1. Key points of breeding male rabbits
1. Release the cage twice, which will help improve its physical resistance and breeding ability.
2. In principle, the breeding of male rabbits is once a day, and two days off for one day. And it should be avoided for 15 consecutive days without breeding, because this will lead to an increase in dead sperm, which will affect the conception rate of female rabbits.
3. For male rabbits in the moulting period, try not to breed them.
4. When planning rabbit breeding, female rabbits should be bred in male rabbit cages instead of male rabbits in female rabbit cages.
5. It is forbidden to keep the female rabbit in the male rabbit’s cage for a long time. Generally, the female rabbit should be taken back to its original cage 1 minute after the completion of breeding.
6. Male rabbits need to maintain 80% of their body weight.
7. The initial mating weight of the male rabbit should reach about 6 catties.
8. For those male rabbits who have no breeding ability or low breeding ability, many dead sperm, low conception rate, and serious illness, they should be eliminated in time.
2. Key points of breeding female rabbits
1. Rabbits should check their estrus every day. For female rabbits whose body weight is not up to standard, they should wait until they are 80% fat before they are bred.
2. Regularly check the vulva of the breeding female rabbit. If it is bright red and the vulva is swollen and moist, the conception rate of breeding at this time will be higher.
3. Female rabbits can be bred with two different male rabbits once, and the interval between the two matings is 5 minutes. After the mating, make a record.
4. Female rabbits can generally participate in breeding again within 10-15 days after delivery and within 2 days after weaning. Pay attention to prohibiting blood breeding.
5. 12 days after the female rabbit is bred, the fetus should be checked for the female rabbit. If it is found that the female rabbit is not pregnant, it needs to continue to be bred.
6. The first mating weight of the female rabbit is preferably 5.5 catties, and it must be noted that the rabbit can only be bred when it reaches 80% fat.
7. Some female rabbits with reasonable body condition and good estrus but always infertile need to be eliminated in time. Female rabbits with serious diseases also need to be eliminated in time.
8. The female rabbit with 28 days of bad pregnancy should be raised in the farrowing box for production, and 1/3 of shavings or other soft and suitable pad should be laid in the farrowing box Material, note that the shavings must be free of mildew, exposed to the sun and screened for powder.
9. Keep the production box clean and hygienic. If the litter in the production box is not enough, it needs to be added in time.
10. After the female rabbit is finished giving birth, you can give it an appropriate amount of brown sugar water immediately, and feed it a compound trimoxazole within 3 days after giving birth.
11. After the female rabbit is finished giving birth, the owner should remove the dirt in time and keep the birthing box clean and dry. The young rabbits should be kept separate from the mother rabbit, and the mother rabbit should not feed more than 8 young rabbits. 12. In the case of a female rabbit who is pregnant but does not pluck its hair, it needs to be plucked artificially and the plucked hair should be placed in a nest in the birthing box.
The above are the main points of breeding male and female rabbits that we have summarized. I hope this sharing can help you better raise breeding rabbits and improve breeding. Reproduction rate of rabbits.
