My friend raises rabbits for pets. At one point, a female produced one kitten, and she hadn’t been with a male recently. My friend was wondering if the embryo didn’t implant right away. Can that happen? The baby was like four times the normal size for a newborn.
I can see your doe is larger then the buck, does it have anything to do with the outcome of breeding. I mean, in your experience, those that mean less chance of her staying pregnant? The reason I ask, my parents have a Checkered Giant mix doe that so far we breed to medium size mutt, her own Checkered Giant mix father (slightly smaller then the doe herself) and a New Zealand Red, and no babies for 3 mating in a row? She had a litter in May with medium size mutt, but only after 2nd try.
RustyPocketRabbitry No, usually males are smaller than the females, I only have one female that's smaller than my males. If a doe is failing to conceive and has been bred to multiple bucks there's something wrong with the doe and I would just replace her.
Southwest Urban Homestead Thanks for a quick reply. Culling her was something we have been promising ourselves every time there's no babies after a month, but she did a good job with her litter, so I guess she deserves the one last chance.
Ronan Deegan A doe can be re-bred immediately after kindling however its inadvisable to do so. Pregnancy, labor and nursing take a heavy physical toll on the doe. If a fast production rate is your goal it is best to wait till you have weaned the litter off the dam. Most sources recommend weaning at 6 weeks, however I find it best to begin weaning the largest strongest kits at 4 weeks which allows more milk for the smaller animals of the litter and can help them to put on weight faster.There is also the more natural approach of letting nature take its course, the dam will wean the kits when she believes its time. This approach varies from doe to doe as I've had dams start weaning as soon as kits are on pellets and I've had dams nurse until I separated the animals. I really like to experiment and try different things, especially the more experienced I become and see that no 2 situations or animals are the same. But for speed I find beginning at 4 weeks works best for me. Hope this helps, feel free to ask questions. Thanks for watching!
Just found this updated video. I think YT is censoring the vids and channels I can see. A lot of times it won't load vids or (like this one) takes a while to load. Guess we will wait a couple weeks for babies. I hope all goes well! :)
TastyCritters Yeah something funny is going on with YT the past few days, I've been haven trouble too, slow load and upload times, and the page freezing on me. Hope they clear it up soon. Should be around the first 3 days of November some kits should be coming along. Its the waiting game for now. Thanks for watching!
why would breed an aggressive female? you don't want to have the babies be aggressive or worse she might eat the babies right after there born. you say this is her first breeding and when it is a rabbit's first time having kits she will normally have a small litter and/or kill the kits.
***** They're for meat, not pets, not show, so it doesn't matter to me if shes aggressive, shes also my best producer, always throwing large litters and has been the best mother as well. The doe in the video however is one of my 2 newest. This is the first time I've seen aggression from her. It may very well have been because the dog came in the rabbitry and spooked her which for the most part got edited out, because if you notice the aggression only began after she saw the dog. But she will continue in my program unless she is a poor producer. I breed solely for meat, so I only focus on improving the the meat aspects of the animals. Temperament towards me is totally irrelevant as I dont replace aggressive stock from their own descendants. And because she produces large litters of large rabbits consistently she will be utilized until she no longer meets her standard.
Southwest Urban Homestead I understand that I breed for meat as well, but it is still a good idea to have non-aggressive meat stock because you don't want to have your hand bitten when your feeding them or giving them hay.
***** Yes, especially for someone just beginning to raise rabbits. I dont advocate keeping an aggressive rabbit, however my channel is all about showing the different aspects and possibilities that comes with raising rabbits. Shes one of the odd cases that comes along where you have an excellent animal with one fault, but in this case the fault isn't enough for me to disqualify her, as her good qualities far outweigh her bad. I've been doing this long enough to be comfortable around her even with the aggression, I know her moods, and when I shouldn't be sticking an ungloved hand in her cage. However if you raise rabbits, you are going to get scratched and bitten plenty of times, it comes with the territory. It all boils down to your comfort level. I know her and am comfortable with her, if she didn't produce she would be culled, but the fact remains that shes my best and most willing producer, so I'm willing to tolerate the aggression for the last year or so of her productiveness.
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My friend raises rabbits for pets. At one point, a female produced one kitten, and she hadn’t been with a male recently. My friend was wondering if the embryo didn’t implant right away. Can that happen? The baby was like four times the normal size for a newborn.
