HELP

[princessroyal92]

i want to know can i breed mum with son or baby from different female but same dad??????? as im a starter in the rabbit breeding biz iv had one litter of 3

 

[Bad Habit]

Yes... As long as they don't have the same faults.

Rabbits have been linebred for generations without presenting genetic issues related to lack of genes, however if your doe has pinched hips, and the buck you kept back has pinched hips, you wouldn't want to breed them together.

Many breeders start with a small number of rabbits and then interbreed them to get what they want. I'm working on a project right now for a specific colour, and will be breeding a buck back to his mother, since I cannot afford to import more rabbits for the project.

 

[princessroyal92]

cool also can u breed the doe if her young are still with her?

 

[Miss M]

Yes, though she might not want to. One doe I had went ninja on my buck when I put her in with him, when she still had her litter with her. Other members said she was probably trying to protect her kits. Some does don't have an issue breeding when they still have their kits, though. Just be prepared.

 

[princessroyal92]

she dose that anyway but she settles down after its just the litter i had from her were all boys i am bit worryed that she will only give birth to boys but wont know till i breed her again

 

[3mina]

It's statistically impossible to get only one sex ever from breedings.
My first litter I thought I had 7 does. I managed to get one buck in one cage and two in the other when I split the litter, I found out I had bucks when I got three surprise litters.
It did give me a jump start on my breeding program though

 

[Bad Habit]

Gender is determined by the male anyway... Females are xx and males are xy. Females can only pass the x chromosome onto their offspring, whereas males have x and y sperm.

 

[skysthelimit]

It's statistically impossible to get only one sex ever from breedings.
My first litter I thought I had 7 does. I managed to get one buck in one cage and two in the other when I split the litter, I found out I had bucks when I got three surprise litters.
It did give me a jump start on my breeding program though

Do you mean that you can never have a litter all of the same gender? Or statistically it's impossible to do that all the time? Statistics is statistics, averages over time, nature does it's own thing, like I have three brothers, one has two boys, the other two girls, the other two boys. I sure would like to see them go a third time to see what happens next, but that's not gonna happen. Anyway, I've had litters of all girls. Statistically, it should even out, but you don't know how many samplings you'd have to take before it does.

 

[Bad Habit]

I read it as they meant that it was statistically impossible for a doe to only produce one gender ever.

 

[3mina]

Only one gender ever was where I was going with that thought

 

[princessroyal92]

ok well she did have 5 and they were all boys the vets cheacke for me so maybe the next litter will be girls god i hope so im have 5 bucks and only 3 females to breed lol