Nurseries
For livestock requirements depends on the main purpose of rabbit maintenance. For the purpose of the feather type Angora, American Chinchilla and Rex are suitable animals.
Being for meat purposes, the Belgian, Californian, Flemish Giant, Havana, Himalayan and New Zealand types are suitable livestock.
Selection of seeds and prospective mothers
When livestock is aimed for meat, we choose the type of rabbit weighing the body and high with good trade, while for the purpose of plumage clearly choose seeds that have genetic potential of good hair growth.
Specifically for both must have high fertility properties, not easy nervous, no defects, eyes clean and well groomed, fur is not dull, lively / active move.
Treatment Seeds and prospective mothers
Seed treatment determines the quality of the parent is good too, therefore the main care that needs attention is the provision of adequate feed, good cage arrangement and sanitation and prevent the cage from outside interference.
The Breeding System
To get a better offspring and maintain specific properties then breeding is divided into 3 categories:
In Breeding (inner cross), to maintain and accentuate specific properties such as feathers, the proportion of meat.
Cross Breeding (outer cross), to get better offspring / add superior properties.
Pure Line Breeding (cross between the magpie seeds), to get a new nation / species that is expected to have an appearance that is
a combination of 2 seed benefits.
Reproduction and Marriage
The female rabbit is soon mated when it reaches adulthood at the age of 5 months (female and male). If too young health is disrupted and child mortality is high. When a male first marries, you should marry a female who has been a child.
Morning time / afternoon in the cage of the stud and let up to happen 2 times marriage, after that stud separated.
Birth Process
After marriage the rabbit will experience pregnancy for 30-32 days. Pregnancy in rabbits can be detected by groping the female rabbit's abdomen 12-14 days after the marriage, when it feels there are small balls that mean pregnancy.
Five days before the birth of the parent is transferred to the cages of childbirth to provide an opportunity to prepare warmers by threshing feathers. Birth of a rabbit that often occurs at night with the condition of the child is weak, eyes closed and not hairy. The number of children born varies from about 6-10 to the tail.