Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Good Breeding Doe's To Start With
Yes always look for the best breeding Doe's, to start you breeding Program; because if you Purchase Rubbish, you will only Produce Rubbish, and never get back to where you need to be, to have good dressed out Meat Rabbits.
So my Advice to you would be to start with the Best Money can buy, and you will always know that you at least started the right way.
See bad rabbits eat just as much as Good rabbits, so it makes sense to me to start right and not go after bad producing rabbits, which brings us to which Rabbits are the best for meat breeding.
First look at the Climate where you live, is it a cold climate, like in Tasmania where I live, its cold at times but in general its a very nice climate, and not a lot of disease to cope with oh yes there is Mixomotoses, caused by Mosquitoes, you need to watch them that they don't get to be a problem, can use sprays lightly, what I use is a netting over my cages of a night, but most of my rabbits cages are built outside, and have not had the problem with Mosquitoes.
Then we have the man made disease, of Coleus virus, which is dropped by the CSIRO, to kill rabbits in the wild; but not had any problems with that either because you can Vaccinate against that, at a cost of about $5.00 each rabbit and you only need to do your Breeding Stock, either get a vet to do the Vaccinating or buy the Viles of stuff and get some needles from the chemist, and do it yourself, will talk about that later how to do and how much stuff to use on each rabbit.
Right now then the best Meat rabbits to breed for Meat is no doubt the New Zealand Whites, and you can cross them with Californians, and there are other breeds you can use, but you make up your own minds on that, mine are New Zealand Whites and I'm using a Silver New Zealand, across them whites, just to try out as they are all purebreds, anyway, New Zealand Rabbits come in 4 colours, Whites, Reds,Blacks, and Silvers.
So breeding with these to start with then I'm buying a pair of Californians to cross into my next breeding Litters; OK so then it will bring out the best dressed Rabbits for Commercial Processing, as you want your Rabbits to dress out at approximately
2 1/2 Kilo'es of great white Meat Delicious and very nutrition and in Particular for those who suffer from Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, as its High in Protein,and very low in Fat, speaking here from Experience, as had Heart Disease but since been on Rabbit, and Chicken, and Fish, heaps better in Health, why because I listen to my Body, and feed it right, and exercise, stop to smell the roses each day enjoy life every day while we have it.
Well thats the end of our Post today but will be back in a couple of days again to bring you more great stuff on the good Life of meat Rabbits.
So until then you keep looking out for each other, and drive safely on the winter Roads. cya soon.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Why Farm Meat Rabbits
Why Farm Meat Rabbits, Welcome once again, well its been a long time since we last posted on here about why farm Meat Rabbits, but its all the rage once again the Wheels of change has come to this little Island of Tasmania, and well yes things are getting tougher on the Budget, and each housewife has to try and stretch the savings further each week, to feed her Family.
So thats why I've taken on board, to write again about it and really put in the hard yards, Of trying to make a few extra bits here and there out of what I know some thing about and that Breeding Rabbits, and well as the saying is very true they breed like rabbits well so does your Funds if done properly, and keep an account of every detail where you spend, for different Items, of material that you need to buy, to build Cages, watering,Feeding, Veterinary Treatments,and just about anything you need to keep it functioning.
So if you are thinking of going into a Breeding Program,its going to cost you to start properly, you need Cages, to house them, and if you are only going in a small way, start small and grow with your herd, build it from the best, look around see who's got what, and if you like what you see, then ask Questions, from that owner, see if you can Buy a Couple of pairs, or 3 Doe's and a Male, and then give them a week to settle into their new surroundings.
After the week is up, you can now start your Breeding Program, ONE WORD OF CAUTION; never take the breeding Buck or(Male) Rabbit to the Doe's Cage, because he will only sniff around her area and not do what he is suppose to do and that is to Mate, with her, and she will Fight with him to protect her environment; only natural isn't it Ladies; OK so remember to take Her to his Cage then he will get down to do his Job of filling her with his Sperm and hopefully a lot of babies.
Next Post we will share about,how long it takes before the Doe gives Birth, after her Matings, until next Post you have a good think about if this is what you want to do, for a small hobby or a Small Business, and you all keep safe, and look out for each other, c ya:
So thats why I've taken on board, to write again about it and really put in the hard yards, Of trying to make a few extra bits here and there out of what I know some thing about and that Breeding Rabbits, and well as the saying is very true they breed like rabbits well so does your Funds if done properly, and keep an account of every detail where you spend, for different Items, of material that you need to buy, to build Cages, watering,Feeding, Veterinary Treatments,and just about anything you need to keep it functioning.
So if you are thinking of going into a Breeding Program,its going to cost you to start properly, you need Cages, to house them, and if you are only going in a small way, start small and grow with your herd, build it from the best, look around see who's got what, and if you like what you see, then ask Questions, from that owner, see if you can Buy a Couple of pairs, or 3 Doe's and a Male, and then give them a week to settle into their new surroundings.
After the week is up, you can now start your Breeding Program, ONE WORD OF CAUTION; never take the breeding Buck or(Male) Rabbit to the Doe's Cage, because he will only sniff around her area and not do what he is suppose to do and that is to Mate, with her, and she will Fight with him to protect her environment; only natural isn't it Ladies; OK so remember to take Her to his Cage then he will get down to do his Job of filling her with his Sperm and hopefully a lot of babies.
Next Post we will share about,how long it takes before the Doe gives Birth, after her Matings, until next Post you have a good think about if this is what you want to do, for a small hobby or a Small Business, and you all keep safe, and look out for each other, c ya:
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