Rabbitry statistics

[Zass]

Fjhmom posted some rabbitry stats on another thread. It looked like fun, so I figured I'd start a thread, for anyone who might also want to post their stats.


I hope she doesn't mind me quoting her post here. (Please tell me if you do)

I just pulled up my stats on my record program, in case you were curious:
Breedings: 47
Litters: 33
Births: 99
Weaned: 32

Out of those 32, we have 12 we have kept as show quality, and a handful that have been kept as brood does.

I've been playing with the Hutch app, which provides some stats for me too. I'm not entirely sure I have included all the litters I've had since starting into harlequins, so it might change, but right now, my recorded stats for harlequin litters are:

Breedings: Unknown. So far, every litter I have recorded on Hutch came from a doe who took the first time and every time.
I did have two doelings who failed to conceive repeatedly, and were thus eaten. I suspect body fat. I didn't record them as breeders, since I didn't have the software when I working with them.
Litters: 9
Kits born: 87
Weaned: 73 A few were culls due to oversized litters. I'm using weaned as survived-long-enough-to-breed-or-sell. There were a few losses after technical weaning that I factored in.

Average weaned per litter: 8.11
Survival rate: 83.9%
Average butchering age: 11 or 12 weeks
Out of all of those kits, I have 2 that have been retained for show.

 

[alforddm]

I'll play on this one..... I had my first litter of rabbits in Nov 2014. I use Globalpedigree to keep track. I had to go back and enter weaned # on a few of those litters I think I got them all right but I might be off a couple. I also am not including failed litters from summer sterility. I will include the one litter I lost because the dam didn't pull fur. Most of my rabbits are mutts but I'm slowing working over to standard rex. I finally got some good stock so we'll see how things go when I start breeding this fall. My weaning rate is the number that were actually weaned from the doe. I did have a few (maybe 10 total), that I culled for various reasons after they were weaned and didn't track because I didn't consider it the does fault.

Litters: 30
Litters totally lost: 1
Kits Born: 255
Weaned: 221
Survival Rate: 87%
Average weaned per litter: 7.4
Average butcher time: 12-16 weeks (I got lazy and let a few litters go long)

I have not retained any for show (I have mostly mutts). I have retained quite a few for my own use but tend to cull adults quickly as soon as I have a replacement that is better.

 

[bigfoot_158]

Mine are simple since i just started in Feb..

Breedings: 2
Litters: 2
Births: 18
Weaned: 16

None eaten trying to prepare myself for the killing process. :lol:

 

[Cedar Point Rabbitry]

Oooh! Was just wondering about this today for my rabbitry Gotta go see now...

 

[Marinea]

Since I began with New Zealand's:

Breedings 16
Litters 16
Kits born 137
Kits lost 13 (none since bringing in nestboxes)
Survival rate 90.5%
Average weaned kits per litter 7.75
Kits by sex 57% does 43% bucks
Average butcher age 11 weeks

 

[macksmom98]

Holland Lops

Litters-6
Total Live and lived til weaned-29
Born DOA and Stretched-3

I do not keep track of total number of breedings or genders yet, but would love to know what apps people are using. It it getting to a point where I am no longer going to be able to go off of my memory as our numbers jump higher!

 

[Marinea]

My "app" is a notebook and pen

 

[fhjmom]

Great topic, Zass! Thanks for starting it! Interesting to see what the outcomes are in other rabbitries.

We use Evans software to track our data. I really like what all it can do. I like the looks of Hutch but haven't played with it much yet.

 

[bigfoot_158]

My "app" is a notebook and pen

Mine too lol.