@@Bunnn13it is called a kitten. If you look it up it says it is. Kit is the abbreviation
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I can see your doe is larger then the buck, does it have anything to do with the outcome of breeding. I mean, in your experience, those that mean less chance of her staying pregnant? The reason I ask, my parents have a Checkered Giant mix doe that so far we breed to medium size mutt, her own Checkered Giant mix father (slightly smaller then the doe herself) and a New Zealand Red, and no babies for 3 mating in a row? She had a litter in May with medium size mutt, but only after 2nd try.
RustyPocketRabbitry No, usually males are smaller than the females, I only have one female that's smaller than my males. If a doe is failing to conceive and has been bred to multiple bucks there's something wrong with the doe and I would just replace her.
Southwest Urban Homestead Thanks for a quick reply. Culling her was something we have been promising ourselves every time there's no babies after a month, but she did a good job with her litter, so I guess she deserves the one last chance.
RustyPocketRabbitry your welcome. You should always try to give them a couple chances.
After she has the kits when will she be ready to breed again and when would you separate the kits from the mother
Ronan Deegan A doe can be re-bred immediately after kindling however its inadvisable to do so. Pregnancy, labor and nursing take a heavy physical toll on the doe. If a fast production rate is your goal it is best to wait till you have weaned the litter off the dam. Most sources recommend weaning at 6 weeks, however I find it best to begin weaning the largest strongest kits at 4 weeks which allows more milk for the smaller animals of the litter and can help them to put on weight faster.There is also the more natural approach of letting nature take its course, the dam will wean the kits when she believes its time. This approach varies from doe to doe as I've had dams start weaning as soon as kits are on pellets and I've had dams nurse until I separated the animals. I really like to experiment and try different things, especially the more experienced I become and see that no 2 situations or animals are the same. But for speed I find beginning at 4 weeks works best for me. Hope this helps, feel free to ask questions. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for your help
Just found this updated video. I think YT is censoring the vids and channels I can see. A lot of times it won't load vids or (like this one) takes a while to load.
Guess we will wait a couple weeks for babies. I hope all goes well! :)
TastyCritters Yeah something funny is going on with YT the past few days, I've been haven trouble too, slow load and upload times, and the page freezing on me. Hope they clear it up soon. Should be around the first 3 days of November some kits should be coming along. Its the waiting game for now. Thanks for watching!
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why would breed an aggressive female? you don't want to have the babies be aggressive or worse she might eat the babies right after there born. you say this is her first breeding and when it is a rabbit's first time having kits she will normally have a small litter and/or kill the kits.
***** They're for meat, not pets, not show, so it doesn't matter to me if shes
aggressive, shes also my best producer, always throwing large litters
and has been the best mother as well. The doe in the video however is
one of my 2 newest. This is the first time I've seen aggression from
her. It may very well have been because the dog came in the rabbitry and
spooked her which for the most part got edited out, because if you
notice the aggression only began after she saw the dog. But she will
continue in my program unless she is a poor producer. I breed solely for
meat, so I only focus on improving the the meat aspects of the animals.
Temperament towards me is totally irrelevant as I dont replace
aggressive stock from their own descendants. And because she produces
large litters of large rabbits consistently she will be utilized until
she no longer meets her standard.
Southwest Urban Homestead I understand that I breed for meat as well, but it is still a good idea to have non-aggressive meat stock because you don't want to have your hand bitten when your feeding them or giving them hay.
***** Yes, especially for someone just beginning to raise rabbits. I dont advocate keeping an aggressive rabbit, however my channel is all about showing the different aspects and possibilities that comes with raising rabbits. Shes one of the odd cases that comes along where you have an excellent animal with one fault, but in this case the fault isn't enough for me to disqualify her, as her good qualities far outweigh her bad. I've been doing this long enough to be comfortable around her even with the aggression, I know her moods, and when I shouldn't be sticking an ungloved hand in her cage. However if you raise rabbits, you are going to get scratched and bitten plenty of times, it comes with the territory. It all boils down to your comfort level. I know her and am comfortable with her, if she didn't produce she would be culled, but the fact remains that shes my best and most willing producer, so I'm willing to tolerate the aggression for the last year or so of her productiveness.
+Southwest Urban Homestead
what do you mean you raise for meat do you eat the rabbits?😷
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