When you choose to keep rabbits as a home business you must be ready to work more then when just raising rabbits as pets. The first thing to do when beginning is to decide the right breed for the task.
When you want to farm rabbits for meat the right breed to have is the Californians and New Zealands breeds. These types of breeds are easily to look after and mature quick. Many people even cross breed them because their infants grow faster and produce great tasting meat. New Zealands breeds may take just eight weeks to be ready for the market and Californians have good boned body structures with lots of flesh.
For the rabbits to produce quality meat you have to feed them well. Pellets and alfalfa hay is very recommended to give food to your rabbits, they have just the nutrients needed in producing meat. Upon the other hand lettuce and cabbage isn't recommended because they could cause diarrhea. In addition, you shouldn't over feed your bunnies reason being this will cause body fat.
Breeding rabbits is also vital when it pertains to raising rabbits for meat. Rabbits that are medium are bred when they are 5 to six months but large breeds should be carefully bred when they are almost eight months. Only healthy and not closely related rabbits should be bred. The female bunny should be taken into the male cage when mating the 2, because female rabbits are territorial in their own cage thus they won't allow the male one to mate with them.
The gestation period of bunnies takes about 40 days which is the same time they take to give birth. The doe should be as comfortable as possible when giving birth. Rabbits understand how to manage their babies so there is no need to worry. But in the event you need to provide a hand you may feed them with a mixture of skim milk, karo syrup, egg yolks plus bone food.
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