How rabbits breed, how many pregnant women go, features of the round

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

No wonder there is a saying: "They breed like rabbits." People begin to breed these animals precisely because of their extraordinary fertility. Every novice rabbit breeder should know everything about how rabbits breed, how much they go pregnant, what are the features of their birth.

Entering puberty, mating rabbits

When creating a breeding herd, you need to take into account that there should be 10 females per male. It is desirable to keep two males in a breeding herd, because there must always be an understudy. At the most crucial moment, the main breeder may get sick, or several females need to be covered in a day.

Rabbits enter puberty early, but it is advisable to let them in mating no earlier than 5 months, and males can be used as producers from 8 months.

In order not to miss the mating time, you need to periodically check if the female has come to hunt. To do this, you need to remove the rabbit from the cage, put it on a flat surface and, raising its tail, inspect the genital loop. When the rabbit is on the hunt, the loop is swollen, red. Since inrabbitry is usually poorly lit, it is better to use a flashlight. The rabbit is on the hunt for only 3 days, during which time you need to have time to fertilize her.

Always for mating, the rabbit is planted with the male, and not otherwise. While she is sniffing in a new place, the male quickly does his job. It is better not to leave them alone, mating occurs quickly, so it is better to observe that the act of reproduction has taken place. When the act took place, the male falls from the rabbit on its side and makes a characteristic sound. After mating, the female must be immediately picked up and returned to her cage. You can give the rabbit to perform several acts, only on this day it is advisable not to plant anyone else with him. If a female rabbit is left with a male for a long time, it can exhaust him as a producer, and they can fight.

If the rabbit missed the hunting time, it's okay, in about a week she will come hunting again.

The rabbit is pregnant: how to prepare for childbirth?

Ten days have passed since the mating, and if the rabbit does not come back to hunt, then she is pregnant. How long do large rabbits go pregnant? Both large rabbits and dwarf rabbits have the same duration of pregnancy.

Rabbit pregnancies don't last very long, 30 days on average. If we say exactly how many days the female rabbit walks pregnant, then it happens from 28 to 34 days. The duration of pregnancy depends on the number of rabbits. The more babies in the litter, the shorter the gestation period. If more than 10 rabbits are to be born, then the female can rabbit on the 28th day, andif she is pregnant with 5-6 rabbits, then the pregnancy can last 34 days.

On the 27th day after mating, you need to put a birthing nest in the cage for the rabbit. Rabbits are burrowing animals and in the wild they give birth deep in the burrow. Therefore, the optimal conditions for newborn offspring are darkness and the absence of drafts. Therefore, a nest box is placed in the cage, which can be opened from the side so that, without interfering with the female, it is possible to check the newborn offspring. You need to put more hay in the feeder, even if it's summer. The female will drag the hay into the house and build a nest out of it. Then, a day before giving birth, she will begin to pluck fluff from her skin and cover the nest with it.

You can't disturb the rabbit at this time. It is necessary that there are no sharp sounds and other irritants that can put the female in a stressful state.

It's important to know

• If you are late to create favorable conditions for childbirth, the rabbit can give birth directly to the net. She will pinch the fluff and run around the cage. Newborn rabbits can be trampled or eaten. As a result, if a female rabbit gives birth for the first time, she will develop a habit of eating her offspring and will have to be culled. Therefore, it is very important to create favorable conditions for childbirth. You need to take care of this in advance, during pregnancy. Therefore, it is important to know when your rabbits will give birth, how many go pregnant.
• You can’t determine the rabbit’s pregnancy by eye, but in the last week of this period you can feel the rabbits in the stomach, and also, putting your hand to the stomach,feel them move.

Rabbit giving birth

Rabbits give birth mostly at night. They always do this on their own, they do not need help, so it is absolutely not necessary to guard at night in the rabbitry. The round of the rabbit in time takes no more than 30 minutes.

They give birth to naked, blind, helpless rabbits. The weight of the rabbits is no more than 90 grams. Their weight depends on the number of newborns. The more rabbits in the litter, the smaller they are. The smallest - 40 grams.

Sometimes a rabbit's litter can last for an hour. Very rarely, childbirth stretches for 2 days and takes place in 2 stages. When newborns are born, the rabbit licks them and puts them in the nest, covering them with fluff. If everything went well, the mother feeds the cubs and warms with her warmth.

It is important to know that when a rabbit gives birth, there must be water in her cage. After giving birth, the new mother has a strong thirst. If she doesn't find water, she can eat her babies

When to let the rabbit in mating again

Now there is an answer to how rabbits give birth, how many go pregnant, it remains to figure out their uniquely rapid reproduction.

High fertility is due to their physiological characteristics, of which there are several.

1. Rabbits reach sexual maturity at 5-8 months.
2. Pregnancy lasts 30 days.
3. The day after birththe rabbit again enters the state of hunting. Feeding some rabbits, she can bear a new offspring. At 28 days, the first offspring is taken away from her, and in a couple of days she gives birth to new rabbits. Theoretically, a rabbit can bring 11-12 offspring in a year.
4. Rabbits give birth to 6-15 rabbits in one birth.
5. Rabbit meat can be slaughtered at 5 months, weight will be at least 3 kg.

It is profitable to engage in rabbit breeding

With intensive use of females from them, you can get up to 200 kg of meat per year, and the cost of rabbit meat is 350 rubles per kg. Moreover, skins from rabbits are used for tailoring fur products.

At the same time, the feed consumed is very cheap: grass, hay, branches, mixed fodder, barley, crackers and root crops.

So think about how fast they multiply and how profitable it is to engage in rabbit breeding.