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Raising Meat Rabbits
The15thMember:
Hey, I've got a question that I can't seem to get an answer to, maybe someone can help with this. Why do you want to keep your breeding rabbits in cages and not in tractors? Could you keep the breeders in tractors too?
iddee:
You keep the breeders in cages to be able to catch them quickly and easily. You only keep the male with the female for a couple of minutes until the job is done. If you leave him with her, he will eat the babies as soon as they are born.
The15thMember:
--- Quote from: iddee on August 14, 2019, 06:30:54 pm ---You keep the breeders in cages to be able to catch them quickly and easily. You only keep the male with the female for a couple of minutes until the job is done. If you leave him with her, he will eat the babies as soon as they are born.
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I didn't really mean keeping the males and females together. What I meant was why does everyone keep breeders in cages off the ground. Why not just make smaller tractor type cages and keep each rabbit separately in it's own little tractor on grass?
iddee:
Snakes, weasels, rats, dogs, cats, and others will be getting in and eating the babies. Also, the adults will dig out faster than you think they can.
You will have to worm them more often, as they will get worms from the ground.
My suggestion is forget the tractors and keep them all off the ground, at least 4 feet, to keep animals from tearing into them.
BeeMaster2:
I kept rabbits in a fenced in area years ago. On night I heard screaming coming from the rabbit yard. I ran back there and found a raccoon in the yard. The rabbits were shredded on the ground and the coon was scrambling to get out. I grabbed a bow and arrow and shot it as it ran straight up a wood fence. He took my arrow with him as reached the top.
Jim Altmiller
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