problem somewhere in the hind end? Neurological or spine damage?

What housing does this rabbit have? Wire or solid floor? And if solid floor what bedding?

I wouldn't want a cage deeper than 2 feet or 60cm due to armlength so i can reach to the back of the cage for catching/cleaning and so on.

My 4 poundish adult dwarf rex give 1 pound carcas (dressout weight so with bone in) at around 12 weeks and 2 pound at 16-20 weeks roughly weeks wise. Now i keep does with mom when possible for a while since my freezer is not that big and i prefer some meat on the hoof along with animals old...

No, rabbit is cute pet bunny and pets are not for eating. Standard white meat is chicken.

On export laws contact your own ministry of trade, chamber of commerce or whatever the government agency title that is there. You'll need them anyway for paperwork and such if things get to that point. Rabbit is not a commercial market as such here. Those who eat it tend to raise their own or...